The English Teacher Feature

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Join Sam Denno (National Education Lead for Secondary English at Twinkl) and other English specialists as they hold forth on educational updates and offer professional development tips for educators working in the world of primary and secondary English. Music by Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: RYJOR8WMSINGNIXA Artist: Benjamin Tissot

Episodes

  1. Could we do a better job of engaging parents with English? (With the Kitchen Table Teacher)

    6 DAYS AGO

    Could we do a better job of engaging parents with English? (With the Kitchen Table Teacher)

    Sam Denno and Nicola Romaine welcome their first guest onto the show. Caroline Hudson, aka the "Kitchen Table Teacher", joins Nicola to talk through her own first-hand experiences of going deeper with parental engagement around literary concepts and the English curriculum in primary settings. Following the interview, Sam contemplates the implication of Caroline's ideas for secondary schools.

    25 min
  2. The writing framework unpacked (5): Why some pupils thrive in writing

    21 APR

    The writing framework unpacked (5): Why some pupils thrive in writing

    Sam Denno and Nicola Romaine look at the case of Jamal, a confident, competent writer in year 6, who has had a positive experience during his primary schooling and is about to embark on his secondary school journey with a robust set of writing skills. They look at where things went right for Jamal and consider the application for classroom teachers of English and writing up and down the key stages. Music by Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: RYJOR8WMSINGNIXA Artist: Benjamin Tissot

    23 min
  3. The writing framework unpacked (4): What the simple view of writing means for your classroom

    7 APR

    The writing framework unpacked (4): What the simple view of writing means for your classroom

    English teachers, Sam Denno and Nicola Romaine examine the "simple view of writing" model as presented in the 2025 writing framework and consider its implications for primary and secondary teachers. Should pupils be literally plotted onto an SVW graph or is it more of a metaphorical tool for educators. And, what can be done with pupils who fall into the respective quandrants. Join Sam and Nicola as they discuss transcription, composition and everything in-between! Music by Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: RYJOR8WMSINGNIXA Artist: Benjamin Tissot

    19 min
  4. The writing framework unpacked (3): How reading and writing actually work together

    24 MAR

    The writing framework unpacked (3): How reading and writing actually work together

    In this packed episode of The English Teacher Feature, Sam Denno and Nicola Romaine dive into the next section of the DfE's 2025 writing framework. Their focus is on the interaction of writing and reading - how it is imperative that we treat them as distinct disciplines, but how they can be used alongside each other to create a feedback loop that raises literacy levels across the board. As usual, stay to the end for some practical reflections on classroom implementation. Sam and Nicola come from different ends of the educational phases in England, as secondary and primary specialists respectively. They are passionate about exploring concepts and methods that can be used up and down the key stages, and developing an appreciation of how the two phases can interact with each other more effectively. Music by Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: RYJOR8WMSINGNIXA Artist: Benjamin Tissot

    26 min
  5. The writing framework unpacked (2): Why speaking is foundational to writing

    10 MAR

    The writing framework unpacked (2): Why speaking is foundational to writing

    Nicola Romaine and Sam Denno are back to explore the DfE's writing framework. During this episode they dig into the section entitled "The development from spoken language to written language" and contemplate speaking as the foundation to the discipline of writing. As a secondary teacher, Sam has a host of questions to pose to his primary school counterpart. Will Nicola have all the answers? Join us for this insightful and practical reflection on the writing framework, which aims to present big concepts in a bitesize manner. Music by Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: RYJOR8WMSINGNIXA Artist: Benjamin Tissot

    23 min
  6. The writing framework unpacked (1): Have we undervalued writing?

    24 FEB

    The writing framework unpacked (1): Have we undervalued writing?

    Join Sam Denno and Nicola Romaine as they delve into the DfE's Writing Framework 2025 and tackle the section "why writing matters". Sam asks Nicola how important writing is when ranked alongside reading and they ponder what schools should prioritise. This is the first episode in a series about the Writing Framework in which we seek to provide bitesize insights and offer practical advice for embedding good writing practice into the classroom, across both primary and secondary phases. Music by Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: RYJOR8WMSINGNIXA Artist: Benjamin Tissot

    16 min
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Join Sam Denno (National Education Lead for Secondary English at Twinkl) and other English specialists as they hold forth on educational updates and offer professional development tips for educators working in the world of primary and secondary English. Music by Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: RYJOR8WMSINGNIXA Artist: Benjamin Tissot

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