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Dr Marion Long

@rhythm4reading

FRSA, Musician, researcher, specialist teacher, speaker and director of Rhythm for Reading: Rapidly raising reading comprehension scores in schools

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Do not set aside your happiness. Do not wait to be happy in the future. The best time to be happy is always now. Roy T. Bennett #happiness #motivation #Inspiration #quote #quotes #Life #RoyTBennett

Do not set aside your happiness. Do not wait to be happy in the future. The best time to be happy is always now.
Roy T. Bennett #happiness #motivation #Inspiration #quote #quotes #Life #RoyTBennett
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Starting next week I'll be co-hosting the Knowledge Matters Campaign podcast w Dylan Wiliam & Natalie Wexler, pursuing topics on how the science of learning can better guide literacy instruction. I'm VERY excited ๐Ÿ“… New episodes drop here: knowledgematterscampaign.org/podcast/ pic.x.com/sODTikxgYy

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†? In the recent report from the Centre for Young Lives, children described wanting to play outside more. And yet, they have been caught in a trap consisting of spending more time of screens,

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†?
In the recent report from the Centre for Young Lives, children described wanting to play outside more. And yet, they have been caught in a trap consisting of spending more time of screens,
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ In 2002, psychologist Steven Pinker noted that in our rush to analyse parenting, we overlooked something obvious: Children shape each other. Peers, not just adults are powerful

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜
In 2002, psychologist Steven Pinker noted that in our rush to analyse parenting, we overlooked something obvious:

Children shape each other.

Peers, not just adults are powerful
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๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒโ€”y๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป You see both the challenges and the potential of technology for children's learning. In terms of mitigating potential harms, you're not

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒโ€”y๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

You see both the challenges and the potential of technology for children's learning. In terms of mitigating potential harms, you're not
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๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€) ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. Itโ€™s late. Youโ€™re marking. One by one, you detect a pattern emerging. There's a certain flatness, perhaps a fog in working

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€) ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

Itโ€™s late. Youโ€™re marking. One by one, you detect a pattern emerging. There's a certain flatness, perhaps a fog in working
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๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ โ€” ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ Itโ€™s late. Youโ€™re alone with data sheets, tracking reading levels, attendance and behaviour. But behind every number is a child who might feel different, isolated, or overlooked. โ € The research is clear: children with

๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ โ€” ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ
Itโ€™s late. Youโ€™re alone with data sheets, tracking reading levels, attendance and behaviour. But behind every number is a child who might feel different, isolated, or overlooked.
โ €
The research is clear: children with
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Big news! 2026 has officially been announced as the National Year of Reading by Bridget Phillipson. Weโ€™re proud to join Department for Education to lead this national campaign to get the UK reading again. #NationalYearOfReading2026 nationalyearofreading.org.uk

Big news! 2026 has officially been announced as the National Year of Reading by <a href="/bphillipsonMP/">Bridget Phillipson</a>.

Weโ€™re proud to join <a href="/educationgovuk/">Department for Education</a> to lead this national campaign to get the UK reading again.

#NationalYearOfReading2026 nationalyearofreading.org.uk
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You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine. Roy T. Bennett #motivation #Inspiration #Life #RoyTBennett

You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.
Roy T. Bennett #motivation #Inspiration #Life #RoyTBennett
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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—œ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ '๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜'? Research on digital technology use in preschool children is just emerging. Yet, technology evolves so rapidly that research canโ€™t keep up

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—œ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ '๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜'?
Research on digital technology use in preschool children is just emerging. Yet, technology evolves so rapidly that research canโ€™t keep up
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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ฆ In a classroom where routines are only beginning to take root, a six-year-old is permanently excluded, long before theyโ€™ve had the chance to establish basic skills.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ฆ

In a classroom where routines are only beginning to take root, a six-year-old is permanently excluded, long before theyโ€™ve had the chance to establish basic skills.
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Today's the day ! It's launch day for the #BigButterflyCount . . . Get out between now and 10th August for 15 minutes and count the butterflies you see & help the great citizen science of Butterfly Conservation ๐Ÿฆ‹ ! Get involved at bigbutterflycount.org

Today's the day ! It's launch day for the #BigButterflyCount . . .

Get out between now and 10th August for 15 minutes and count the butterflies you see &amp; help the great citizen science of <a href="/savebutterflies/">Butterfly Conservation ๐Ÿฆ‹</a> ! Get involved at bigbutterflycount.org
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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฑ-๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ - Youโ€™re drawing on a well-established practice. In many classrooms, Opportunities to Respond (OTR) has become a go-to strategy: ask a question every ten seconds,

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฑ-๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ -
Youโ€™re drawing on a well-established practice. In many classrooms, Opportunities to Respond (OTR) has become a go-to strategy: ask a question every ten seconds,
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".Oak National Academy has released 80 free lessons to support teaching on online safety & misogyny for pupils aged 5-16. Oak will also develop additional lesson materials, to be available this autumn, to help schools deliver other areas covered by the new RSHE guidance." Tes magazine 1/2

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ - You begin to see the classroom differently. It's no longer a place of simple instruction, but has become a finely tuned environment where rhythm,

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ -

You begin to see the classroom differently. It's no longer a place of simple instruction, but has become a finely tuned environment where rhythm,
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The issue isnโ€™t the length of the summer holiday, which is one of the shortest in the world. The issue is a lack of investment in clubs, activities, camps & things for kids to do. Schools arenโ€™t a babysitting service & our core purpose risks being severely undermined.

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Always make time to take your kids to libraries & bookshops. Always let them browse freely. These are places of magic & wonder - the places where we find the books that make us readers, and stay with us forever. These places change our lives! #literacy