
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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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 ๐ New episodes drop here: knowledgematterscampaign.org/podcast/ pic.x.com/sODTikxgYy

๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ข๐๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐? 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,



๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ณ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ 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


๐ฌ๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒโy๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป You see both the challenges and the potential of technology for children's learning. In terms of mitigating potential harms, you're not


๐ฌ๐ผ๐'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ (๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐) ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ. Itโs late. Youโre marking. One by one, you detect a pattern emerging. There's a certain flatness, perhaps a fog in working


๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ โ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ Itโs late. Youโre 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


Big news! 2026 has officially been announced as the National Year of Reading by Bridget Phillipson. Weโre proud to join Department for Education to lead this national campaign to get the UK reading again. #NationalYearOfReading2026 nationalyearofreading.org.uk



๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป'๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐. ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ '๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐'? Research on digital technology use in preschool children is just emerging. Yet, technology evolves so rapidly that research canโt keep up


๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ดโฆ In a classroom where routines are only beginning to take root, a six-year-old is permanently excluded, long before theyโve had the chance to establish basic skills.


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 ๐ฆ ! Get involved at bigbutterflycount.org


๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ-๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ - Youโre 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,


".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

๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ - 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,


