Deputy Head, KS2 lead, interested in all things curriculum, literacy and digital. MA Ed Leadership. 🇬🇧🇵🇹 also @ouapicture 🖼️
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Sam Daunt retweeted
4 Nov 2025
❗ Breaking: Curriculum review proposals revealed
New curriculum in 2028: schoolsweek.co.uk/new-curric…
Key policy proposals round-up: schoolsweek.co.uk/curriculum…
The subject-specific reccs here: schoolsweek.co.uk/curriculum…
And our Q&A with Becky Francis: schoolsweek.co.uk/interview-…
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Sam Daunt retweeted
14 Oct 2025
A good knowledge of times tables is so important for accessing the majority of the maths curriculum fluently and confidently. Here’s a poster showing some uses!
What else would you add from the primary curriculum?
What about the secondary curriculum?
primarymathshub.com/everyday…
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Stunning!
12 Oct 2025
How stunning are these illustrations from Levi Pinfold?! 😍
Featured in the thrilling and beautiful new book from bestselling author @HGold_author, The Lone Husky is set in the universe of The Last Bear and Finding Bear 🐾
Return to the Arctic this Autumn - arriving 23 Oct ❄💙
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Sam Daunt retweeted
1 Oct 2025
So proud of my little EYFS artists today. They remembered the skills of colour mixing from our last session and created orange, purples and greens through colour mixing. Amazing observational drawings too. And this was the first time they have used watercolours. Proud teacher ❤️
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Sam Daunt retweeted
24 Aug 2025
"No witchcraft"?! It can't be... 🤐🙊
Collect all books in the wonderful Chrestomanci Chronicles now, by Diana Wynne Jones 😍📚✨ bit.ly/4k3JnzC
#DianaWynneJones #HowlsMovingCastle #ChrestomanciChronicles #FireandHemlock
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Sam Daunt retweeted
19 Aug 2025
Team y6!!
Whether it’s your first rodeo in y6 or your tenth 😅, I’ve been working on something (free) I think you’ll love/will find v useful
This Sunday, @LbQorg are sharing a huge pack of free advice, downloadables & resources to guide you through year 6…
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Sam Daunt retweeted
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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Sam Daunt retweeted
24 Jul 2025
🌟 Booklist: FIRST CHAPTER BOOKS 🌟
➡️➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists…
🦘Make the LEAP into reading! Check out our team's curated list featuring recommended colour-illustrated short chapter books.
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Sam Daunt retweeted
22 Jul 2025
A thought for the holidays. If you want your kids to get ahead - let them READ FOR PLEASURE! Let them discover the joy of reading for the sheer fun of it, with no strings attached, choosing for themselves, losing themselves in imagination. Everything else will follow! #literacy
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Sam Daunt retweeted
20 Jul 2025
Looking for funny books for children? The shortlists for #TheLollies have been announced 👏
With a judging panel chaired by founder @MichaelRosenYes these are the funniest books of the year. #KidLit @scholasticuk
booksforkeeps.co.uk/discover…
ALT Graphic with the logo for the Lollies Laugh Out Loud 2025 Book Awards 2025 sponsored by Scholastic
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Sam Daunt retweeted
19 Jul 2025
New research on teaching and learning worth knowing. (July edition) Link in reply ⬇️
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Sam Daunt retweeted
17 Jul 2025
Our summer learning is up! Our whole school topic has been called, ‘It’s up to us!’ Each class has explored a way in which we can help our world and make a difference. We shared our learning with parents in our summer carnival today too.
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Sam Daunt retweeted
16 Jul 2025
The government has finally published long-awaited guidance for schools on relationships, sex and health education
Here are the nine key changes leaders need to know
schoolsweek.co.uk/sex-and-re…
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Thinking a lot about our reading spine and my own reading… if you had to pick ONE book all children should read during their time in primary, what would you choose? ✨
@OpenUni_RfP @The_UKLA @booksfortopics @eenalol @redgierob @PieCorbett @MrBoothY6 @TeresaCremin
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Sam Daunt retweeted
6 Jul 2025
As the year draws to a close, I'm sharing my Y6 reading folder (though there are some random bits in like some Y2 lessons) for free, which is full of Y6 whole class reading lessons.
drive.google.com/drive/folde…
Plus my (very long) blog on how we teach it:
mrboothy6.wordpress.com/2025…
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Sam Daunt retweeted
9 Jul 2025
🔥 16 hottest education related research papers from the last 8 weeks:
(all open source 🔓)
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Sam Daunt retweeted
7 Jul 2025
A great collection of poems on the subject of nature, I Hear the Trees by @zaroweil, illustrated by Junli Song, is out now for 5-7 readers but will be enjoyed by those a bit older too. 🌱
@HachetteKids
worldssmallestlibrary.wordpr…
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Sam Daunt retweeted
6 Jul 2025
This is so fascinating! Important longitudinal study on Key Stage 2 results and earnings.
A MUST READ
- Higher KS2 attainment is associated with higher lifetime earnings
- Higher scores in Maths impact earnings more than English
- Benefits from doing better in KS2 English remain more stable over time for earnings
Download here 👉 assets.publishing.service.go…
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