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Session 4 in M26 @researchED1!
Myth busting, research wrangling, and evidence in action. Let's deromanticise reading!
See you there, folks! 👋
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Those who keep insisting it must be the English NC or phonics that has led to this might be interested in reading about what is happening elsewhere with reading for pleasure.
Those who keep insisting it must be the English NC or phonics that has led to this might be interested in reading about what is happening elsewhere with reading for pleasure.
Here it is folks! Some of the best CPD you can get your thinking around to kick-start the new year.
Session 4 in M26 I'll be busting some myths around Reading for Pleasure and how to build an interactive read aloud model across the Secondary curriculum. Come say hi 👋!
Here it is folks! Some of the best CPD you can get your thinking around to kick-start the new year.
Session 4 in M26 I'll be busting some myths around Reading for Pleasure and how to build an interactive read aloud model across the Secondary curriculum. Come say hi 👋!
If you are attending @researchED1 this weekend, come say hi! 👋
Session 4 in M26 we'll be busting some myths around the Reading for Pleasure research and looking at how to build an evidence informed approach to reading aloud across a secondary curriculum.
If you are attending @researchED1 this weekend, come say hi! 👋
Session 4 in M26 we'll be busting some myths around the Reading for Pleasure research and looking at how to build an evidence informed approach to reading aloud across a secondary curriculum.
Why Are So Few Kids Reading for Pleasure?
Doomscrolling. Poor literacy instruction. Overscheduling. These are some of the reasons cited for a generational decline in students reading for fun.
Fantastic feature by @gtoppo, glad to be able to contribute to it.…
There's still time to join us for this academic year. Drop us a message today, and we could be helping to transform your Tutor Time reading programme by the end of the week.
Here's what your students could benefit from with us:
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We hit the ground running in Week 1 with topics including:
📊 What is the difference between privatised and nationalised companies?
▶️ Why were YouTube fined over children’s data?
👸 Princess Diana
🍲 Have you ever wondered what makes food “organic”?
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🚨⚙️New Resources Alert⚙️🚨
October resources are now live, including:
⚙️ The Race Relations Act
⚙️ The Bristol Bus Boycott 1963
⚙️ Mae Jemison
⚙️ The Cuban Missile Crisis
How do your students start their day?
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I'm getting some final bits ready for my session @researchED1 next weekend.
I'll be digging into some of the myths around Reading for Pleasure & the evidence that shapes them before looking at a whole school model for reading across the secondary curriculum.
Come say hi! 👋
Cognitive overload affects teachers too, especially when teaching out of specialism
Our Tool Box is designed with practical, evidence based classroom strategies at the core to empower teachers across the curriculum to become confident teachers of literacy
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Working on the DfE’s ‘supporting all readers in secondary school’ guidance today. I’m creating a series of recorded PPTs to be shared by the HoD in department time - to ensure it fits our context and talks to our priorities. I’d be really interested to hear how others are using…
Our FREE General Election Sample pack gives a good example of how our Core packs are supported by Simplified Language Versions for weaker readers. It also shows how Development Cogs maps PSHE, SMSC, British Values, & Citizenship objectives against a text.
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September 2025 adds over 30 new resources to our existing catalogue, giving our members access to dozens of topics each week.
Drop us a message today to find out how September 2025 could be the start of your year of reading.
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