@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
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?
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.
We welcome the acknowledgement by the Education Secretary (@bphillipsonMP) about the lack of access to arts education in state schools & look forward to this critical issue being addressed.
Join us in campaigning until the arts are accessible to all: campaignforthearts.org/join/
💡 “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: ow.ly/lacu50SxCuw
🎉 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.
Read more: eef.li/erasFd
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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 comicboom.co.uk 💥 #podcast@ALCS_UK
ALT The image is split into four comic book style panels. In the top left is the Comic Boom, the comics in education podcast logo. On the right is a photograph of brown skinned woman with blue hair, Swapna Haddow/Reddy. On the top right are logos indicating that the podcast can be listened to on Spotify, apple podcasts and YouTube. The podcast is sponsored by ALCS.
I don't usually share audience feedback but this email has really made my week! 😊
Thanks to @RCLFest for having me perform #WeAreFamily, and to everyone who came to watch me perform and got involved in my creative writing workshops!
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The Guardian view on Frank Cottrell-Boyce as children’s laureate: a timely champion | Editorial. The Children’s Laureate appointment is the subject of an Observer editorial. How absolutely brilliant. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
🙌 Have you checked out Tes Explains?
Our collaboration with @Tes aims to support teachers and school leaders in putting evidence to use in their practice.
Take a look: ow.ly/E7Gq50SwJFm