Marianne Mitchell

Egmont Reading for Pleasure Early Career Teacher Award Winner 2019. Y3 Teacher & MFL Leader. Book lover.Indie music groupie.Marathon runner & general adventurer

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Stumbled across this video of my daughter Annabel 'reading' The Hungry Caterpillar in her cot. She's not two any more, so this little snapshot of her reading journey is very precious.

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Great turnout on the match to Hertford Town Hall this morning #NEUEastern, #saveourschools #NEUnion #Payu

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Year 3&4 at Christ Church school in Ware loved the virtual session with @LennyHenry yesterday. We’ve been reading The Boy With Wings since the start of term and finished today! Here is some feedback from the children. #TheBookofLegends

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@gusdoodle The Girl Who Walked On Air was victorious. We go to the circus tomorrow @emmac2603

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The final book vote of this school year for Year 4. What would you pick?

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@mariellaf1 @TheSTMagazine A Barbara Kingsolver

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Today’s class book vote with a quest theme. 3 texts were brought in by pupils this time. The winner was….

The Land of Roar

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Is it possible to like a book without liking the characters? It would appear so.

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I would read a shopping list by Elizabeth Strout if she published one. This is so much better than its prequel. I recommend.

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@gusdoodle It went down to a deciding vote between Nevermoor and Wolf Wilder. And I had to promise to put WW into the next vote. And to try and read all of the rest of the books before they leave for Year 5 😂

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Class book vote today in Year 4. A choice of wintry books to match the season.

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And the winner of the Year 4 wintry book vote was….

Nevermoor

Looking forward to rereading this with new listeners.

And a quote from Zach (9) that made me smile …”PLEASE can we read all the others afterwards?”My teasers must have sold them all well 😄 #ourfp

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A poem for Hull I wrote on the way to yesterday’s gig cos people always hate on hull who haven’t been. Thank you for having me in your lovely city at Wrecking Ball bookshop and bar. Also go there, it’s great! https://t.co/ggOCl8XivS

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Looking forward to the Xmas Book Club party tonight with turkey, secret book Santa and this which was a page turner for me. Mexican migrants riding atop a train from Acapulco through Mexico to USA. Several heart in mouth moments. I recommend for an easy unchristmassy read.

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Interesting listening about the teaching of fluency in classrooms. I’ve only recently discovered this podcast so am working my way through the back catalogue. Recommend this one ⁦@TimRasinski1⁩ has a lot of practical advice and resources to explore. https://t.co/J3ZfF7YrxD

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@MrsCrofty72 @mrspennyslater Thank you @MrsCrofty72 and I’m glad you enjoyed it. I loved how accepting the children were. Times are definitely changing and our whole school shared stories are making a difference 👍

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Just finished watching the BBC adaptation of this book with my 10 year old. We both loved it. So well made and thought provoking. We’ve had some great discussions about racism, colonialism, privilege, politics. Really good 👍

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Thanks for this birthday present ⁦@claireant⁩. Just finished. Dangerous reading material for someone who’s just finished a marathon training block and is looking for the next challenge. Although this book parks several runs firmly in the ‘don’t ever try that’ column.

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@claireant Just…why? Forgot his trainers?

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Great to meet up in the pub last night with my long-standing book club. And after a woefully long hiatus, we came back with a double-book bang.

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@samjp671 @TheWritingWeb @lit4pleasure @WritingRocks_17 Look at the 100 Word Challenge. I’ve had lots of success with it in ks2.