An honour to give the keynote speech at the OU Reading for Pleasure conference yesterday for 168 dedicated teachers, educators and charity leaders. Such an inspirational bunch.
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📅 Join us on Sat 18 Oct in MK for our Autumn #OURfPConf!
We'll explore how affective engagement in reading builds empathy, identity & motivation 📚💙
With workshops, keynotes, research & #RfP community.
🎟️ Details & booking: ourfp.org/2025/06/12/a...
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📚💙 Do join us for our Autumn #OURfPConf in Milton Keynes - Saturday 18 October!
Explore how #ReadingForPleasure supports empathy, identity & motivation in young readers.
Workshops, research & RfP community energy all day! ❤️
🎟️ ourfp.org/2025/06/12/a...
#OUReadingSchools #Literacy #Teaching
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📅 Join us on Sat 18 Oct in MK for our Autumn #OURfPConf!
We'll explore how affective engagement in reading builds empathy, identity & motivation 📚💙
With workshops, keynotes, research & #RfP community.
🎟️ Details & booking: ourfp.org/2025/06/12/a...
#ReadingForPleasure #OURfP #Teaching #Literacy
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Do join us on Sat 18 Oct for our Autumn #OURfPConf in Milton Keynes! 📚✨
Explore the affective power of #ReadingForPleasure through workshops, research & community 💙
🎟️ Book your place now! 👉 ow.ly/WJMK50WeMLa
#OURfP #RfP #Teaching #Literacy #UKEdChat
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We had 1/3 of kids in today due to Eid celebrations, which meant we had a lovely moment to slow down. I spent the middle a slot doing some 'book shopping' (inspired by Saturday's #OURfPConf) with the entirety of Y5. So much amazing chat & excitement about books - it's the best fun I've had in ages.
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After a slow rise over several years, @sufiyaahmed.bsky.social points out the worrying decline of representation in books published last year - this then has a stifling impact of the stories children write and the futures they write for themselves #OURfPConf
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Children not having access to texts that tempt massively impacts their reading identity. @teresacremin.bsky.social: 'Children sometimes think they are poor readers, but they are just poor choosers'. It's our job to teach them how to choose books they enjoy & to ensure they are available #OURfPConf
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Important to provide a real and open range to enable actually choice and volition among young readers. Are schools, with budget concerns, always able to provide enough texts that tempt? #OURfPConf
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Research shows our teenagers are unhappinest in Europe, the decline of reading is a symptom and a exacerbator of this. Following the research to turn this decline around is one of the best ways to avert the crisis of unhappiness within young people. www.theguardian.com/society/arti... #OURfPConf
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A very important distinction made by @teresacremin.bsky.social between reading instruction and RfP right at the start of the @uklitassociation.bsky.social/ @openuniversity.bsky.social conference today. Both sides are important but distinct #OURfPConf
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