Thrilled to be here at #PrimaryLitConf24 with National Literacy Trust and a room bursting with teachers passionate about changing the story for our children. Literacy changes everything.

Looking forward to sharing this work tomorrow at National Literacy Trust Conference with Helen Hendry ! Fiona Evans See you soon Megan Dixon Hartland International School Libraries Ruth Baker-Leask

What a turn out!!! At Gateway Alliance English conference listening to Ben Payne - former director of Ministry of Stories - talking about supporting children to write. Are the parameters/expectations we put on children’s writing scaffolding or stifling success?
Ministry of Stories

Abigail Steel and I are delighted to invite you to our subject knowledge day on how to IMPROVE SPELLING, whatever scheme you use. We will be examining the most effective teaching approaches from KS1-KS3✅ 🔤📝😀 bit.ly/3Rjjmjo

What's your favourite Christmas carol or song? 🎶

You might just find it in The Christmas Songbook, a fabulous interactive sound book with beautiful illustrations... and we're giving you the chance to win a copy!

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'The best way to travel is by book, you can go anywhere you like' - Benjamin Zephaniah

We've lost one of poetry's greats today. Zephaniah's writing helped many make sense of themselves and the world around them. Here's a video from our #MyBirminghamStory project back in 2021 ⬇️.

🔊Our 6th annual #ReflectingRealities report is out now: ow.ly/8JJc50Qcoy0

Our reports are a key driver in the significant, positive changes in UK children’s publishing, & there are many more books reflecting the realities of children in our world now than in 2017🧵👇

Christmas 2023 | National Literacy Trust donorbox.org/nlt-christmas-… - If you are thinking of making a charitable donation this Christmas, consider buying a child a book...

New paper: student’s motivation to write frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… and the role of the environment Debra Myhill Martin Galway Ministry of Stories Arvon 𝕋𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕎𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖

So grateful to be included in such an esteemed line-up 🙏🏼

They are indeed a fabulous team. Maybe we can catch-up next time you’re in Brum!

naae.org.uk/naae-events-2/ got your tickets yet? 🥳🥳🥳

Always a pleasure working with the amazing team Gateway Alliance!

Gateway Alliance Thank you for such an informative afternoon. I’ve loved all the ‘Reading for Pleasure’ takeaways. Ruth Baker-Leask

Delighted to say that WHERE THE HEART SHOULD BE — my first YA verse novel for 5 yrs (!) will be published March 14th by Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK . It’s a novel that has taken me 12 yrs to write. I hope people like it— and also hope, if you enjoyed my other novels, you’ll preorder it! 😉😘

naae.org.uk/naae-events-2/ booking link is live! Go, go, go 🥳🥳🥳

Academic Book Publishers. Submit NOW for the prestigious #UKLA Academic Book Award Bloomsbury Academic @routlelegeEd Sage @OpenUniversityPress Submissions by 31st October 2023 using this form loom.ly/9mWy5Xc

OUTSTANDING LONGLISTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2024 UKLA Book Awards. Congratulations authors, illustrators, translators, publishers! LoveReading4Kids Reading Cloud UKLA #UKLA24 #teachersbookawards

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Storytime in School study shows impact on #reading attainment👏comprehension👏 #reading forpleasure 👏wellbeing👏 20 mins read aloud a day for 12 weeks bitly.ws/Vn8X Do read, share + discuss Farshore

As National Poetry Centre for Primary Schools we're hosting an exciting CPD course alongside our CLPE patron Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 focusing on the benefits of poetry in the primary classroom.

Places are limited, book yours here:
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