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Book your ticket for my free zoom meeting on 14 May at 16.00 on how to use #RootedinReading to enhance the #ReadingCulture in your secondary school @stevewillshaw.bsky.social www.wixevents.com/viewEvent/v2...
Free zoom meeting, 16.00 14 May, using #RootedinReading to develop a #ReadingCulture in your secondary school @stevewillshaw.bsky.social www.wixevents.com/viewEvent/v2...
If you are trying to establish a reading culture in your secondary school (and who isn't) you might want to join this free zoom meeting to hear how Rooted in Reading can help. www.wixevents.com/viewEvent/v2... #ReadingforPleasure #ReadingCulture @stevewillshaw.bsky.social
Simon Day and I have planned a comprehensive programme to help the staff in your school to read aloud to classes with greater confidence. Want to know more? Book a ticket for our free webinar next week. #ReadingAloud #ReadAloud #Reading www.wixevents.com/viewEvent/v2...
Setting up #RootedinReading for 100 pupils would cost just £54 (100 passports and 1 stamp and p&p). That's 54p per pupil - some online reading promotion programs cost £9 per pupil. Can your school afford to not give it a try? Free webinar to answer your qs. www.wixevents.com/viewEvent/v2...
Currently only 1% of headteachers are Black. In this recording I talk to Krys McInnis about why this is, why the situation is changing so slowly and why it must change. @marymyatt.bsky.social @benniekara.bsky.social @hannahwilson.bsky.social
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The next free Zoom webinar on how #RootedinReading can help to develop a culture of reading for pleasure in your school will be on Tuesday 25 February at 16.00. Book your free ticket now to attend or be sent the recording. @marymyatt.bsky.social www.swillshawconsulting.co.uk/event-detail...
Schools are, quite rightly, expecting teachers to read aloud more often to their classes, whether this is quality texts in the classroom or shared reading in tutor time. But how confident are teachers about this? Here's a short quiz that might help identify a way forward simon-gpqhohsc.scoreapp.com
Free, informal Zoom session on how Rooted in Reading can improve reading for pleasure in your school - next Monday 16.00 - sign up here. #UKEd #EduSky #UKteaching #teachersky #primaryedusky swillshawconsulting.co.uk/so/76PGzZWTw...
I'm hosting a free zoom chat tomorrow (Weds) at 16.00 to talk all things #RootedinReading, answer any questions and explain how it can boost #ReadingforPleasure - get your ticket now! #RfP #EduSky #TeacherUKSky #UKEd #UKteaching #teachersky #primaryedusky #edusky
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The first cohort of the Functionally Fluent School Leadership course will run from Jan to June 25 - limited to 8 leaders. To find out more please book a free ticket for this zoom chat - looking forward to answering your questions. @marymyatt.bsky.social www.swillshawconsulting.co.uk/so/65PDBNIEK...
NEW BLOG POST: Introducing the Functionally Fluent School Leadership programme. #EduSky #TeacherUKSky
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There is also a recording of me talking to @jillberry102.bsky.social about #RootedinReading - see the full range of products for boosting #ReadingforPleasure here www.swillshawconsulting.co.uk/books
More general researched benefits include: improved mental wellbeing and cognitive performance.
Listen to Teresa and Westbrook and Sutherland and Dominic Wyse, all referenced in this report, on Myatt and Co for @marymyatt.bsky.social - free 7 day account. films.myattandco.com/programs/rea...
@teresacremin.bsky.social and Scholes' concise articulation of the benefits of #ReadingforPleasure is brilliant: increased vocabulary; improved narrative and descriptive writing; better text organisation; increased grammatical accuracy and textual cohesion. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This is a brilliant blog by @teresacremin.bsky.social If you followed the debate this week on volitional reading/reading for pleasure, do read this. For KS3 the bit on verse novels is great, with reasons why they can switch on readers + fab recommendations. childrenspoetrysummit.com/2024/11/21/t...
Have been sorting out the blogs on my website today - visit and you'll find all the Rooted in Reading blogs in collected in a category www.swillshawconsulting.co.uk/blog/categor...
Join me for a free zoom meeting on "Using Rooted in Reading to boost reading for pleasure" 4 December, 16.00. Click RSVP button for free ticket swillshawconsulting.co.uk/so/53PBTsohZ... @marymyatt.bsky.social @jillberry102.bsky.social #ReadingforPleasure #UKteaching #EduSky #primaryedusky
Front cover of my book. Titled "Practical Tips for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries".
On the 7th Nov, I'm celebrating the publication of my book. Do please join me!
*12.30pm - 1.30pm Book Launch webinar*
Register here: www.cilip.org.uk/event/EDIweb...
*4.30pm onwards (drop in any time) Book Launch Drinks*
The Fellow, Kings Cross, N1 9AA
To celebrate the publication of "Herstory" by @evelynforde1.bsky.social her recording with me for @marymyatt.bsky.social has been made available for free for the next 2 weeks - inspirational! www.swillshawconsulting.co.uk/so/1fPBPFg15... #EduSky #UKteaching #edusky @jillberry102.bsky.social #UKEd
"In this short blog I explain some of the quick, easy & cheap ways in which your school can get started on using @rootedinreading.bsky.social to boost reading for pleasure." @stevewillshaw.bsky.social: www.swillshawconsulting.co.uk/post/five-ea...
New blog: 5 easy ways to get started with Rooted in Reading www.swillshawconsulting.co.uk/post/five-ea... @marymyatt.bsky.social @jillberry102.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social
Hosting Zoom conversation about implementing #RootedinReading to boost #ReadingforPleasure in your school today at 16.00 - message me for free link.
#RootedinReading finally has a much-needed new-look web page. Please have a look and let me know what you think www.swillshawconsulting.co.uk/books #EduSky #TeacherUKSky #UKEd #UKteaching #teachersky #primaryedusky #edusky @marymyatt.bsky.social @jillberry102.bsky.social
If you have never come across Rooted in Reading it has been going since 2008 and is used in schools across the UK to boost #RfP - here's a short blog that explains what it aims to achieve #EduSky #TeacherUKSky #UKteaching #UKEd #teachersku #primaryedusky www.swillshawconsulting.co.uk/post/the-15-...
Free zoom discussion on using Rooted in Reading to boost #ReadingforPleasure in your school. Message for link or buy discounted sample pack before the 15 October meeting (16.00) @marymyatt.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social wix.to/Hf0gANl #EduSky #TeacherUKSky #UKEd #UKteaching #primaryedusky
Join me for the next Rooted in Reading Q&A on 15 October at 16.00 to share ideas about boosting reading for pleasure in your school - DM for free Zoom link or buy discounted sample pack wix.to/uxOIcgg @marymyatt.bsky.social #EduSky #TeacherUKSky #UKEd #UKteaching #teachersky #primaryedusky #edusky
To mark the start of the new term, we've made the primary and secondary subject networks free to access until Mon 9 September.
You just need to create an account
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If you have never come across Rooted in Reading it has been going since 2008 and is used in schools across the UK to boost #RfP - here's a short blog that explains what it aims to achieve #EduSky #TeacherUKSky #UKteaching #UKEd #teachersku #primaryedusky www.swillshawconsulting.co.uk/post/the-15-...