Supporting literacy in Wolverhampton and working internationally with my own CIC Enable Ed. Opinions - my own, not the views of my employer
Wolverhampton, England
Joined August 2018
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W-ton and Black Country schools....does your school library or do class reading areas need a boost before the National Year of Reading in 2026? ELS staff can stock edit your reading spaces and recommend titles to fill stock gaps! Get in touch to arrange a visit for autumn term.
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🏫No school library?
Apply now for #LibrariesForPrimaries from @Literacy_Trust
✅ 500 FREE books
✅FREE library furniture
✅FREE teacher training
✅Worth £6,500+
Apply for 2025/26: librariesforprimaries.org.uk…
#LibrariesForPrimaries #PrimaryTeachers #Literacy #Edutwitter
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Dunno if it’s just me but with all these mostly very old men in charge bombing each others’ civilians in many corners of the earth I’m starting to wonder if we should let women have a go running things.
Would there be quite as much carnage? Frankly I doubt it.
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Following the announcement of the Comprehensive Spending Review by the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, we look at the implications for the aid cuts. Read the new blog by Bond's Lena Cohrs here. bit.ly/3Zsbq4j
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After their recent obsession with Reform personality spat, good to see @BBCNews back to leading with something serious and important, from @BowenBBC - must read bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r1…
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The best books for children about displacement by @guardian. Not too late to register to be part of @DayOfWelcome
Read here:
theguardian.com/books/2025/j…
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📈 'Bridget Phillipson said these children have been "betrayed". It’s true. But it’s not new, and we already know a lot about what works to raise their attainment'
@IlfracombeAcad head, Steve Rogers
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🗯️6 Effective Ways for Teachers to Ask Questions🗯️
📸 @MrRobHistory
#teachertwitter #educoach #teaching
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⏱️ “One of the key aspects of the professional development I lead for Every Child Counts is encouraging wait time - giving the pupils time to think.”
In this blog, @ecc_lisaleach explores the use of wait time in promoting pupil independence.
Read more: ow.ly/7s8L50W2byb
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“The only thing that matters with feedback is the reaction of the recipient. That’s it. Feedback —no matter how well designed— that the student does not act upon is a waste of time." Dylan Wiliam (2017)
Students often need prompts, reminders & guidance to reflect & respond to the feedback they receive. This Feedback book mark is one example, it can be adapted for different subjects, ages & key stages.
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Hello teachers: I've done 7 poetry workshops here for you to use. You can use them as ideas that you then adapt for yourself, or, play them straight into your room as teaching units in themselves.
youtube.com/c/MichaelRosenOf…
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Our open letter to Keir Starmer chooselove.org/news/our-open…
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Gary Lineker has had an extraordinary career on and off the pitch. A brilliant sportsman, an outstanding broadcaster and a wonderful human being.
For millions of people, @GaryLineker is the face of Match of the Day, but for millions more he is also the face of humility, warmth and decency.
He had the courage to defend the humanity of refugees and to speak out against the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza. That should be recognised, remembered and celebrated.
Gary will be a huge loss to the BBC, but we will never forget the compassion he has shown for others.
Thank you Gary.
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As a coffee lover, @LukeBullock marked #AfricaDay with a cup of bunna made using sustainable coal from an Ethiopian startup ☕🌱
The 🇬🇧 is proud to support 🇪🇹 in green economy projects.
@GilesEnticknap – what do you love about Botswana? #GoFarGoTogether
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Really helpful analysis of the 2025 SATs Reading paper from EdShed. Inference making dominates the marks scheme once more, whilst slightly shorter texts made the extracts more readable than recent years:
blog.edshed.com/2025-ks2-rea…
@redgierob
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This year as a Head I’ve reflected on the noise coming from all avenues for schools and teachers on pedagogy, behaviour, routines, curriculum, research and so on…
I think a key aspect of being a Headteacher is to filter out the noise and focus on what matters most for your school at that moment in time.
External training can be great but it can also dilute the messages and the culture that leaders are establishing in their schools.
It’s important we ensure that staff receive the right messages at the right time to avoid doing lots of things that lead to minimal impact but drain valuable time.
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Enough. We demand rapid, safe, and unimpeded access to starving civilians in Gaza.
We have a plan. We have thousands of trucks of food at the border. Let us in. Let us work.
bit.ly/3S7M0oo
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For those who think it’s all about Hamas I ask what about the West Bank where there is no Hamas and yet the Israeli government demolish homes, brutally occupy, commit the crime of apartheid, and support and protect extremist violent settlers.
It’s about occupation- that must end
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"UK aid isn’t about charity, it is about global solidarity and responsibility to our international commitments, it’s an investment in a safer, healthier and more sustainable world that benefits us here in the UK." -Bond's @grabinowitz quoted in reaction.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho…