To find out why my first priority as a new Head was to restore a library at the heart of our school- and why libraries are more important now than ever before - have a read of my latest blog post: petermiddleton.blog/2023/01/11/a-n…

380,000 children in the UK don't own books. I was one of them. We'll have to invent libraries all over again once they're gone. My piece for @thetimesmagazine tomorrow and online from today. #Books #Libraries #EmpireLand #TheBoyWithTheTopknot #literacy thetimes.co.uk/article/186229…

A wonderful story of a boy, his dad and a library by Wolverhampton's Sathnam Sanghera. thetimes.co.uk/article/186229…

I've said it before, I'll say it again: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest impact of any factor on children's life chances. If they're reading & enjoying it, everything else will follow. So please never stop reading to them & with them - it will change their lives! #literacy

“Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune, the cost of which should be shared by the community.” - Nye Bevan Please RT if you believe the NHS is worth fighting for 💙

Cuts to school & library budgets are the by far the biggest threats to children's educations. The government should be INVESTING MASSIVELY in schools & libraries, giving teachers & librarians all the resources they need to do their work, and paying them properly for it! #strikes

Yup. I said what most Black authors are thinking:

If she was strong enough to survive this — then white kids should be strong enough to learn about it in school. Agree? #BlackHistoryMonth

Best wishes@Jake_Hope Have fun and we all know what a brilliant job you will do #BritishBookAwards 📚📚

The school #library & #librarians can play a key role in helping pupils to develop problem-solving/critical-thinking skills via inquiry-based learning. Elizabeth Hutchinson & @ClareBrumpton break down the 6 stages of the The FOSIL Group approach bit.ly/3HGtRJS #librarytwitter

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert absolutely hate this poster. So for god’s sake — don’t even think about liking it or retweeting it.

Please sign this - it’s so important children have access to libraries and books, which can transform their lives. 🙏🏻♥️ Petition: Make school libraries and librarians a statutory requirement petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6342…

The truth hurts Lakota Man Please keep telling the truth

✨👻 We’ve got a GRAPHIC NOVEL GIVEAWAY!! 👻✨ To WIN a set of ‘The Sad Ghost Club’ by The Sad Ghost Club, just RT by 31.03.23. UK only. GOOD LUCK! ‘A heart-warming series about friendship, compassion and finding your kindred spirits’

🦹Librarians have always been my superheroes! Shirley Phillips former deputy minister in the Ontario govt on privilege, fairness & levelling the playing field; Ukrainian “warrior” librarians; & her argument that librarianship is fundamental to democracy. theglobeandmail.com/life/first-per…

It's #SchoolLibrarianDay so let's thank our legendary #librarians who make a difference to the lives of our children everyday by sharing their book love and providing a safe space for them to enjoy Illustration: chris riddell

Happy #SchoolLibrarianDay - here's to all the amazing school librarians I know that are making a difference, every day, to the students in their schools!

Every single school should have a library & a school librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers & give them all the benefits of literacy! Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER! #SchoolLibrarianDay (Art: chris riddell)

Wholesale gas is 6 times cheaper today than August. In is 4 times cheaper than March 2022 It is half the price it was in October 2021 There is zero justification whatsoever for prices climbing 20% today, a cost which will be met by you the taxpayer. It’s a racket.

#INDIGENOUS #TAIRP