@Literacy_Trust are taking an innovative look at how comics and picture books can help develop literacy and nurture a love of reading for pupils across Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. Take part in The Big Picture, 23 January at @StMattResearch with @petersbooks
@PhilipArdagh The Magician's Nephew always - the Wood Between the Worlds blew my nine year old mind...my tummy lurched with theirs when they realised they nearly didn't mark which pool led back to our world...and the crumbling of an old world is described so vividly. Proper sci-fi!
My mother taught me to read but, every Saturday morning, my father would read me a chapter of a Narnia book which made them all the more special. My father's long gone now but I still have the books and the memories. I think my favourite is The Silver Chair. Which is yours?
Talking to @GeorgeWParker in today’s @ftukpolitics about my determination to drive high and rising standards — in every school, for every child. https://t.co/xpBVlwRMve
Just FYI, children don’t have to master transcription before they can start developing their compositional skills.
In fact both benefit from each other’s development 👇
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Anti-Bullying Week is right around the corner, and this year’s theme is “Choose Respect” 🫡 When disputes arise among children, insults and rudeness can sometimes follow 🤬 and it’s vital for us to show them a better way.
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We are so excited to be a part of this wonderful judging process! Our very excited Reading Club members and our Reading Ambassadors will be working their way through the longlist with the help of Mrs Hill! We can't wait to get stuck in! @stpatsrochdale@STOC_CAT
Creativity is essential to growing a society that can think; the arts are essential to a society that flourishes. No wonder so many children are miserable; the arts are an essential part of being human. Schools without the arts are heartless places - just dust on the wind.
💡 “One such benefit is that they create the perfect learning conditions for developing and supporting metacognitive regulation.”
@EmilySmeaton1 of @NYCResearchSch explores how mixed-aged classes can encourage metacognitive regulation.
Read more: https://t.co/r8UeZBBQJA
🎉 Today, we’re delighted to launch the latest theme in our early years evidence store, designed to help early years staff to put evidence-informed approaches into practice.
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Really enjoyed speaking to Swapna Reddy (aka Swapna Haddow) about her career, her writing process and her new title with @OxfordChildrens Reggie Rabbit and the Great Carrot Heist https://t.co/eCT8xYLuHO 💥 #podcast@ALCS_UK