Looking forward to running a workshop at this brilliant conference: ‘Adopting a writing for pleasure pedagogy: being writer-teachers’ with Tobias Hayden ✍️✨ See you tomorrow! Sam Creighton Karen Tulloch Teresa Cremin The Writing Web ✍🏾 Angela Jenkins

It's so important to give yourself as a teacher the space and time to get to know your children as readers and writers. To understand their own passions and preferences and funds of knowledge - to help them best progress - Helen Hendry 👏 #OuRfPConf

Brilliant recommendations from Ellen Counter and Tobias Hayden Reading for Pleasure 🧶 conference to become writing teachers and why it's so important and beneficial to write mentor texts.

The kindness of colleagues and friends such as the wonderful #WritingRocks✍️😍☺️ helps the world go round 🌍🧡

Brilliant day Reading for Pleasure 🧶 Conference. Teresa Cremin & Helen Hendry shared important RfP & WfP research. Fab workshops: social reading environments Imogen M16 & Chris Baker and WfP Ellen Counter & Tobias Hayden. Inspiring keynotes from Hannah Gold & Matt Goodfellow. Thank you!

Had a great time meeting wonderful writer-teachers yesterday and delivering a WfP workshop at the Reading for Pleasure 🧶 conference. Some great ‘leapfrogging’ off these mentor texts to write their own… a particular fave idea: ‘The Flamingo that Farted’🦩💨 The kids will love that! 😆

#WritingRocks✍️😍☺️ Ellen Counter Tobias Hayden Reading for Pleasure 🧶 Superb workshop! Thanks Ellen Counter and Tobias Hayden Love the idea of writing mentor texts in book form.

Until teachers learn to read like writers and notice author's craft, the teaching of writing will unfortunately remain stuck on surface features.

I’ve never read a book that punched me in the gut, made me feel a fire in my belly and an ache in my heart quite like this one. It made me think of kids I’ve taught, made me question whether I did enough. All teachers should read this.

My version of the Pyramid Stage - Year 6s at Alexander McLeod Primary. If only it had been night time and they had their phone-lights on, eh?

Reports should always avoid placing any kind of negativity on being a quiet child. An introvert isn’t suddenly going to put their hand up if they’re told it’d be nice if they contributed more. An introverted child isn’t ‘passive’, often they are super tuned in to what’s going on

Join us & #WritingRocks✍️😍☺️ at Elmhurst Primary School for this exciting day of CPD! Delegates will: ✅explore what the research says around effective writing teaching ✅gain practical ideas & strategies for writing teaching ✅be equipped with greater confidence & subject knowledge

Getting ready for a whole day of training, about developing and delivering an effective writing curriculum, with my brilliant colleague Juliet Will be bringing along a little sample of some of my fave books 😆✍️

Magic shows and mysteries abound in Emma Carroll's showstopping new middle-grade adventure, The Houdini Inheritance!   #UKLAMembers RT now for the chance to win one of 3 signed copies #UKLALucky13th prize draw T&Cs: UK only. Tags: Faber Children's Emma Carroll 🇺🇦 @joyisreading

🌟NEW BLOG 🌟 This week, guest blogger Nakita Changachanga from First Tower School in Jersey, explores how she transformed attitudes and attainment in writing in her Year 4 classroom, through the Winning at Writing project.✍️ Read how here: hfleducation.org/blog/winning-w… Find out more

This should be at the very centre of policy. Government should be focussed on how we make society better for our children & young people. It means looking at education, health & social care together, not as separate entities. Our children deserve better. theguardian.com/society/articl…

Hi all! UoELiteracyLab team at The University of Edinburgh are putting on a series of FREE ONLINE CPD events on the topic of READING. Sign up for a FREE ticket now. 👇😍 blogs.ed.ac.uk/literacylab/ev… Of interest to you? Teresa Cremin Mathew Tobin Jon Biddle ReadingRocks UKLA

Looking forward to the HertsPrimaryEnglish conference tomorrow! Well it’s far more than English actually! On my way! Ellen Counter and colleagues be good to catch up!

Back on the bus with a brilliant book. 🙌🏾 I read children’s books on my commute and I’ve missed it! Life is full on, so once upon a time I swapped magazines for children’s books and my life is richer in so many ways. 🧐 What’s your children’s book reading routine? #ReadingRocks

This will be a great day - but get in there quick if you can & book by tomorrow! 👇