Between 2022 and 2025, I have the privilege of visiting 2 to 3 schools each week, observing over 100 lessons a month. I have written up everything I learned in 16 books.

New Reading for Pleasure 🧶 EOP ‘Book Crowns: Celebrating Reading Identities’, aiming to foster joy across school and involve everyone, celebrating current reading preferences. Highly recommend for World Book Day UK 📚 activity with lasting impact (gained knowledge). ourfp.org/eop/book-crown…

Great question, Joy!

🚨 NEW POST 🚨 ‘Great teaching and targeted academic support’ “It is no doubt a good thing to focus on improving teaching. But we should chase interventions that amplify and align with high quality teaching.” alexquigley.co.uk/great-teaching…

Well this is all terribly exciting! Bloomsbury Education

I’m so proud to be the Academy Council Chair Lift Four Dwellings Secondary I get to meet up its amazing Principal the Claire Stoneman. It was lovely to see you today - planning, laughing and musing is good for you! 🙏🏾💯

Teresa Cremin Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 A.M. Dassu BOOK UPDATES - Insta: @a.m.dassu University of Sussex Jon Biddle Rich Charlesworth Anthony Kessel Kibworth Books The Open University Sarah Mears Imogen Bond Sonia Robin Banerjee

To celebrate the publication of the paperback of MIDNIGHT TREASURE ("Enchanting", The Times) I have TEN signed copies to give away to schools, for the first 10 to answer this question correctly. Where did Bram Stoker do his research for Dracula? *clue: I researched mine there

‘I was born in Tooting. Where am I going to go?’ Sadiq Khan challenges Sarah, who claims there’s ‘too many brown faces in London’ and ‘immigrants need to go home.’

WRDaboutbooks Piers Torday Hachette Children's Group Welford Primary Sonia 🙏🙏🙏🤞🤞🤞

Happy National Poetry Day! St Matts is off timetable and focusing in on perfect ‘Play’ themed poems today. I’ve been invited into classrooms to read, so I’ve gathered my favourite poetry books in my basket and I’ll be sharing! Perfect! #nationalpoetryday, Reading for Pleasure 🧶 Jon Biddle

ChristChurch Primary Today has been one to remember. We had the pleasure of hosting the Bishop of Birmingham and Kurly the Poet to open our library. We are over the moon. We ❤️ 📚

Last year, I was invited to put together some book packs for Pandora Books. It was something I enjoyed doing and was delighted with how well received they were. I've recently updated the selections and written about a few of the new additions here: pandorabooks.co.uk/jon-biddle-rec…

We have produced some videos of super Rotherham colleagues talking about their approaches to addressing educational disadvantage. They can be found here. I hope you find them helpful. Thank you to everyone that contributed: forgecpd.com/addressing-edu…

On Monday 20th October, I'm running an online session with the brilliant Joshua Seigal all about raising the profile of poetry in the primary classroom. It will start at 3:45pm and end at 5:00pm. More information here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-dont-like-…

Book 5 in my 16-part "Tips for Teachers guide to..." series is out today: tipsforteachers.co.uk/books/

Join #EmpathyActionMonth this November Help young people turn empathy into action, at home, in school, in their community. 🌍 Author videos, LIVE events & so much more Register today!

This is happening tomorrow afternoon (3:45pm). I'll be talking about ways we've given poetry a higher profile in my school and Josh will be sharing his life as a children's poet, as well as performing some of his work. Grab a cup of coffee and join us!

Amazing! Loving seeing these arrive! Bloomsbury Education

Michael Rosen Day is happening on Thursday 13th November! If you haven't signed up yet, make sure you do. There's a free live Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 event, a poetry competition (#ShareAPoem) and loads of great resources. Join the poetry party! #MichaelRosenDay michaelrosen.co.uk/michaelrosenday