Mr Myatt

March’s book order is in. Only a small order this month but it’s been sat pending until payday (today!).📚

The Reading Deficit – what can we do about it?

The good news is that 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading in 2024.

The BAD news is that about a quarter did not.

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It was fantastic to complete the ‘Talk Through Stories’ training with Lacey Green English Hub and Nick Cannon from Ruth Miskin Training. The programme helps to bring stories to life through talk. It specifically and systematically builds their vocabulary and comprehension. 📚 talkthroughstories.com

We have gone digital and started using Pageticker in school. ✅ Pageticker makes the logging and tracking of reading progress much easier for teachers and parents alike. It provides important insights to help accelerate progress and to identify interventions required. @pageticker.bsky.social

My class are signed up for a workshop for this on World Book Day. I’ll send across the details… 👀📚

@truthfairy74.bsky.social your last chance to own your own copy 🤣👍🏻

@picturenews.bsky.social are you doing an assembly for Safer Internet Day? 👀

@truthfairy74.bsky.social, enter this! 👀

⚡️SCHOOL BOOK GIVEAWAY!⚡️

Its time for a school book giveaway!

You could win:

🍓1 x signed copy of each book in the Jam Factory series
🍓1 x FIZZBEE PLUSHIE!
🍓35 x bookmarks

👇Simply follow, like, and share this post to be in with a chance!👇

Random winner picked 14/02. UK Only.

Has anyone got pictures of reading spaces/areas/storage within their KS1 classroom? I’m looking for inspiration.💡

It looks very interesting 👀… so many questions though!

I’ve asked TS if there’s ‘CPD budget’ to order a copy for school.

I ordered Finn’s Little Fibs and Bea’s Bad Day from Amazon as got the rest (5 for £15) from Scholastic. Bargain! Also, I found some amazing bargains in Waterstones last week at £3 per book! I try to support local though too.

We have to keep our ID and fobs on separate lanyards for security. I have no idea where either of them are but I can guarantee you they won’t be in the same place! 🤦🏻‍♂️

From the #Edutwitter community to the #Edusky community! 💪🏼⚡️

I’ve had quite a few supply agencies contact me. I don’t think it’s worth it in my role but it was great for networking when I was in the leisure industry.

I admit that I shed a tear or two at the end. 😪🫡

I left Twitter 24 hours ago. It was full of hate, lies and bots. I have already found @bsky.app to be far superior. Just hoping that everybody else education-wise follows suit.

There are currently no providers, local to Warrington that offer the Teacher degree apprenticeship route. Alternative routes into teaching can be found here: getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/train-to-be-...

A fantastic #picturebook by my lecturer from MMU, Yasemin Allsop. A truly important message to inspire and educate children.

Looks brilliant Yasemin. 🌳♻️ 🌍

Would love to know what you’ve decided to do. RWI say that most of the objectives are taught through phonics and get writing but we felt this wasn’t enough. We also didn’t want children spelling words that they cannot read yet.

If it's helpful to schools and teachers, below is the link to a year's worth of picturebook assembly suggestions that have a focus on empathy, diversity, equality and inclusion. They're all books I've used and loved. #edusky padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

Ocean Meets Sky is a fabulous text. My class particularly enjoyed The Dragon Machine and writing the letters of advice 🐉.