Meet the Team

We are delighted to be working in partnership with senior lecturers from St Mary's University, Twickenham.

Let's meet the team
Finola Utton and Jo head will lead KS1 of Get Hounslow Writing

Finola is a senior lecturer in primary English, and the Primary English subject lead at St. Mary's University, teaching on the Primary Education Work-based, UG and PGCE routes. She is passionate about teaching English, particularly celebrating diversity and reading and writing for pleasure and co-runs the South West London Open University/UKLA Teachers’ Reading Group with her colleagues. She has co-conducted research into students as writers, and has collaborated with The British Library learning on a project on student identity. Finola is currently involved in a joint research project on teacher writer identity and the impact this has on teaching and learning.

Jo is a lecturer in primary English, and the Early Years Course lead at St. Mary's University, teaching on the Primary Education Work-based, Undergraduate and PGCE routes. She is passionate about teaching English, particularly celebrating diversity and reading and writing for pleasure. Jo co-runs the South West London Open University/UKLA Teachers’ Reading Group with her colleagues. She has co-conducted research into students as writers, and is currently participating in research alongside colleagues on place-based writing.  Jo also works closely with the STA and Ofqual to validate Early years accreditations and advise on writing processes and assessment. 

 

Kerry Assemakis and Karen Fox will lead KS2 of Get Hounslow Reading

Kerry Assemakis is a Senior Lecturer in Primary English, teaching on both Postgraduate and Undergraduate programmes. Kerry is passionate about teaching and learning in primary English, and especially about reading for pleasure and developing teachers’ identity and confidence as writers. Kerry completed research that focussed on student teachers as creative writers, and is currently leading a joint research project on teacher-writer identity and the impact this has on teaching and learning. Kerry co-runs an Open University/United Kingdom Literacy Association Teachers’ Reading Group with her colleagues. She is currently a doctoral student with a strong interest in visual literacies.

 

Karen is a Senior Lecturer in primary English at St Mary’s University. She teaches English on the Primary Education Work-based Routes, the BA Hons in Primary Education with QTS and the PGCE in Primary Education with QTS. Karen is passionate about teaching English, particularly how English can support children with the explorations of their identity and can empower them to tackle issues of social justice. She is currently studying for her professional doctorate and her research focuses on children's identity and the books that they read. She co-runs an Open University/United Kingdom Literacy Association Teachers Reading Group. She is also currently involved in a joint research project on teacher writer identity and the impact this has on teaching and learning.

For further information please contact Nikola Standing – n.standing@hounsloweducationpartnership.co.uk

What our members say

Ofsted Inspection Training – "Four days well spent! Supporting the development of our school under the guidance of a skilled trainer with a wealth of experience across the primary range was invaluable."

Primary Subject Networks – "The content in the sessions covers all aspects of high quality practice in Maths and it makes me reflective on my practice in class and how I lead and help develop other teachers."

Primary Subject Networks – "Meeting other subject leaders and sharing, makes me feel better about what we are delivering and that we are on the right track."

Develop your A level Teaching – "It was really nice to be able to talk to other A level German teachers as there aren’t very many and we could share our experiences."

Contingent Talk with Books – "Such a worthwhile project for Early Years, which you can see working right in front of your eyes. Well-planned and organised project, fantastic expert who inspires us all."

Get Hounslow Reading – "The biggest impact has been on our teachers’ enthusiasm for reading/books and their knowledge of high quality texts, finding innovative ways to engage readers through displays, book talk and story time."

Secondary Subject Networks – "There are so many useful takeaways from the meeting to help improve teaching and learning and they are things which can easily be put into place after the meeting."

Get Hounslow Reading – “There can be no doubt of the enthusiasm of Hounslow teachers and impact of their hard work on growing a Reading for Pleasure practice in their schools over this academic year. Many teachers said that the time to talk and share practice was what they valued most highly.” Charlotte Raby – Programme Facilitator

Secondary Subject Networks – “I really enjoy the content and the supportive group of fellow geography leaders discussing ideas in a non-judgmental, relatively informal way. The group certainly helps each other and fundamentally discusses relevant topics which are benefiting me.”

Get Hounslow Reading – "Very informative and helpful. A lovely chance to reflect. Excellent, enthusiastic delivery which would inspire anyone! You are very knowledgeable and sessions are well-organised. Thank you!”

Challenging Behaviour Training – “Great training, thank you for all your expertise and advice. I learnt lots of things about different ways that can affect pupils’ behaviour and how to deal with different situations."

Deep Dive Subject Leader Training – “Thank you for the very detailed and thorough subject leader checklist. It is an extremely useful and much necessary exercise. It's been an eye opener. Thank you”

Develop your A Level Teaching – “A much appreciated forum to apply pedagogy to a subject specific domain, with such rich professional talk after the keynotes in the Economics breakout session.”

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