Teacher in Glasgow, championing Reading for Pleasure. Currently reading Poems on Toast by Attie Lime and My Name is Samim by Fidan Meikle. All views my own.
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ThePrimaryMrFisher retweeted
The line-up for this year's @Literacy_Trust 'Reconstructing Reading' conference is simply world-class, with every speaker bringing a wealth of experience and expertise from their own particular field.
More information here: literacytrust.org.uk/trainin…
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Non-fiction graphic novels are a wonderful way of helping children understand complex information. I've started putting together a list of my favourites to use in class. Feel free to add to the list!
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Poems on Toast has quickly become a favourite throughout my school. There are poems for every child in every class.
Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Why not use wonder to turn everyday objects into something fantastic? #readingforpleasure #poetry
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Members could win this spooky book to cower under the covers with for our #halloween #giveaway!
The Worst Thing is a collection of illustrated creepy short stories, comic strips, and verse by @GuyBassBooks and David Roberts.
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The Toy is a brilliant place to get your children's poetry. Enjoy!
It's #NationalPoetryDay tomorrow, and the theme for this year is WONDER.
To celebrate, here are a few wonder-filled poems from past editions of The Toy!
Happy reading and enjoy poetry day!
#NationalPoetryDay2026
#PoetryCommunity
#Poetryforchildren
Lots of amazing books, as ever, for sharing and reading aloud with our children and young people!
The #uklabookawards2027 Longlist is here!
Our 89 teacher judges now have until March to deliberate with their classes which titles they think should make the Shortlists.
See the full list here:
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#uklabookawards #bookawards #teachers #education
ThePrimaryMrFisher retweeted
My latest article for Educate magazine. Audiobooks, magazines, comics, podcasts, digital texts... it all counts.
Thrilled to be joining lots of excellent poets with new poems aboard The Dirigible Balloon. It's the best resource available online for children's poetry AND IT'S FREE! Give yourself a Friday afternoon treat, stat! dirigibleballoon.org/writer/…
@TheDirigible #childrenspoetry
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COMPETITION TIME!
Win a Fabulous Creatures Book Bundle!
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I wrote a piece for @kidspoetsummit
about lighting children's natural poetry spark ✨ share.google/sbgdB8o8KBXuOG5…
One of the all time greats, all three of my kids still read both Batty and Barmy Ballads regularly as part of their bedtime routines.
New blog post: It is 50 years since Colin West's first book was published. He writes about it here and shares some of the poems and illustrations from the book. brian-moses.blogspot.com @mooseandmouse
The brilliant Rachel Piercey at Tyger Tyger magazine has created a wonderful lesson plan to support poetry reading and writing in response to my poem 'Night Owl, Reading'. You can find it for free here: tygertyger.net/wp-content/up…
#readingforpleasure
Thrilled to be in the latest edition of Tyger Tyger magazine, it's jam packed with poems for children and every one is a doozy!
The Formal Poems edition of Tyger Tyger has just launched! Sixteen sensational poems - everything from tiny haiku to twirling villanelles! With poems from @cindygreene314 @PallaviJesrani @PrimaryFisher @kilipaatu and others 🧡✨ tygertyger.net/project/tyger…
Delighted to see my poem 'Night Owl, Reading' in Tyger Tyger magazine’s Issue 11, alongside 15 other brilliant poems. Check out the free issue here and share the joy of reading poetry aloud together: tygertyger.net/project/tyger…
#readingforpleasure
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COMPETITION TIME!
Win a Fabulous Creatures Book Bundle!
Get ready for sunshine, stories and lots of laughs!
Follow the instructions for a chance to WIN
1. FOLLOW @storytimemag
2. LIKE & SHARE
3. TAG friends
Closes at 11.59pm 31/5/26 UK only
T&C's: bit.ly/2Y29d33
Happy Birthday David Attenborough! Here's a poem I wrote celebrating the great man that may or may not have inspired his latest BBC series:
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Da… #DavidAttenborough
Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough 🎉❤️
The broadcaster who changed how we see the natural world.
#DavidAttenborough
ThePrimaryMrFisher retweeted
Here is the link to last week's episode of The Ditty Bag - which is a poetry podcast, lasts about 15 minutes, and gathers in for you five poems that you may or may not have heard before. rebeccaleek.substack.com/p/t…
Currently reading 'Mermouse Mystery' with my own 6 year old and it's an absolute banger. Michael's a legend and your wee readers could be too with a little help from the Adventure Mice.
