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Always good to be back in Birmingham #openingdoors so that schools’ ambitions for English can be supported. #excellenceandequity in action! Working with Somerville School and Confederation shortly!

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Morning @mrjamesob.bsky.social Here's an interesting view of the German elections from the marvelous Henning Wehn posted earlier on the hell-site 🤨

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NAAE is 40! Join us for amazing value online conference £15 or £10 to non members with discount code CELEBRATE10 before Feb 27th. Nurturing readers + the state of English education - and how to save it! See you there!https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naae-is-40-tickets-1137566996509?aff=oddtdtcreator

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🚪⭐️What a pleasure it was to be invited to @shellygeeson.bsky.social's school last week to learn more about their @openingdoors.bsky.social journey. 😁The genuine buzz around, & clear enjoyment of, English experiences from the pupils was palpable. ✍️Samples of writing outcomes kindly shared below:

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This is the last time I post this poem for a while, promise. It’s just that, with the world order crumbling, I find myself thinking about family history. Originally published in ‘Poetry Wales’ magazine: joshuaseigalpoet.blogspot.com/2023/11/here... #BookSky #poetry

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NEW Blog Creating the readiness to think together at KS1 - written for the Let's Think Forum - relevant to all teachers and schools who believe in the power of collaborative enquiry and dialogic talk.

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Why do we see teacher expertise as needing knowledge, skill and judgement (even though most people seem to focus on just one of these)? A blog by Professor Rob Coe. Read it here 👉 https://buff.ly/4b4JSqb #EduBlogShare

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But if the cause be not good, the king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make, when all those legs and arms and heads, chopped off in battle, shall join together at the the latter day and cry all, 'We died at such a place' Coming in April

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@thinktalkleah.bsky.social @juliesargent.bsky.social @lauraspargo.bsky.social

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Genius: Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’

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Sunday morning hope

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@shellygeeson.bsky.social @lauraspargo.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @juliesargent.bsky.social @charliehacking.bsky.social @mrswilkinson.bsky.social @greenshawtrust.bsky.social @greeborunner.bsky.social @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social

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@lauraspargo.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @juliesargent.bsky.social @haringeyeduc.bsky.social @hdesilva.bsky.social @edfinch.bsky.social @justimaginecentre.bsky.social

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I’m so proud to be an Opening Doors author and consultant. Do look at Bob,s website and get in touch for CPD of all flavours! Keynotes, closure days and longitudinal school improvement

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There's a fiery opal in our NEW Poem of the Week by Christina Rossetti. Click on the link to discover another magical property some people believe the opal has. DYK #PoetryByHeart Poem of the Week emails contain Word of the Week too? #Poetry #Vocabulary #EduSky 💎 www.oed.com/dictionary/o...

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If you don’t already listen to @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social and @nadiashireen.bsky.social on The Island of Brilliant… LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, ENJOY! Such a witty, enriching, storyfilled place to spend your time 🌴 📚 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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What rich professional development. Teachers seeing, talking, making sense of how rich, ambitious English can be achieved

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A sense of belonging is key to success 🤝 Check out part 3 of Rachel MacFarlane’s NACE blog series where she explores how developing a sense of belonging can help disadvantaged learners thrive: https://buff.ly/3PLJymo 📚 For more top tips, discover #ObstetricsforSchools: https://buff.ly/3E2XXYU

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@berliedoherty.bsky.social I’m an education writer for the Opening Doors series. Our publisher would like to produce a free lesson for schools for National Poetry Day. I’d love to use one of yours! Can you follow me and we can chat further? X

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📚❤️ Rapidly adding to my collection and excited to have a catch-up with Bob Cox @openingdoors.bsky.social this week. ✍️ If you are interested in exploring ways to implement a quality text to writing cycle which pitches high but includes all, then #openingdoors is for you. #edusky #excellenceforall

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@thinktalkleah.bsky.social @juliesargent.bsky.social @shellygeeson.bsky.social @edfinch.bsky.social @creativehigg.bsky.social @raesnape.bsky.social

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Interested in Cognitive Science and the teaching of English? We are still taking bookings for this FREE @englishassociation.bsky.social webinar Feb 4th

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We had such an energising time at the #ReadingRights summit and can't wait to put the conversations into action! Watch the video Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social shared at the summit to demonstrate the power of early reading here: www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/c...

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NEW Blog by HT @shellygeeson.bsky.social on using the @openingdoors.bsky.social principles and strategies to gradually and intentionally nurture young writers who make choices. Inspiring and practical! searchingforexcellence.co.uk/blogs/ #EduSkyPrimary #EduSky

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Superb blog from @shellygeeson.bsky.social which will help your doors to rich English to open! Thanks Shelly. @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @juliesargent.bsky.social searchingforexcellence.co.uk/wp-content/u...

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Inspiring thread on teaching Shakespeare. Rich AND so doable!

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For all the new followers - please take a look! www.searchingforexcellence.co.uk

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@juliesargent.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @nicolamansfield.bsky.social @creativehigg.bsky.social

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Inspiring insight into the process of poetry writing - Brian Moses: The Joy of Notebooks childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/01/16/b...

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Superb programme. Superb school…

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Donald Trump would have been convicted over 2020 election, special counsel report says

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Don't miss this if you can get to the Slough area! The incredible Penn Wood School are 'opening doors' twith GDS years 5/6 relevance! See below searchingforexcellence.co.uk/wp-content/u...

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Another blog of beauty from Carol Atherton 'English teachers as like lightning conductors for the relationship between the text and the student,' @openingdoors.bsky.social passing-it-on.com/2025/01/12/s...

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Twitter deleted. I’m relying on you now, Blue Sky people!

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“Familiarity breeds confidence. Unless we look at ways to make texts more familiar, then we are always going to struggle.” #EnglishTeaching ⬇️

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Do contact me for support for excellence in English! Take a look: www.searchingforexcellence.co.uk

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Last year, lots of us were talking about #oracy. Here’s a quick retrospective: Oracy isn’t new. A useful discussion of what oracy means and why it matters to children’s learning and personal development is here, via our ‘Speaking Volumes’ papers: oracyeducationcommission.co.uk/wp-content/u...

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“We have an obligation to give hate no safe harbor and to stand up to what my dad used to say is the greatest sin of all, the abuse of power”: Joe Biden speaks for 'a vanishing age' @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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It is also a privilege to deliver a bespoke session on KS1 and focus on what is possible using high-quality texts!

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@mrswilkinson.bsky.social @shorehamacademy.bsky.social @nicolamansfield.bsky.social @staracademies.org @camacademytrust.bsky.social @citacademies.bsky.social @raesnape.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @crownhousepub.bsky.social @shellygeeson.bsky.social

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#EduSky #EduSkyPrimary

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Want to raise standards in English AND improve student sense of belonging, agency and participation at school? Discover the Let's Think in English programme at this FREE @englishassociation.bsky.social webinar Feb 4th 16.45 GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-think....

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@juliesargent.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @mrsb-g.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social

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Good luck with the new term! This is where we ended in December with the pupils of Boorley Park! Doors are opening in various places tomorrow 😃

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