*** NEW POST *** We can stand down - I have finally cracked the question on the purpose of education (or school, anyway). You are welcome. teachreal.wordpress.com/2019/10/20/sch…

I'm honoured to have been made Lifetime Ambassador of CILIP SLG at their AGM on 18th October 2019. As the Great School Libraries report shows, SCHOOL LIBRARIES ARE VITAL TO ADVANCEMENT. I'm privileged to be fighting alongside such a dedicated group of professionals. Please RT and follow!

"ONE IN EIGHT SCHOOLS HAVE NO LIBRARY, CAMPAIGNERS SAY". Do we? Do we REALLY? I would say "One in eight schools HAS no library," what with 'one' being the subject of the headline and singular... but I digress. EVERY SCHOOL NEEDS A DECENT SCHOOL LIBRARY. Great School Libraries CILIP SLG

To all those people asking about the Romani animation with a beautiful script by Damian LeBas, here it is. travellerstimes.org.uk/heritage/roads…

'Schools are not obliged to have libraries, but prisons are. Step one, then, is to make it compulsory for schools, too. This has to be backed up with steptwo: ringfenced money to support schools’ libraries, along with the hiring and training of librarians.' Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷

Meet Danny Butler, “I’m a proud Gay Traveller man - we need to raise visibility of who we are amongst young LGBT 🏳️‍🌈Travellers - give them hope for the future and Instill pride” Coming soon 🎬🎬👉🏼🏳️‍🌈 01/11/2019 Traveller Pride Stephe Meloy 🌹Labour LGBTIQ_Roma Lewisham LGBT Forum Travellers' Times

Cressida Cowell OxfordReadingSpree Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 .Department for Education: "as schools are autonomous institutions it is for individual schools to decide how best to provide and maintain a library service for their pupils," & "The new national funding formula wil provide a cash increase in respect of every school and every local area."

OxfordReadingSpree The best thing about the spree is coming into school and home (reading my book swap poetry book to my 13yold) and putting things in place in our classrooms.

For those of you who missed the #OxReadingSpree, here’s a post about the wonderful texts & approaches discussed in my #TreasureIsland workshop. Enjoy! #classic OxfordReadingSpree #edutwitter #tweachers librarygirlandbookboy.wordpress.com/2019/10/22/int…

Put my class novel lists Year 3-6 in one place so people can find them if they want them. Hope it’s useful. smithsmm.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/boo…

Couldn't agree more 🇬🇧 TeacherToolkit.co.uk "verbal feedback, when applied well" is the way forward.

KO TURNS TWO TODAY! 🎈🎈 Two years saying no more lip service to change. TWO YEARS OF: 📚Black / Brown kids on book covers (knowing how it affects sales) 📚Making bestsellers (despite what we just said about covers) 📚Disability being a strength, not a challenging plot point

If you are looking for a good drinking game this weekend, I would highly recommend 'spot the orphan Gypsy, Roma, Traveller child in children's literature.' You will be smashed in minutes.

Reading aloud to a class is one of the few times, in my opinion, when you can take their minds out of school and show them the scope of the world. Its easy to take that for granted if you haven't been in school for decades. Please share! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/2767…

Up to 700 followers now - Thank you! Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️ - but need 300 more to reach Monday midnight's target. Please RT and FOLLOW to share the love and to campaign for SCHOOL LIBRARIES! Thank yoooooou! Great School Libraries CILIP SLG School Library Association (SLA) @booktrust Children's Laureate Philip Ardagh

School Libraries Group Ambassador I asked our school librarian if she had any books on turtles... "Hard back?" she inquired. "Yes..." I replied. "And little heads."

After being inspired at the Reading for Pleasure 🧶 conference a few weeks ago, I asked every child in every class and all of the adults in school to complete the sentence, I read because... This is from one of our youngest in school and one of my favourite answers.

Happy World Kindness Day! To help spread the message of kindness and compassion, we're giving 10 lucky winners a bundle of 5 empathy-filled picture books! Just RT and Follow to enter. T&Cs apply.