Director of English Aspire Educational Trust, Evidence Lead in Education. Education Consultant ECM.
Joined November 2014
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
3 Dec 2025
Poetry By Heart's Festive Showcase 2025:
31 poems to learn by heart this December
poetrybyheart.org.uk/showcasโฆ Better late than never and lots of poetry gifts to share!
@pbhcompetition #PoetryByHeart @The_UKLA @OpenUni_RfP @PaulWat5 @jonnybid @OctoberJonesCo
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23 Oct 2025
Very excited to welcome @TeresaCremin to our trust conference tomorrow โAspire to writeโ . 350 teachers and TAs from across @AspireEdMAT hearing key messages from the Writing Framework to improve outcomes in writing!
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
15 Sep 2025
๐ฃ CALLING ALL LEADERS!
Join us for the Writing Framework Webinar for Leaders, delivered by Tim Mills MBE.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-fโฆ
And thatโs not allโฆ keep your eyes peeled ๐ โ weโll soon be sharing more details on free Writing CPD opportunities coming your way!
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
13 Sep 2025
Yahoo itโs out! โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Reading/Writing for Pleasure-3 yr study @eduHelenHendry Sam Hulston Liz Chamberlain โญ๏ธOur thanks to @Mini_Stories @DoorstepLib @Literacy_Trust @readingagency @PrimeShakesCo @WorldBookDayUK Lit Pirates the brilliant @onichum for the cover! โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ@OpenUni_RfP
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Pleased to have been part of the panel, who met regularly to thrash out this document. We discussed each area and thought deeply about the writing process. It will be republished, which is good. What we will be left is an evidence informed go to read, for all practitioners!
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
9 Jul 2025
๐๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง'๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค
Below is @PieCorbettโs response on behalf of Talk for Writing.
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
30 Jun 2025
Well this is gorgeous!
Katya Balen at play! Would pair well with October October ๐ - @RuddickRichard ๐ฆโโฌ๐ฆ๐ณ@BooksForKeeps @JCEnglishHub @HubKingsnorth @NewVisEngHub ๐
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
2 Jul 2025
Do read and share this new Position Paper online.fliphtml5.com/baqlf/dโฆ
Underpinned by international research and free to access @OpenUni_RfP
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
29 Jun 2025
Do apply for a free inclusive book box for your school! inclusivebooksforchildren.orโฆ deadline 18th July . Children deserve to see themselves in books!
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
13 May 2025
๐ฃ Our May newsletter is here! โจ๐ Dive into all things #RfP: News, Author in the Spotlight, Top Texts, research insights, resources, upcoming events & more! ๐
Don't miss out โ sign up today ๐ ow.ly/oq5x50VRxrA
#OUReadingSchools #LiteracyLeadership #ReadingCulture
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
16 Jan 2025
I've said this before, but I'll say it again. READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So if you want to change their lives forever - make books & reading central to everything you do. And let them just enjoy it! #literacy
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
6 Jan 2025
100% this. Just been running training that addresses this todayโฆ
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
5 Oct 2024
If it's helpful to schools, below is the link to a year's worth of picturebook assembly suggestions that have a focus on empathy, diversity, equality and inclusion. All books I've used and loved as a teacher. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/readinโฆ
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
1 Oct 2024
#NationalPoetryDay is this Thursday! To celebrate, @MichaelRosenYes is releasing the recording of his brilliant Big 50 Year Show, for you to watch at home or show in class. It's about 1 hour long and totally free to watch ๐ youtu.be/yJfeIXxlUrI ๐ #poetry #teachingenglish
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
2 Oct 2024
๐A group of authors, educators, and publishers has called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to prioritise children's reading for pleasure. With a decline in reading habits post-pandemic, they urge for a national reading strategy to support literacy.
๐ buff.ly/4eH1JUC
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
3 Oct 2024
๐ก What do we really know about incorporating cognitive science into teaching practice?
Our latest evidence review โ โCognitive science in the classroomโ โ is available now: ow.ly/RvQJ50TwzyP
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
2 Oct 2024
@Booktrust Reading survey shows continued decline in enjoyment ๐ shorturl.at/sC9lj
We must redouble our efforts, build reading communities and track the impact ๐ ๐ ๐ @MichaelRosenYes
This is social justice in action ๐๐
We can and must do this. @frankcottrell_b
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
23 Jan 2022
A school RfP policy in one tweet:
1) Time to read & be read to every day.
2) Time to talk about books together.
3) Let them read graphic novels, picturebooks, poetry, non-fiction, magazines, anything.
4) New books are an investment, not an expense.
5) Get a library & a librarian.
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
22 Sep 2024
Knowing your readers matters!
These surveys will help @OpenUni_RfP
Find out more and build on it to nurture #readingforpleasure @MichaelRosenYes @jonnybid @RealGeoffBarton
Make that difference! @OpenUni_RfP
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Lisa Hesmondhalgh retweeted
13 Sep 2024
A year's worth of picturebook assembly suggestions that have a focus on diversity, equality, inclusion and empathy. Hopefully it's of use, even to just dip into occasionally. The link is here: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/readinโฆ
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