Passionate about EAL and Multilingual Pedagogies #alllanguagesmatter Recently started a new adventure as head of a primary school.
The Netherlands
Joined December 2010
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Did you know that the translations of animal sounds may vary across different parts of the world. Check out these multilingual onomatopoeias. #EALD #bilingualismrocks
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Sometimes you have a lesson that blows you away. Today's Gr 5 goal: to share what we 'notice' about poetry and I'll admit that I totally underestimated these #emergentbilinguals and their observations. One student 'I think poetry is like a work of art that everyone needs to see!'
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Surely #translanguaging is good for a student’s #wellbeing!. At #ISH_EAL 4 keen Y4 students, fairly new to English and covering 5 languages, shared their transition words with each other to support their #Writing.
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Students helped me display our Multilingual Me unit. We analysed our language identity profiles (thanks @ISH_EAL), learned new vocab to talk about #multilingualism, explored language origins and families and inquired into different forms of #communication. Love this unit 💖
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The best teachers aren’t perfect teachers, they are human teachers - they go off on tangents, they explore stuff, they focus on the detail but make mistakes, they have fun but they are serious about the job - the students love these teachers.
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My 4th grader dropped a wisdom bomb yesterday that shook me. “I wish my teachers knew the outside-of -school-me. Teachers only know kids they way they are in school. I’m the real me at recess but they don’t pay attention then.” What does this say to us about play!? #StudentVoice
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Really pleased with how my classroom map display is coming on 🗺 I’ve included books that link to diverse cultures to the suitcase, which are featured on the map, have labels of key places & pics that show where the children’s families originate from! #edutwitter @MrTs_NQTs
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#Maths has a lot of #language! We are working on our Maths language in our #homelanguages with #addition and #subtraction. #alllanguagesmatter #multilingual #eal #esl
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Making sure our new starters with no English have a voice and are welcomed by having some survival phrases in their #homelanguages along with visuals to help them express their needs and feelings in the classroom. #alllanguagesmatter #multilingual #eal #esl #translanguaging
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“Every day is a chance to begin again. Don’t focus on the failures of yesterday, start today with positive thoughts and expectations.”
#motivation #challenge #positivity
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Lack of career advancement and development is now the top reason why people leave their job according to a new McKinsey study.
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How to hook students on reading! Lots of entry points (different genres, reading levels, etc.) to tie to your curriculum. My son’s reading of Percy Jackson led him to the Odyssey.
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What #multilingual #translanguaging pedagogies look like can be relatively simple - it’s what it can achieve that is so exciting 😁 #inclusivity #socialjustice #differentiation #Internationalmindedness #agency #decolonisation of the #curriculum #responsiveteaching
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Mijn energierekening was -€109 per maand dit jaar. Gem. in NL is dat +€386 per maand. In 2018 heb ik ons huis #gasloos gemaakt en voorzien zonnepanelen. Totaal 9k overwaarde in geïnvesteerd en 9k extra geleend en 8k subsidie gekregen. Bespaar nu 6k per jaar. #verduurzamenloont
