Whole class reading fluency scheme for children from Year 2 - Year 6. Run by @ManicStTeachers.
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The Fluency Factory retweeted
18 Oct 2025
Many teachers are unaware of the power of repeated reading. Repeated reading effect size is larger than the effect size of phonics. Putting the two together could be a real game-changer for teachers. This blog post gives the history behind Dr. Tim Rasinski's work in this area. It is loaded with great ideas for improving reading instruction in grades 1-5. .doctorsam7.blog/2025/10/18/f…
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11 Oct 2025
“Phonics is one of the great success stories of modern school improvement. But the job isn’t done - we need to build on it.”
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Fluency has been a significantly neglected aspect of reading in primary schools, but I can see the sands are shifting! 👍
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The Fluency Factory retweeted
4 Oct 2025
New report out now: The Future of Books and Reading from @DrSarahMcG and @UoELiteracyLab. 📚
Bringing together leading voices in literacy, it explores how reading is evolving and what this means for education, policy and publishing.
Dive in👉 blogs.ed.ac.uk/literacylab/w…
ALT Screenshot taken from the cover of the report. Image is a cartoon showing three different people reading and writing - on the left is a young person flicking through a book, in the middle is a woman wearing a hijab and using an ereader, and on the right is an elderly person with white hair making some notes.
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The Fluency Factory retweeted
30 Sep 2025
School libraries matter! And these children are living proof. ⬇️
Chancellor @RachelReevesMP announced yesterday that the government will ensure every state primary school in England will have a library by the end of this parliament.
Apply for funding: librariesforprimaries.org.uk…
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21 Sep 2025
THE FLUENCY FACTORY
🏆 The U.K.'s 1st week-by-week fluency scheme for Year 2 - Year 6!
📚 Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry with texts that progress systematically in complexity
🧠 Underpinned by research and the science of reading.
👉 Get your free lessons. thefluencyfactory.co.uk
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The Fluency Factory retweeted
18 Sep 2025
📚Our reading fluency programme is the U.K.'s 1st subscription scheme for week-by-week fluency lessons for Year 2-Year 6. Check it out at thefluencyfactory.co.uk
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17 Sep 2025
From 2016–2021, I led English in a 3-form entry school with 98% EAL 🌍. Seeing how fluency strategies boost progress stayed with me.
Now it’s The Fluency Factory ✨ — the UK’s first week-by-week fluency lessons (Y2–Y6). ❤️
👀 thefluencyfactory.co.uk
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10 Sep 2025
📝NEW BLOG POST: I've just created a fluency scheme for primary schools — so yes, the irony isn’t lost on me! 😅But packaging should never come before pedagogy.
Here’s my latest blog👉: thefluencyfactory.co.uk/post…
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2 Sep 2025
📚 The September Fluency Fix is here!
This month:
✨ Disciplinary literacy in primary schools
✨ Daisy Christodoulou on “stupidogenic society”
✨ Ofsted’s take on reading fluency
✨ FREE fluency CPD video
Read 👉 thefluencyfactory.co.uk/so/a…
Sign up 👉 thefluencyfactory.co.uk/#sig…
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31 Aug 2025
📊 Why is reading fluency landing on Year 6 teachers? 👇
Uptake dips in Years 3–5, then spikes in Year 6. Are we leaving earlier years under-supported? Shouldn’t fluency run from Year 2 all the way through?
#PrimaryEd #ReadingFluency #EdChat #SATs
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31 Aug 2025
📢 Our Schools Programme 2025/26 is here!
✅ Vision & mission
✅ The Fluency Factory story
✅ Curriculum coverage
✅ Case studies
✅ Plans & pricing
Boost reading fluency in your school this year 👇
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#edutwitter #primaryenglish #readingfluency
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The Fluency Factory retweeted
25 Aug 2025
Just updated my thoughts on my Reading Reconsidered Spine (the one Doug Lemov blogged about back in 2018!). 🎉
This new version mixes teacher picks and pupil votes, plus brings in diversity cultural capital. 🌍📚
Free blog downloads here 👉
manicstreetteachers.com/post…
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9 Aug 2025
Highly effective strategy to support fluency here from @Suchmo83. 👇
1 Aug 2025
**New blog** - It's been a while so retweets hugely appreciated.
The Most Common Reason Why Children Don't Become Fluent Readers... And What We Can Do About It
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The Fluency Factory retweeted
20 Jul 2025
I've been challenged to completely rethink Reading Fluency.
After looking into what @ReadingShanahan really says about reading fluency, here's how every teacher can efficiently implement it in their classroom this year🧵👇
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The Fluency Factory retweeted
7 Jul 2025
Big news! 2026 has officially been announced as the National Year of Reading by @bphillipsonMP.
We’re proud to join @educationgovuk to lead this national campaign to get the UK reading again.
#NationalYearOfReading2026 nationalyearofreading.org.uk
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8 Jul 2025
🎙Great new Knowledge Matters Podcast just dropped! Ep. 3, Literacy and the Science of Learning: @Doug_Lemov on Fluency’s Impact on Comprehension! knowledgematterscampaign.org…
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The Fluency Factory retweeted
7 Jul 2025
Parents urged to read more to boost children’s life chances. 🙌
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3 Jul 2025
📖 We analysed hundreds of Ofsted reports.
🕵️♂️ The verdict? Phonics is strong—but fluency is the next big focus.
👨🏫 Ofsted, EEF & DfE all say decoding isn’t enough.
thefluencyfactory.co.uk/post…
Read the key takeaways & what schools should do next:
#ReadingFluency #EduTwitter #Ofsted
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