The da Vinci Code

BBC Sounds - Understand - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of Understand on BBC Sounds.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... Readers, non readers, those who have lost their reading mojo, those who teach others to read. This series is worth every minute of your time.

Is Mary Oliver the best poet for capturing the limits of language through language? 🥹

Your post reminded me of this poem. I’m not even a Bowie fan but the poem is exquisite poets.org/poem/serious...

Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves: Voices that Matter – Teaching Poetry for Social Justice Poetry is one of the most democratic art forms we can offer children and young people. It requires no specialist equipment, no perfect spelling and no single “right” answer. Instead, it invites pup…

Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves: Voices that Matter - Teaching Poetry for Social Justice childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/04/02/r... Great article on the power of poetry for social justice and becoming

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Just booked my ticket for the @englishassociation.bsky.social conference, Senate House, June 13th. A core of us from the @openingdoors.bsky.social team will be on our stall over breaktimes, flying the flag for rich, creative English for all 📖✏️🧞‍♀️🧚🕵️‍♀️🧛‍♂️

Rabbit Moon
You think you see the Moon
a white disc in the sky swooped
for you into the shape of a heart.

Too much yearning had you run free
but the barn owl was always a weapon –
just feathered in the language of love.

Another night, a different moon.
I might have held you.

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An introduction to dialogic teaching and learning - Voice 21

Really sound overview of Dialogic Teaching - its broad goals, practice, benefits and evidence of impact and common barriers. I would not do the work I do as an educator 33 years in without these principles at my core. voice21.org/dialogic-tea...

I like Maude already - just from the illustration...

Strong

Beautiful!!!!

Another hub is opening led by @thinktalkleah.bsky.social via Inspire Partnership @ipatedu.bsky.social at Blackfield Primary, Southampton. It's open to all. Thanks Inspire!

Let me know if you would like a hub opened in your area.

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NYMPH! NYMPH! WHAT ARE YOUR BEADS? I flipping love it. We’re being ambitious as they’re Year 1 but it’s such a beautiful poem to act out with character voices and we’re going to create some water colour art of their own Saltmarsh. I wonder which characters will be overhead on theirs?

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Wonderful. Great to see Mr Cox in action too 😉

Gosh! That’s a room full!

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Brilliant thread.. and link to blog. What is important to nurture reading comprehension actually lies at the centre of Let’s Think in English lessons and pedagogy. Reading is reasoning and reasoning can only develop on the social, interpersonal plain before it becomes intrapersonal.

I for one will be reading, Megan. You have weighty wisdom and experience to share 🙏🏼

I can see the joy of learning in the room Laura ☺️📝🙏🏼

@openingdoors.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @natecommunity.bsky.social It is so often the artists, the writers who see and speak to tyranny whilst the rest stay quiet

@thinktalkleah.bsky.social
@lauraspargo.bsky.social
@juliesargent.bsky.social

Thanks Anthony. I think I can see some experienced English thinkers here.

I’m getting nowhere with answers on this. English? Two middle aged white blokes to redraft all key stages for the next decade and achieve greater inclusion, cohesion, sequencing and diversity. It’s maddening @englishassociation.bsky.social @thecockerill.bsky.social is action afoot?

It’s such a privilege to support Boorley Park. Big shout out to Mr Stevens and Yr 6 for these wonderful outcomes

✍️ Have you seen the incredible collections of writing over on the @crownhousepub.bsky.social Opening Doors web page?

🔉 *New pieces of writing* - do take a look. You're sure to be impressed!

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#EduSky #Writing

Part 4 b. Teaching Handwriting in a Nutshell. This is an overview of how handwriting can be developed quickly within a school that I wrote to support the Specialist Leaders in English team in the Wirral a couple of years ago. Handwriting devel…

On a roll today!
Part 4 of my blog series is about literacy - what we know and what we know how to do to ensure children learn to read and write. It is a mix of research, resources, and just stuff.

Part 4 b - some ideas about handwriting. Enjoy.
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Calling all English teachers. Do these two things.
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