https://t.co/Qa7M4ufLHY Fantastic in depth conversation about dyslexia with (my all time fav author) @MichaelRosenYes and Maggie Snowling. Must listen!
Leading a whole school assembly on Monday about reading and why we read at our school, from tutor time reading to increased reading in lessons. I'd love to be able to include words of wisdom from authors and literacy experts! Please retweet and share your pearls of wisdom!
THREAD: Been thinking about the mistakes I made early on in my career. I still find it useful to reflect on these – so easy to slip into bad, old habits.
A Croydon school was rocked as two pupils were stabbed to death in just six months
Students at the school are now creating a youth centre to commemorate their dead classmates
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@Muna_Abdi_Phd Wow! So impressed with the title alone, there's not much literature concerning a huge demographic in London/England schools. I'm writing about black muslim teachers' experiences teaching English in schools so I know this will be a great read. Congrats, I'll definitely be buying!
Interesting thread 👏🏾 - completely agree, pupils are often being expected to read and complete canonical texts without any grounding in KS3. Many reluctant readers will have only read and fully completed a story KS2
Doug Lemov, in "Reading Reconsidered", has the great concept of "pre-complex" books. Those are books that train developing readers in the complexities and challenges that "great" books present, but in an approachable and surmountable way.
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The lyrebird of the genus Menura can imitate the calls of at least 20 species of birds and more interestingly, other sounds it hears. In this 2009 BBC video, David Attenborough shows one imitating a variety of unexpected sounds [full video: https://t.co/51EfzXyfhF]
We’re excited to announce the launch of the COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities (COSMO) Study
We’re leading this brand new cohort study with @SuttonTrust to track the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the life chances of a generation of young people.
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Melissa was rightly proud of this thought-provoking poem that she wrote in her @FirstStory session today with @AHicksonLovence . Our students reflected on the failures in the murder investigation & the impact of Stephen’s death on his family. @sldayfdn@sal2nd#BecauseOfStephen
I completely disagree with multi-academy trusts; there is such little accountability when schools are independent of LA control. Streaming students by excluding lower achieving pupils (often with SEN), cover-ups, corruption and bullying all prevalent in academies. Awful!!
"While the Pimlico [Academy] situation remains unresolved, with protesters summoned to disciplinary meetings and threatened with exclusions, it shows that it is schools, not young people, that must change."
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