Marcus Stanforth @marcusstanforth
English Teacher & Literacy Lead at @AcademyPaxman, part of @sigmatrust 🍎 | Regional Lead: East for @LitdriveUK 🐝 #Litdrive (All views are my own) Colchester, England Joined February 2012-
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🔔 Competition Want to win a copy of The Behaviour Manual? Retweet this tweet Winner announced Sunday @ 9pm
📖 Litdrive CPD 📖 Our first online CPD of the year is live! Dive into An Inspector Calls with @HughesHaili as she asks, "What if Edna was the most important character?" Watch now: buff.ly/8Rc64WU #LitdriveCPD #TeamEnglish
📖 Litdrive CPD 📖 Our new online CPD calendar is here! Get ready for fortnightly sessions on Saturdays, designed by English teachers for English teachers. #LitdriveUK #EnglishTeacher #CPD
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Whether you are starting your new school, preparing for exams in the months ahead or simply readying yourself for a new school year, we would like to say a big welcome back to all our students. We look forward to supporting all our schools and staff in the year ahead.
✨ Welcome back, teachers! ✨ We hope you've had a wonderful summer break. As you prepare for a new term, remember that Litdrive is here to support you with our bank of English teaching resources, CPD, and our friendly community. Join here: buff.ly/gOXAq9y #litdrive
I'm doing a couple of giveaways to celebrate the upcoming new school year! This first #giveaway is for my book on #behaviour. Like and retweet this post to enter (UK only). Winner picked next Saturday. Please share! Thank you. #freebie
🎉 #SteplabSummerReads #8 - Final Giveaway! Win "Just Tell Them" by Zach Groshell! Zach - Steplab North America lead + host of "Progressively Incorrect" podcast - shows how clear, explicit teaching helps all learners. ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Share Winner Fri!
Good luck to all students picking up their GCSE results and other qualifications today. Also a huge thank you to all our school staff who have supported them every step of the way.
✨✨ WIN!! ✨✨ We’ve got a bundle of CROOKHAVEN (by @Joelarcanjo) books to giveaway. And we’ve just added some brilliant teaching notes & resources (created by @shapes4schools) to Authorfy.com/resources too. To be in with the chance of winning these books: 📚 Like 📚 RT by…
Yep! Two of our core mantras for our English teams at @CATAcademyTrust are: WRITING is THINKING and PRACTICE is SACRED We absolutely must create space in our curriculum for generative writing, proper practice, and all the powerful thinking that happens as a result.
Yep! Two of our core mantras for our English teams at @CATAcademyTrust are: WRITING is THINKING and PRACTICE is SACRED We absolutely must create space in our curriculum for generative writing, proper practice, and all the powerful thinking that happens as a result.
🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #4 Win "Developing Expert Teaching "by Peps Mccrea + a Steplab bundle (mug, pen & notepad)! Peps is Steplab’s Director of Education & author of the "High Impact Teaching" series. ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Share 🏆 Winner announced Friday!
✨✨ WIN!!! ✨✨ We’re giving away a bundle of Katherine Rundell books to 1 lucky winner! To enter: 📚 Like 📚 RT by 31.08.25 📚 Get more entries at Instagram.com/authorfy 📚 UK only And do check out Katherine’s Author Masterclass at Authorfy.com/masterclasses for downloadable…
We would like to wish all our schools, staff, students, governors and communities a very happy and relaxing summer holidays.
I taught them well…😂😂 #schoolsout #summerhols
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Every few years we rediscover that learning is hard work and effortful in the short term. Then we spend the next few years trying to make it fun and effortless again.
🌞 Happy Summer from Litdrive 🌞 Whether you're already on break or nearly there, thank you for being part of our brilliant community this year. 🐝 Wishing you a restful, well-earned summer when it comes! #Litdrive #TeamEnglish @Team_English1

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