We should all be very angry about this.

* Reading Teachers: What, you say you don't have time to read Linnea Ehri's 150 published articles and reading research papers? Well I've got you covered. I read them. Here's the Mother of all Summaries. parkerphonics.com/post/the-essen…

For all those living with rare conditions both visible and invisible and their families ⁦Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity⁩ 💕

Big shout out to @DoaghPrimary and all the staff who participated in a training session on how to teach children with dyslexia and literacy difficulties!! They were totally engaged and keen to learn how to meet their kids’ needs!!

Education neuroscience providing further evidence supporting the importance of ‘how’ we learn to read ed.stanford.edu/news/stanford-…

A massive thank you to Bridge Integrated Primary School and StRonansPS for inviting me to provide training on how to support our dyslexic pupils!! A lot of info to process but remember baby steps!

Check out this report investigating literacy instruction and policy across the UK and Ireland by Jennifer Buckingham . Perhaps those involved with curriculum and policy development in NI will now acknowledge and act! We can and must do better Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Education glenda davies

“Just because teachers are crying out for patches doesn’t mean they should get them. Spelling patches give the concept of systematic spelling instruction a bad name. In that climate, the alternatives creep in. Myths like….” (read on 👇)

Enjoyed listening to Mr Leyshon ResearchED Belfast emphasising the importance of explicit, sequential, cumulative spelling instruction. #passionate structured literacy teachers. NI is playing catch-up Education Authority glenda davies

And this is happening in NI too! Robbie Meredith Stephen Nolan

Last week on ITV News we revealed that long-debunked methods to teach reading not only remain commonplace in classrooms in Wales, but are currently endorsed by both the Welsh government and school inspectors. The First Minister was asked about our story in the Senedd today 👇

Wales been in news recently thanks 2 Rhys Williams﮷ ITV News highlighting lack evidence-based literacy instruction in PS; Anne Glennie has been advocating in Scotland 4 change 4 what seems like 4ever and some of us here NI been trying advocate 4 change. Please listen

DLD can mask dyslexia and vice versa, they can also co-occur

The link between illiteracy and our judicial system is clear to see. Investment in education and instruction in classroom based on evidence is of paramount impt not just for the child (as if that’s not enough of a reason) but for society

Northern Ireland government take note Education NI glenda davies

This form of literacy instruction is very common across Northern Ireland. We need structured, cumulative, sequential, EXPLICIT literacy instruction in our primary schools! Schools need guidance on ‘how’ to teach literacy. Currently kids taught to guess

Thank you Debbie Hepplewhite MBE FRSA for highlighting this! I have noticed this increasingly over the last few months with the increased media coverage of reading thanks to Rhys Williams﮷. I can’t emphasise enough that reading and spelling go hand in hand!

Dyslexia can mask DLD and vice versa. Impt to be aware of both and the fact approx 50% have both!!

🧵 Understanding Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction: A Thread on the Science Behind Effective Teaching Who was Barak Rosenshine? Rosenshine was an educational psychologist who distilled years of research into 10 practical principles. These aren’t just teaching tips—they’re

Love. Many schools opt 4 computer based assessments due 2 lack of resources eg time, people. They also like computer report print out & fact no teacher has 2 analyse& interpret the child’s responses yet it’s exactly this analysis& interpretation that gives us the info we need.