Congrats to Matt Goodfellow and Joe Todd-Stanton. So great that #TheFinalYear has been chosen for the longlist of this important award. Bounce Sales and Marketing ❤️📗 Bounce Waterstones 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭

Exactly this… We must stop operating on a deficit narrative and look at how to meaningfully address inequality…👇🏽

One week to go!! The Carousel Horse by #TonyMitton and illustrated by me, publishes one week today! Here's my favourite spread from it. It's a magical story and I can't wait to see it out in the world. ✨️ Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK

This: ‘While phonics is a foundational tool for improving reading abilities, it’s often viewed solely through the lens of reading. However, I believe that reading is like breathing in, and writing is like breathing out.’ So much more in here from pamallyn that resonates deeply👇🏽

Such a glorious evening at Bàrd Books on Roman Road last night to celebrate the launch of Chris Haughton’s The History of Information. So much good stuff to say about this book. It’s just incredible and so apparent the outstanding amount of work and research that’s gone into it🧵

“I’ve seen these guys help people who don’t speak English print off a form for a visa ... Then they’ll patiently help someone who’s homeless. Then they’ll help me with my inquiry about a book, * they’ll know all about it. And they’re grossly underpaid.” theguardian.com/books/article/…

I’m reposting this & want to add one more: CLPE and Charlotte Hacking for everything to do with writing at primary level (& its close relat to reading, evidenced in her new book ‘The Balancing Act’) + the Writing Scale & amazing research digest supports it.

Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation CLPE Charlotte Hacking 100% agree Barbara…thank you for sharing. The Reading & Writing Scales are brilliant for Primary - I’ve never understood why they are not more used….they remind me of the excellent First Steps from NZ in 1990s ~ both superb.

On writing: this chapter in ⁦Charlotte Hacking⁩ & ⁦Dominic Wyse⁩’s book ‘The Balancing Act’ is superb. The book’s not just about reading - it’s about the intimate relationship & interactions with writing.

A year in the life of The Final Year. Can’t believe it’s gone so fast. The most incredible thing has been to see the impact this book has made on readers of all ages. Happy publication anniversary Matt Goodfellow, @joetoddstanton @otterbarrybooks. Can’t wait to do it all again! 🙌🏽

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… More deprived communities were 4x more likely to have lost a publicly-funded library. Thanks to all who spoke to us for this piece a few days ago - incl Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 Libraries Connected CILIP Libraries Unlimited and lots of library users and librarians.

I can’t share this enough! If you’re thinking about Oracy & especially Talk for Learning’ this says so much, so well. Put it on your staff room wall & in all your CPD!