Are rewards good or bad for learning? Well, it depends. To understand why, we need to dive into the 2 main sources of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic. ↓

Magic shows and mysteries abound in Emma Carroll's showstopping new middle-grade adventure, The Houdini Inheritance!   #UKLAMembers RT now for the chance to win one of 3 signed copies #UKLALucky13th prize draw T&Cs: UK only. Tags: Faber Children's @emcarrollauthor @joyisreading

Welcome to our South West of England OU/UKLA TRGs! Charlotte Vickers Unlocking Excellence English Hub Danni Cooke Ilsham English Hub Simon Pollard Ramsbury English Hub @BridgwaterTRG Jo Hawkes Mangotsfield Primary English Hub An Daras Trust Kim Clark Jane Bird. We can't wait to hear about your first meetings!

I sometimes get asked about the common issues I see across primary schools and the kind of support I offer as a result. This brief blog explains this stuff. As ever, retweets really appreciated (given that the algorithm hates links to blogs). primarycolour.home.blog/2024/09/08/how…

A new fable from twice Carnegie Medal-winning Berlie Doherty https://www.facebook.com/BerlieDohe & illustrated by Tamsin Rosewell. #TheSeamaidensOdyssey weaves the traditional into our modern preoccupations. #UKLAMembers RT now for the chance to win a signed copy #UKLALucky13th

Following a few requests from teachers and school leaders, I've made short video on the key ideas that I think teachers (and parents/carers) need to know about reading development, based on my reading concept map. The Reading Map - A Primer youtu.be/JvtUxB5WM1k?si… via YouTube

Trying to gain a better knowledge of high quality books suitable for KS3/4, so I can support some secondary colleagues (my knowledge is very much primary-based). What books should I read/where are the best places to look for recommendations? #ourfp #readerteachers

What a waste of everyone's time!

Just a lil reminder that even the most sophisticated of observation instruments* only have very modest relationships with student learning outcomes (Gill, 2016). Worse: evidence suggests that even when experienced raters agree on observations judgements, we tend to be wrong

🔊 Our 7th annual #ReflectingRealities report is out now! This year’s report shows a significant drop in the presence of racially minoritised characters in books published for children in 2023 in the UK.

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Never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop reading to them, and helping them to read. Never stop changing lives. #literacy

📚 Day 19 of #Eduadvent! Win a £50 Waterstones voucher donated by Reading Solutions UK, providers of Reading Plus, improving students’ reading skills. Learn more 👉 readingsolutionsuk.co.uk/reading-plus/ To enter: LIKE & REPOST Good Luck!

Free writing CPD materials - covering all aspects of writing teaching writing4pleasure.com/free-writing-c…

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My new book, Primary Reading Simplified, is released this Monday (27th January). Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it. >>

✨ We're delighted to announce that award-winning poet Matt Goodfellow is our new #WriterInResidence! ✨ For his first job in the role, he's got a special message as the new school year kicks off... Find out more about Matt's plans here 👇 booktrust.org.uk/about-us/news-… Matt Goodfellow

I'm absolutely baffled by this. Do the DfE genuinely believe that a struggling reader won't have been identified before Year 8 and that doing another test will make any difference? It's insulting to staff who work in primary schools and won't benefit pupils in any way.

The 8th Annual Reflecting Realities Report is out now. Our latest findings show progress in ethnic representation across children’s books and call on the publishing industry to keep inclusive, representative literature as standard practice. Read more: clpe.org.uk/research/clpe-…