Pie Corbett
@PieCorbett
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Poet, storyteller and educational consultant.
Joined March 2009
**HEADTEACHERS** Could your writing outcomes be better? @PieCorbett & I have been busy working with schools, clusters & MATs over the last 4 yrs on 2 term writing CPD projects for teachers. We are now looking for more schools to work with from January:
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@DeputyMitchell @PieCorbett Honestly Pie’s Talk for Writing approach is the thing I miss the most since retiring. Sometimes I read a book or story and just long do be able to explore it with a class again. Hope it’s another successful writing project!
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@CoachLouHoltz88 sits down with former MLB pitcher Cody Beckman to talk about faith, masculinity, and raising the next generation. Don’t miss this powerful conversation on the mission to restore America's soul.
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One of first things I wrote by choice was about 1st memories, bearing in mind opening of Joyce’s ‘Portrait of the artist as a young man’. (I was 16). It was printed in the school mag. First time ever, I read both at teachers’ conf today as eg of imitation-invention. @PieCorbett
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Free ebook download - teaching maths literacy - based on what works in high attaining schools.
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Reception Classes are enjoying retelling and innovating the Gingerbread Man story. @PieCorbett
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Grandala birds at rest, female grandalas are brown and the male ones are blue 📸 Rajesh Panwar
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Daily poetry prompt: What challenges are there that you would or wouldn't do? I wouldn't sleep on a bed of nails but I would enter a doughnut eating contest. More here: https://t.co/toXIiTsXkG
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It’s publication day for this magnificent volume, and we couldn’t be more proud, or more grateful to our three brilliant editors, Bernard O’Donoghue, Rosie Lavan and Matthew Hollis, and @FaberBooks. “Time to be dazzled and the heart to lighten”
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If you’re looking for an inclusive approach to reading that ignites curiosity and enthusiasm, you should consider @TalkforReading. Schools that have adopted the approach have seen standards and attitudes soar, with some achieving over 95% EXS and 60% GDS.
talk4writing.com
Talk for Reading aims to develop children into efficient, effective, thoughtful and strategic readers who can learn about life and discover information.
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Should kid have phones in class? 100% no. Why? 1. The constant cognitive tax of potential interruption. 2. The implicit message that a parent's immediate convenience trumps a child's engagement in the very institution designed for their intellectual growth. 3. The social
There was also a clear top reason why youth reported that schools should allow phone use in class. 81% of those who were against phone bans said that their parents should be able to reach them when needed.
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Discussion with @greeborunner has had me looking again at the DfE Writing Framework. The attention to handwriting, including provision for left-handed children, is good and important. Too many children are left holding a pencil in their fist, with serious long-term consequences.
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Exciting news! The Outdoor Adventures printable e-books and activities are now available on the UK shop. Outdoor Adventures Part 1 & 2 combine 10 original stories and over 60 printable activities designed to support phonics development in Extended Code Phoneme Units 1–14.
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Independent story play making stories up and recording with a map,
Independent five sentence stories during child initiated play in Reception. What a wonderful start to our writing journey! @PieCorbett @JamieGTfW
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They are restricting internet access in Afghanistan again today. This is a teacher's story from the two day blackout last week.
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The weekly show is back on Friday. If you follow the link you can listen live from 12:30 on Friday or catch up on our previous shows! @DeputyMitchell @bbcmtd @PieCorbett @MichaelRosenYes @ITVCentral
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