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Susan Godsland This is important. We tend to assume that progress in decoding will lead to improvements in reading comprehension, but below a certain level, it doesn't

Emma Turner FCCT gave me a lot to consider in her talk on primary curriculum design. We don‘t have unlimited hours to teach everything. Curric is like a big shop, what are the essentials? What‘s one thing they should leave school able to do? READ of course.

I have never talked to the press about being a creationist missionary, how I left etc - and I do feel really conflicted about sharing this profile. I’ll be clarifying and giving context to lots of things in it over time. 1/ The Observer observer.co.uk/news/science-t…

"Our results suggest that word reading and spelling are one and the same, almost, but that spoken vocabulary knowledge is more closely related to reading than to spelling." Open article from the great Rebecca Treiman and colleagues. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Whilst the Government’s SEND plan is in the news, I thought it would be useful to highlight this paper: 'Special Educational Needs and Disability tribunals: Dyslexia, scientific validity and equity' by Julian Elliott, Stanbridge & Branigan 2024. bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

We often discuss explicit instruction as a method, but rarely as a matter of equity. Its purpose is to provide all students, regardless of background, with the kind of knowledge that can genuinely change their lives. 🧵⬇️

A tiny minority of students discover how to read by themselves. While a few children (often with high language exposure at home and strong working memory) can intuit the alphabetic principle, most cannot. To base an education system on that sub-group is ethically reprehensible.

The Writing Framework has just been published, and I'm pleased to have been part of the sector panel to help produce this important document. I'm optimistic that the framework will help leaders to further develop the teaching of writing in their schools gov.uk/government/pub…

Really honoured to have received a copy of Nick Gibb ‘s new book. I think it might be my read of the year. I’m a few pages in and it’s already fascinating. It’s available to pre order here 👇🏻 amzn.eu/d/igPDPp5

Hot off the press! New Substack Post. Carl Hendrick Paul A. Kirschner Greg Ashman Anna Stokke Jim Hewitt researchED Canada researchED scienceoflearning.substack.com/p/beyond-belie…

Just to remind everyone we’re working in a world in which grown adults are arguing about: - the size of the dot in comparison to the comma - the height of the dot - the direction of the curve of the comma on a SEMI-COLON DRAWN BY A 11yo THAT IS GRAMMATICALLY ACCURATELY PLACED

Mazza Dr. John Seelke Carl Hendrick Skill leads to enjoyment more than the other way around. "The best-fitting direction-of-causation model showed that skills impacted enjoyment, while the influence in the other direction was zero." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10….

What does the 2025 Writing Framework say about phonics & spelling? ✅ Keep phonics going into KS2 ✅ Teach spelling with reading ✅ Don’t rush joined handwriting ✅ Dictation = low-cost, high-impact Just like we’ve been doing all along! John Walker, Sounds-Write

When educators step into the Psych (𝚿) lane but don’t consistently deliver effective literacy instruction, kids often need outside $ervices to thrive. Despite good intentions, are we deepening the economic and social divides? #Education #Literacy Thoughts?

SoundsWrite + Kinetic Letters in Reception = 👌

Mr G All you can do, imo, is read widely and often with the children and teach them in a way that gets them to enjoy it, even if it is just in those moments. The constant pursuit of embedding a culture for reading for pleasure is fruitless, as it won't work for everyone, just like...

We're thrilled to share that a brand-new course is coming to Sounds-Write!  Sounds-Write in the Early Years: Get Ready for Reading is a fully online, flexible course designed to equip early years and nursery/Pre-K practitioners with everything they need to help children build

Folks have you seen the trailer for HUMAN?! Starting BBC 2 Monday 14th 9pm (US PBS sep 17th). The most extraordinary story of all is ours.