First day back today... My class spontaneously burst into a song this afternoon about how much they love being in school with their friends. Oh my heart.... This makes the moments when I have to stop them from killing each other so much more bearable.

If you don’t believe that children’s books are foundational to how this country works, then please explain why the first stop after Paddington is Reading?

100% this. #neverready 😂

This has made me laugh out loud! @MisterFirth genius.

I've been trying to shift my wake-up time gradually to get back into the school time zone, but I'm just becoming sleep deprived BEFORE term starts. New plan: Sleep as much as I can, whenever I can, for the next 3 days. 😴

Serious question. Pls RT In the last 5 years, how many times have you suspected you might be dealing with a case of fabricated illness?

I don't envy Mr Zahawi but imo the most important thing he needs to do is listen to the sector and hear the voices of people who do the work. This is a great blog piece.

So, so true.

I really hope I am right in thinking that her little contribution sharing a cup of tea with an unaccompanied refugee was carefully considered. It has certainly made me even angrier about the aeroplane scheduled next week to take people asking for our support to Rwanda.

What would you want the Education Secretary to know? Last week we asked 7,500 teachers on Teacher Tapp to write the one thing they'd want to tell the new Ed Sec. In total, they wrote 47,500 words - a small novel! Here's what we learned...

🚨 Giveaway time! 🚨 Allen Tsui’s tweets have prompted me to treat someone to a copy of my book, 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Maths. All you need to do is retweet this tweet! I’ll announce the winner when I’m back home on Monday 1st August at 7pm.

Calling all #bookbloggers 🚨 I am looking for fans of the phenomenal #LittlePeopleBigDreams series 📚The new addition, #MarcusRashford⚽️is published on 6th September and I have copies to give away! RT and follow to be in with a chance to win @midaspr Quarto Kids #childrensbooks

I have FOUR gorgeous sprayed-edge copies of #Fledgling to give away! If you're a #librarian, #teachersoftwitter or TA and fancy a signed copy for your school (with postcard and bookmark), like, follow me and retweet. Winners chosen 31/8. UK only! #BackToSchool #bookgiveaway

I always sleep like a baby the night before we go back to school 😌 (waking up every two hours crying)

Sorry I know I’m on holiday, but I genuinely believe as an addition to diverse literature that this is going to be one of the most important books of the last and next few years, so I’d like to gift five copies to six schools via A New Chapter - Children's Bookstore - retweeting this seems fairest.

Reflecting on the last year and planning for the year ahead. Do you know any universities which would like training with TeachUsToo on the Importance of Literacy Teaching for All Students? Please RT.

🟡 Publication day GIVEAWAY! 🟡 At last it's UK publication day for Silver Linings and I’m giving away a signed hardback copy to celebrate! >> To enter - just RT and follow! << Closes on Friday 21st April at 7PM BST (UK only) Good Luck! : )

COMPETITION TIME!!! To be in with a chance of winning this lovely Androgynoceras Ammonite from Charmouth, all you have to do is RETWEET this tweet and make sure you’re FOLLOWING me! Winner announced this Sunday evening around 7pm. Good luck 🤞

Excited for the #SWSymposium this week... so many awesome speakers and interesting topics!🙌 symposium2023.sounds-write.com

Eye Can Write turns five on the 12th of July! 📚5️⃣🎈🎂 To celebrate I wanted to share this clip of the brilliant Michael Morpurgo reading an extract from my book at the launch event. Follow this link if you'd like to buy a copy! bit.ly/EyeCanWriteBook