During the 30+ years I've been working creatively with children I've lost count of how many times teachers have said to me "You should write a book" I've always said "Yeah, maybe one day" . . . well now that day is coming. #ArtShaped darrellwakelam.com

You still have one week to win a copy of my book, The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading. All you have to do is retweet the thread linked thread for your chance to win.

Some really beautiful mark making in these insect monoprints by my Y7 class today.

A *new* blog on the subject of reading fluency. primarycolour.home.blog/2022/02/05/fiv…

How do we assess art in primary schools? New animation (Part 2) below - and visit accessart.org.uk/how-do-we-asse… for Part 2 Gomersal Primary Art Susan M Coles NSEAD Guardian Education @TimesEducation UKEdChat UKEd Magazine Tes_Primary Dr Penny Hay 🇪🇺🕊💚🌳🐝🦋🌹🌈 Miss Stanley

How would you feel after a hard day working in the mills? Y5 have used L.S.Lowry’s portraits as inspiration for portraits of mill workers. We began the session with a bit of performing arts to discuss the feelings of the workers then used a range of media to create the portraits

I have a free copy of The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading to give away. If you want to have a chance of winning it, all you have to do is retweet this tweet. I will choose a winner at random next week.

⭐️Schools⭐️To celebrate World Book Week I’ve one signed set of my MG historical mysteries to giveaway to a UK school, including The Secret of the Treasure Keepers! Like and retweet by 8pm on 03.03.22 to enter. #Giveaway #BookGiveaway

Ahead of World Book Day, we've got 2 fantastic fiction bundles worth £100 each to give away to 2 lucky schools! (1 primary, 1 secondary) To be in with a chance of winning, just RT & like this tweet and make sure you're following us by 4pm on Fri 4 March #WorldBookDay #WBD22

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Not this week, the week after I’m going to do a free reading for pleasure session over zoom for ECTs and students. Probs do some form of tickets tomorrow. Point anyone you think might be interested this way.