So a child who we put significant support in place for their SEMH need ( way more than the notional £6k) apparently doesn’t warrant an EHCP. Yet if we hadn’t put support in they would have definitely been excluded. Broken SEND system. Do I now remove the support?North Yorkshire Council

Hello children’s book lovers. It’s been another busy week in the world of children’s books. Award announcements, helpful articles on reading for pleasure, plus review round ups. Lots here to tempt you! Reading Matters - children’s book news alibrarylady.blog/2023/06/24/rea…

The positive feedback for A Kind of Spark has been lovely, but nothing means more than when people get in touch about Episode 109: Burnout. This is one of the episodes I wrote, and I'm grateful to the bosses for letting me be truthful. It's the scene in the book I only wrote once

A wonderful moment Glastonbury Festival when the crowd helped Lewis Capaldi as he struggled due to anxiety & tourettes. The determination to show up & continue his set, for others to support him when he needed it is inspirational to so many. #Tourettes #MentalHealthAwareness #Glastonbury

***NEW Episode*** This week’s guest on The (Un)official Teacher’s Manual Podcast is Assistant Principal and best-selling education author, Jennifer Webb Jennifer Webb. Here Jennifer offers 5 tips to motivate reluctant writers: open.spotify.com/episode/5r6pCW… #edutwitter

Can you spot the signs of dyslexia in your child? 🤔 The earlier we can identify a child is dyslexic, the more we can help them understand their strengths and challenges, and build their self-esteem. Check out our top tips in the post below 👇

Students with literacy and language difficulties can often struggle learning scientific terminology. That's where our videos come into it: visual + simple language = learning liftlessons.co/science-home #DevLangDis

Please Retweet. This is a really useful list from Money Saving Central of places where kids eat free (or for £1) during the 6 weeks Summer holidays. #Summer #SummerHolidays #CostOfLivingCrisis #Support #Help #Community #Family #Education #edutwitter

Disability is not a dirty word. People can embrace their autism/ADHD/dyspraxia, etc, and still class it as a neurodevelopmental disability. It's vital, especially for vulnerable members of the community and people with varying kinds of support needs, to acknowledge disability.

The Wham! documentary on @netflixuk is fantastic. 🤩 The story behind the band/artists, the music, the friendship between George & Andrew, the clips of events like Live Aid. From beginning to end it is brilliant & so good that I am definitely going to watch it again! 🥰

We now have a whole suite of Developmental Language Disorder videos and resources for schools and families on our website here: naplic.org.uk/dld-resources-… Take a look and share. #DevLangDis

Watching Dynasties, Series 2. Another brilliant documentary series narrated by David Attenborough. BBC #DavidAttenborough #Dynasties

Get up to speed with working memory and #DevLangDis by watching Lisa Archibald's #NAPLIC23 presentation. Time well spent! naplic.org.uk/conferences/

👀📚Check out my AUGUST 2023 Children’s Books I’m Most Excited About video over on my YouTube channel. Please subscribe! 📖🌟Each month, I put together #ComingSoon videos previewing my most anticipated children’s books releases to bump up your TBRs! 👀➡️ youtu.be/phjHDMt819M

"Language that harms or language that heals?" This is a brilliant graphic by Dr Lisa Cherry 💫 #language #behaviour #support #kindness #education

I've said this before, and I'll say it again. READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor in children's life chances. There's nothing more important. So whatever else you do - please never stop helping kids to read & fall in love with books! #BookLoversDay

Yesterday, we launched our new podcast series #LessonsInDyslexicThinking, with our first guest, @RichardBranson! 🎙🎧 Listen to find out why more of us should tap into our #DyslexicThinking from a young age. Find the full episode here: apple.co/3P2uX6m.

Little announcement to make: We're going back to Juniper!

RIP Matthew Perry. #MatthewPerry

It looks like @Aldi have the Golden Ticket to the No. 1 Christmas advert! 💫🎄🥕 #AldiAmazingChristmas #KevinTheCarrot #Christmas2023