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Year 5 are diving into creativity with a Pobble 365 Live Lesson to celebrate #nationalwritingday 📚@HeyPobble @CNicholson_Edu @McAuliffeSteph

This is such an important consideration when thinking about how learning happens. It's not about being a luddite or a technophobe or being wedded to the past, or not embracing change; it's about recognising that handwriting has a markedly different impact on the brain.

A lifelong love and proficiency for reading should be an entitlement for all. Books open worlds — and there’s no 'one way' to explore them. This #WorldBookDay, we encourage everyone to Read Your Way because reading for pleasure fuels curiosity, creativity, and confidence.

Wonderful to see one of our pupils receiving a certificate for outstanding reading achievement from Her Majesty The Queen @LiftSchools @CNicholson_Edu @AndyMcDonaldMP @BoroLibraries @MbroCouncil @mbroenghub

We have trained our Reading Leaders in delivering RWI speed sound sessions @RuthMiskinEdu Their Reading Shed is a popular place to visit at lunchtime for some fun extra sessions @McAuliffeSteph @CNicholson_Edu @LiftSchools @BoroLibraries

We can’t wait to see what our Young Authors create! What a fantastic morning we had at the launch of our space themed writing project. @LiftSchools @Lift_Percy @MontyAcademy @HT_beacon @fourdwellingspa

Y5 have been busy on first drafts of adventure problems, set in exotic landscapes 🤩 @CNicholson_Edu @McAuliffeSteph

Y4 have kick started their reading sessions in 2025 with such focus, brilliant paired work and a fabulous love of reading! Exciting times! @McAuliffeSteph @RobHughesHT @LiftSchools @mrsrmurad #TeamBrockworth

I can’t wait to read these soon!

Wow! Look at these two pieces of Year 4 writing! We have really been enjoying Varkaj Paw @whatSFSaid @CNicholson_Edu @McAuliffeSteph #ExcellenceIsAHabit

@N_O_P_A @CNicholson_Edu @McAuliffeSteph Thank you so much for reading Varjak Paw with Year 4, and doing such wonderful work with it! Please congratulate the children for me on their BRILLIANT writing - and tell them to keep the Way alive! And if they want to know how the book was written... https://t.co/giD8wbKO61

We love our book themed Advent Calendars - Day 3 today and look who this lucky Y3 pupil discovered - Aretha Franklin! @McAuliffeSteph @CNicholson_Edu @LiftSchools #FunAndFundamentals

Y4 nipped over the road to Brockworth Library, fantastic to have such a great resource in our door step! @LiftSchools @RobHughesHT @McAuliffeSteph #TeamBrockworth

A library in every primary school - because every child deserves the chance to fall in love with reading! So far we've transformed over 1,000 primary school libraries and we won't stop until every school has one. That's why we're in parliament today. #LibrariesForPrimaries

🌟 Exciting times ahead for our midlands region of schools! Together, we're fostering innovation, collaboration, and excellence in education. 📚💪 #MidlandsRegionalLift #EducationForAll #collaboration @LiftSchools @mrsrmurad

(I tried to post this thread a couple of weeks ago but I didn't get to finish it smh) For the last 8 years, over at @Steplab_co, we've been working on a project to codify HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHING. A long-ish summary of what we've learned: ↓

Y3 from @FevershamSchool performing their #antibullying poem @FrankieGreenWa2 #expression #voiceprojection #actions @LiftSchools @McAuliffeSteph @mrsrmurad @CNicholson_Edu

Y3 pupils from @FevershamSchool taking part in the Lifting Young Voices #oracy project with @hallroadacademy @wearenewington @UtterbyPrimary #edutwitter #antibullying #cloudbusting @McAuliffeSteph @CNicholson_Edu @LiftSchools

TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, PARENTS, CARERS! If you're looking for some free resources for your kids, here's a lesson-long virtual school visit I did with @Booktrust all about reading & writing, covering all my books, free for all to watch! #literacy https://t.co/nS5zgbtrqq