Category: Teachers’ Book Group

• Reading Aloud: The Poet-Tree Project

  

  This project was inspired by the Teachers as Readers (TaRs) research and through my role as the leader of an Open University/UKLA TaRs Book Group (you can find out more about that here). Our book group is based in Blackheath and meets approximately once per half term. We share and discuss children’s literature and explore…

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  May 29, 2019

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• 2019 Egmont Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards

  

  Yesterday I was honoured to receive the 2019 Egmont Reading for Pleasure Teacher Award, in the category of experienced teacher! The announcement was made at the OU/UKLA Finding and Sharing Pleasure in Reading Conference in London, where I also led my first workshop on The Power of Reading Aloud. My RfP journey started little over…

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  March 17, 2019

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• Book Clubs for Teachers: Widening reading repertoires

  

  I had known for some time that my knowledge of children’s books was a weak area and when I came cross the Open University’s self-review document for teachers whilst scrolling through twitter one day, I thought, ‘why not?’ I clicked on the link and started dutifully answering the questions. It was worse than I thought. I was lured…

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  October 20, 2018

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• The Literacy Calendar 2018-19

  

  A calendar of literacy events is something I’ve wanted to sink my teeth into for a long time. I’ve always felt it would be useful to have and to share with all staff. I think it will put an end to all those last minute attempts to conjure up activities and resources for special whole-school…

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  July 29, 2018

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• Fantastic Books and Where to Find Them

  

  Much of what I do in the classroom relies heavily on quality, authentic texts, so knowing where to find them is crucial. Ensuring that children have access to fantastic books – whether it’s for lessons, a read aloud or simply for pleasure – is absolutely essential to inspire and build a community of lifelong readers.…

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  July 23, 2018

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• Teachers’ Reading for Pleasure ‘Book Clubs’

  

  To teach reading and writing effectively and enthusiastically, we must be keen readers and writers ourselves. With this in mind, I was looking for opportunities to develop myself as a reader and, through twitter, I stumbled upon the Open University and UKLA Teachers’ Reading Groups. Initially, I thought it was simply a book club led…

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  June 30, 2018

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