Thank you so much for everyone who has messaged re my Retrieval Practice Guide. I have had hundreds and hundreds of messages. Please see a link to my drop box for the staff guide and independent study strategies resources. dropbox.com/sh/4bah2m12rbg…

#COMPETITION time. I have a signed copy of my new book ‘The Bear, The Piano & Little Bear’s Concert’ to #giveaway to 2 lucky Twitter followers. Just follow, LIKE and RETWEET this pic to be in with a chance. Winners picked at random Thurs 27th @ 8pm. Good luck all 🐻🎹🐻 ♥️

New school year resolution: blog and share more often :) #teachertwitter #teacherresolutions

Shameless self promotion... I illustrated a new book!

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If you don’t have staff who are happy at work, you won’t have kids who are the happiest they can be at school ✌🏼

To reduce the stress when SATs hit, I thought it might be really helpful to have a thread of useful resources for Year 6 teachers to share which help teach tricky concepts, revise or just good activities. If you have something which you love using, pop it below! 👇🏼

It's useful to know which sound/spellings are important enough to teach and which can be learned on an as needed basis. These percentages 👇come from Hanna et al. (1996) research in which the sound/spelling appeared in the 17,000 most frequently used single & multisyllabic words.

NEW: The EEF’s updated guidance report – “Improving Literacy in Key Stage 2” Complete with visual models and exemplification for teachers and school leaders looking to maximise the impact of literacy provision in their setting. Download here: eef.li/literacy-ks2/

"Understanding the underlying components of reading, how they build on one another, along with how they must come together to enable reading comprehension, is a critical first step for planning effective literacy provision," writes the EEF's Aoife Duff. eef.li/Fv19h6

Did you love the books shortlisted for the #UKLABookAwards2021? How about entering #UKLAOurClassLovesThisBook2022? Watch the film of our 2021 winner by Year 6 and their teacher Ben Harris & find out more about this award ukla.org/awards/our-cla…

It's been a while but... I wrote a thing: nataliewilcox.wordpress.com/2022/04/17/tea…

1) Ok, but who will teach them? Tried recruiting Maths teachers? 2) Why not at least functional English? Is it because, actually, they don’t want people to be able to communicate effectively. 3) This is basically, ‘I love Maths and as PM I can force you to do it’.

Of course she's brilliant and working with her is the greatest blessing a scruffy music teacher like me could dream of. But Lucy is what happens when you make instrumental tuition available to disadvantaged children. Help us to get this message across to those who decide.