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Government screen assessments for 4 year olds will undermine any family trying to protect their young children from screens. This is one more step towards normalising screen addiction for children. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

🎧 Want a speak preview of the talks that you'll have access to as part of Phonics Interventions: A Sounds-Write Symposium? Tita Beaven, the brains behind the Symposium discusses the talks she's most excited to share with educators. Listen to the episode on major podcasting

I hope some of my followers tune in! 😘

I’m no cognitive scientist, but if there’s one thing I believe, it’s this: if we want to get anything else right, we need to get the knowledge 🧩 right first. A must read from Daniel Willingham that helped me KNOW how knowledge helps with everything else.👇 drive.google.com/file/d/1qfeM-h…

A brilliant read. Discovery learning asks too much of many SEND learners. Direct, explicit instruction reduces cognitive load and levels the playing field. Carl explains this beautifully in his latest Substack.

Activities such as paired reading, whole class reading, and one-minute sprints build reading fluency. Read more in our blog ‘Speed Wobbles’ wp.me/p4hKgx-14p (5 min read). #EduTwitter

Third independent school closure in a week: Queen Margaret’s School in York says it's "unable to withstand" Bridget Phillipson's VAT. Job losses mount, but we're yet to hear how many more teachers are being hired with the money raised. thetimes.com/uk/education/a…

The first duty of any school is to keep students and staff safe. Among many other problems, feeling unsafe and the anxiety it causes hampers learning. That requires schools to manage behaviour, no matter how unpalatable you find that truth.

📣 We’re delighted to announce that Kirkbride Primary School have achieved their Silver Accreditation Award! 📣 Find out more about the Sounds-Write Accreditation Programme: zurl.co/CcfCn

researchED National Conference 2025, Sept 6th, London. New speakers announced every day this week. Next up: the amazing Carl Hendrick and Clare Sealy ! Tickets in link below. #rED25 Discounts for groups

This thread is an excellent example of romanticism butting up against teacher experience.

Schools Week Bridget Phillipson Stephen Morgan MP Early Years Alliance Neil O'Brien This is not what DfE’s own press release committed to in January.

It was our privilege to welcome Talk for Writing Royalty Talk for Writing Pie Corbett and Julia Strong to St. Michael's today. A wonderful morning of inspiration! #WeAreStMikes

researchED National Conference 2025, Sept 6th, London. New speakers announced every day this week. Next up: the amazing Natasha Porter OBE and oliver caviglioli ! Tickets in link below. #rED25 Discounts for groups

🌟 Congratulations to Whinney Banks Primary School in Middlesbrough who have achieved their Gold Accreditation Award! 🌟 Our Gold Schools are awarded for demonstrating exemplary teaching and leadership in phonics. They also run taster mornings, enabling other schools to see

Lots of moral panic arguments right now in Australia about Joe Rogan. I now think I should go on Joe Rogan and talk about cognitive load theory.

Check out this free online PL being delivered by Sounds-Write, June 24-27. Details here: symposium.sounds-write.co.uk Thanks John Walker, Sounds-Write and team 😊📚✍️📚

Our free symposium on Phonics Interventions is on next week! Get your free ticket here: symposium.sounds-write.co.uk  With four amazing keynotes and more than 30 talks by educators, school leaders, speech and language therapists and researchers to help ensure that you deliver

The FREE Sounds-Write symposium is back again next week! This year, it is all about Phonics Interventions. Even if you don’t use SW, it offers a wealth of really useful CPD, from a range of speakers. Sign up for free, using the link in John’s post below.

It was a real pleasure to spend the day at St George’s CofE Primary School in Battersea. Many thanks to the dedicated staff for such a warm welcome. The impact of John Walker, Sounds-Write from nursery to Year 6 is clear to see in both reading and spelling. KS2 spelling was impressive! 🤩