A kid wrote in my Christmas card today, “If gratefulness was snow, I’d send you a blizzard.” Made my week!

Lent a child in my class my copy of Sky Song this term by the talented @moontrug. They just bought me Jungle Drop as a Christmas present. #lovetoexchangebooks!

Loving this and learning so much!!

Really enjoying the High Performance podcasts - definitely worth a listen if you’d like some January inspiration! #HighPerformancePodcast

Reading Order of the Phoenix to my daughter tonight… already read for ages, well past bedtime and still 80 pages left. “Mum you can’t leave it on a cliffhanger.” J.K. Rowling is an expert storycrafter… the final 100 pages of that book are one constant cliffhanger!

Yahoo! BookTrust Storytime Prize winner ! @katrinacharman @NickSharratt1 yes 🙌 🙌🙌 Cressida Cowell just sang it to us! Reading for Pleasure 🧶 Do share! A delight! 🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳

Eldest is learning about rocks at school… we made chocolate rocks at home! Here is sedimentary (she thoroughly enjoyed eating it!) #alwaysaschoolday

She was reading The Diary of a Christmas Elf like this for nearly an hour this evening… could not put it down! Made my week!

Everyone should take part in this!

I've said this before, but I'll say it again. READING FOR PLEASURE has the most powerful positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So if you want to change their lives - make books & reading central to everything you do. And let them just enjoy it! #literacy

Thank you so much to the hugely inspiring Teresa Cremin for talking to Driver Youth Trust about reading for pleasure and how educators can ignite interest for children who find reading tough. It will be a very valuable part of our Primary Reading course. #Reading #SEND

Couldn’t agree more.

Teaching how to consciously control the atmosphere in writing today using precise word choices and writing as a reader. When the word changes, how does the mood change? Jane Considine @guruteaching #WritingRocks✍️😍☺️ writingrocks.bsky.social

A nose dive into poetry! Worth reading, new ideas for connecting poetry to scent and imaginations - Rebecca S-Hargreaves Reading for Pleasure 🧶 childrenspoetrysummit.com/2022/02/24/nat… Photo and Blog Natalia I. Kucirkova

Daughter’s new favourite books - devoured the first one in 24 hours! Thanks @StevenLenton - might be good for our library Jo colyer

So lucky to have the most amazing librarian at school who always has a fabulous book recommendation. Started listening to this last night - great start! Hannah Gold - here sometimes 🤩 Jo colyer

Teachers, how many have you had covid? 🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠 Once Twice More 👇🏼 👇🏼 👇🏼

Oh my goodness - these are so popular and have been the books that have helped many of my students get into reading!

Have a fab school using Essential Letters and Sounds who are looking to make links with other schools using it too. PM me if you are interested.

What an opportunity!!