Revisiting our 3 blogs on reading fluency. #fluency Plus our FREE Fluency Handbook - all you need to know about reading fluency in one place! https://t.co/2bLSE5awtd

📢Final call for our webinar on Addressing Disadvantage this Wednesday! 🔗Sign up link here: https://t.co/ooUjALZUwE

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Watch this space. 📝 The full blog is coming very soon. https://t.co/nS1jLSthP2

This one is designed to support busy teachers and literacy leads with clear, research-informed routines that actually stick. Fluent writers aren’t born. They’re built, with consistency, clarity and the right tools.

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And yes, we’ll be addressing the DfE’s updated guidance on separate handwriting lessons in Reception, including letter families and explicit modelling.

We’re sharing the three evidence-based resources that underpin a whole-school approach to handwriting: ✏️ Ready to Write routines 📘 A Graduated Guide to Handwriting Instruction 🔁 COVER-COPY-COMPARE All free. All practical.

🧵 New blog dropping soon… and it’s a big one. Handwriting isn’t just about neatness. It’s about freeing up cognitive load so pupils can focus on ideas, vocabulary and composition. Our new blog digs into exactly how schools can build that fluency from the earliest years.

Don't miss this opportunity to gain practical, proven strategies for your Early Years setting! Wed 14th Jan 2026, 3.30pm - 5pm Click to sign up now! https://t.co/O8A6i3RgBm #EarlyWriting #EYFS #ResearchSchool #FreeCPD

The Early Years Writing Continuum: A foundational journey from two-year-olds to Reception, covering core strength, pencil control and drawing. Reception Writing Guidance: A small-steps approach breaking writing into dictation, transcription and composition.

Discover the innovative approach developed by @WiseAcademies to prioritise early writing, building on Ofsted and DfE guidance. You'll learn about:

By popular demand! Is your setting looking for practical, proven strategies for early writing success? 📝 Join us for a FREE webinar presented by Town End Research School and the Great North Stronger Practice Hub. @greatnorthsph 🗓️ Date: Wednesday 14th January 2026

This simple yet profound framework extends thinking in 1:1 interactions while enriching the language environment for everyone. Don't miss out on this practical, free CPD! 🔗 Secure Your Spot:

The Strive-for-Five method ensures you achieve at least five exchanges, building children’s comprehension and expressive skills one conversation at a time. #CPD #LanguageRichEnvironment

The webinar focuses on "serve-and-return" interactions- the vital back-and-forth that strengthens relationships & immerses children in rich vocabulary.

Want a simple, powerful strategy to skyrocket early language and critical thinking in your classroom or setting? ✨ We're bringing back our most requested FREE webinar: Strive-for-Five: Enhancing Language Through Conversation! You also get our FREE guide too! @greatnorthsph

Explore the updated guidance and start embedding evidence into your classroom: 🔗 https://t.co/flKEf0AIOP #EEFMetacognition #EvidenceInEducation #EEFGuidanceReports

Alongside the updated guidance, @EducEndowFoundn has published 3 practical classroom tools: 🧠 Metacognitive strategies 💬 Promoting metacognitive talk 🧩 Scaffolding pupils’ use of metacognitive strategies Scroll down on the metacognition guidance page to find them!

✨ What’s new? Updated classroom examples and tools, explainer boxes on common misconceptions, and practical strategies to help teachers develop pupils’ metacognition. Lots to explore!

🤔 Why an update? The original (2018) report was based on a conceptual review. This edition is backed by a new systematic evidence review to help ensure the guidance reflects the most robust and up-to-date global evidence.