6th JUL 2024

Joined March 2015
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Literature Caerleon retweeted
18 Jul 2024
Good to see the the teaching of reading is getting some attention by the media. Schools need better guidance on how to teach reading from @AddysgEducation. If systematic synthetic phonics is good enough for England, Australia, USA, New Zealand & Singapore, why isn't it good enough for Wales? @robrandel
Children's reading standards in Wales are being left 'completely to chance' amid concerns about levels of attainment, a teacher says bbc.in/3LsZurr
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Literature Caerleon retweeted
Children's reading standards 'a lottery' in Wales bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn05… ''Teacher @robrandel said parents were getting "a lottery ticket" for their children's English reading standards without a consistent approach across schools.''
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Literature Caerleon retweeted
18 Jul 2024
Very interesting piece here raising some important points and asks challenging questions. We have to strive for better for our children. We can’t leave reading to chance. @Bethanl1 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn05…
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Literature Caerleon retweeted
18 Jul 2024
Primary school teacher @robrandel is spot on. Too many children in Wales are functionally illiterate and cannot access the secondary school curriculum because of poor reading skills. In primary, you learn to read. In secondary, you read to learn. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn05…
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Literature Caerleon retweeted
Vintage @R4TheVerb @IMcMillan at the Hay Festival. One highlight was @MMargolyes' perfectly calculated,completely chilling reading of Browning's 'The Last Duchess'. How powerful Victorian poetry can be. As she said, you may 'skate silkily' over rhyme. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0020x…
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Literature Caerleon retweeted
Not long to go to our Medieval Summer Fayre @NewportShip in partnership with @FONSNewportship! Free entry, free roadside parking, free family craft activities….find out the story of this incredible piece of Newport’s history and what life was like in Medieval Newport!
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The big take down! Our volunteers are the best of the best. Thank you, @cwmbranvan
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Not enough is made of just what an extraordinary publishing house and force of excellence the @ThreeImpostors. Here are 3 of their excellent, excellent writers on top form. Diolch yn fawr, Robert Kingham, @FisherAuthor and @JonGower1
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Literature Caerleon retweeted
7 Jul 2024
Brilliant day at @LitCaerleon yesterday. Just so lovely and friendly 📚
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Absolutely cracking session from @TheCraigAustin and @richardjparfitt on Stray Dogs, Toronto, music, violence and the various sides of the tracks. An NP44 slice of history, right here in NP18.
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6 JULY 4pm: Ben Woolley, writer of The King’s Assassin, talking adaptation of his book, historical research to screen, royal scandal, and Julianne Moore. Limited tickets still available eventbrite.co.uk/e/literatur…
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TOMORROW ♥️ BCwmbran, Toronto, Brutalism, hard hitting edges. and Stray Dogs
I’ll be in the posh part of the ‘port on 6th July @litcaerleon in conversation with writer & former 60ft Doll @richardjparfitt about his #WBOTY-nominated thrill-ride ‘Stray Dogs’. Come see us discuss the shadow-world of late 70s Toronto, with forays into Cwmbran psychogeography.
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We cannot wait to hear you in conversation with @nicanned - tomorrow, 12pm @PrioryCaerleon ♥️📚
Very much looking forward to being at Caerleon this weekend, chatting to @nicanned about her amazing debut, This Thing of Darkness...
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Very much looking forward to being at Caerleon this weekend, chatting to @nicanned about her amazing debut, This Thing of Darkness...
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Literature Caerleon retweeted
Llongyfarchiadau / Congratulations @glynfedwards whose book 'In Orbit' has won the #WBOTY24 @NationCymru People's Choice Award! 🎉
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Literature Caerleon retweeted
Many congratulations @glynfedwards 🎉🎉📚 @SerenBooks @LitWales @NationCymru #WBOTY24
🌟 WINNER @NationCymru People’s Choice Award🌟 In Orbit – @glynfedwards (@Serenbooks) #WBOTY24
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And 9 years on, he we are going strong and Jonathan Edwards going stronger still. And he’s back for #LitCaerleon24 tomorrow. CAN.NOT WAIT. It’s this support from Welsh writers that keeps us going and doing what we love ♥️
This is marvellous.
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Literature Caerleon retweeted
Thanks to @RGlasbrook for highlighting the impactful screening at @RiverfrontArts. @WindrushCymru
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Literature Caerleon retweeted
I’ll be in the posh part of the ‘port on 6th July @litcaerleon in conversation with writer & former 60ft Doll @richardjparfitt about his #WBOTY-nominated thrill-ride ‘Stray Dogs’. Come see us discuss the shadow-world of late 70s Toronto, with forays into Cwmbran psychogeography.
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