Oxfordshire-based school staff! Chris is running a Teachers Reading Group again this year (without me as I am on maternity leave!). It's a wonderful group and Chris is so knowledgeable. Details below - please share! @openuni-rfp.bsky.social @debbiethomas.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social

From Kenneth Oppel, Best of All Worlds is a story of survival, teenage passions and an invisible enemy. What should be a relaxing weekend away from the city turns nightmarish when Xavier and his family wake up to find themselves trapped inside a dome. UKLA members RP for a chance to win #lucky13th

This will be amazing! Gina Kaminski is my hero!

@mattobin.bsky.social Hi Mat, We have loved shadowing the Klaus Flugge prize this year! I have emailed you our photos from across the six classes but our winners were: Slug Life (2 classes), The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods (2 classes), The Cat Who Couldn't Be Bothered and The Christmas Mouse.

NEW in the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling ‘Unknown Adventurer’ series! 3 signed copies of THE LOST BOOK OF UNDERSEA ADVENTURE! By Teddy Keen are the UKLA Lucky 13th prizes for June. UKLA Members just RP to be in with a chance to win. ‪@quartokids.bsky.social‬

Tonight I am off to an amazing local restaurant who have started a book club where they cook a three course meal from a recipe book and then you can buy the book from the local bookshop. Food and books! The dream! 🤩 @vikkivarley.bsky.social @anitaranih.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social

Finished The Wrong Shoes ahead of our Staff Book Club next week. Gritty, emotive and relatable for young people today, I can understand why it has been nominated for so many awards. I will read it to my Year 6 class next term. Thank you to Tom Percival for this important read!

Thank you @uklitassociation.bsky.social for my copy of Michael Rosen's Pocket Shakespeare! Perfect for my Year 6s. This year we have already studied Macbeth, Henry V and Romeo and Juliet! 🎭 @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social - I'm looking forward to reading an extract tomorrow to my class!

Look what's happening on the 29th of April. And you are all invited. Register here: vimeo.com/event/492988...

Explore Shakespeare’s best bits: love & heartbreak, magic & superstition, jealousy, beauty, insults & one-liners in this celebration of the Bard. With @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social as your guide, and illustrations from Chris Riddell. UKLA members RP to win 5 books + signed prints from Walker Books

Thank you Anthony McGowan and @uklitassociation.bsky.social for my treat! This was waiting for me when I got back last night after a few days away. I can't wait to read it!

The Easter holidays are here, so I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win. The winner will be selected 19th April.

Walking into my local bookshop and, to my complete surprise, seeing an advanced copy of The First Year was a very good start to my Easter holidays! What's everyone else reading at the moment? @anitaranih.bsky.social @vikkivarley.bsky.social @lyndajgraham.bsky.social @mattobin.bsky.social

Today's the day! UKLA members: come along and blether about poetry with us this evening! The sign up link is below. Please spread the word 📣 @vikkivarley.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social @mrsbaker6.bsky.social @rcharlesworth.bsky.social @gluestickgal.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social

What a brilliant shortlist!

Published today, five lucky UKLA members can retweet to be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of #TheBeck by Carnegie Medal winner Anthony McGowan, a hilarious and heartwarming tale of one boy's quest to save the beck that runs through his granddad's [email protected]

We would love to see you there! We will be chatting all things poetry ranging from resources, awards, verse novels and anthologies.

Happy World Book Day! As children around the world celebrate their love of reading, it is vitally important to make sure that they're all able to read books in which they see themselves represented. We've put together a list of books that do just that:

Another Kate DiCamillo book read in one sitting! She has such a way with storytelling that you can't put her books down. 🦜 @anitaranih.bsky.social @vikkivarley.bsky.social @mrsbaker6.bsky.social Have you read The Hotel Balzaar?

now with working link to register for this public seminar in Oxford 💜 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Have you heard about the UKLA Literacy School of the Year Award? Sponsored by Hays Education, it celebrates the best of literacy teaching and learning in the UK. Join us for an informational webinar on March 4th and find out how you can get involved: https://buff.ly/4hQqbF1

✨📢HALF-TERM GIVEAWAY!!!📢✨ We're gifting a bundle of THREE Bloomsbury Education books to one lucky winner!📚 To enter, simply: 💙Like, repost & follow! UK only, participants must be 18+. Giveaway ends 23/02/25 at 11PM, & winner will be contacted via DM✉️ Terms and conditions apply: bit.ly/3BXvNxL

It's half term, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win. I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).

I've enjoyed exploring the history of Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam (the house that would go on to hide Anne Frank and her family). This beautiful information book makes us reflect on changing landscapes and how key events in history impacted every day people.

25 of our Year 6s signed up to shadow the Oxfordshire Book Awards this year so by the end of the day, all these books had gone! I'm excited to see which ones the children enjoy the most. @jonnybid.bsky.social @vikkivarley.bsky.social @anitaranih.bsky.social @zoanne.bsky.social

Set during the turbulent segregation era, Kwame Alexander weaves a spellbinding story of struggle, determination and the unflappable faith of an American family in BLACK STAR, sequel to the acclaimed The Door of No Return. UKLA members RT to win 5 signed copies. #uklalucky13th

Thank you @whatsfsaid.bsky.social for my copy of Safiyyah's War! We have it as one of our Staff Book Club choices for next half term so I know it will be widely read and shared.

🍭It's #SundaySweetener time! #BookGiveaway Are you taking the children in your life to a library this weekend? We're giving away 'The Library Mouse' by Frances Tosdevin + Sophia O'Connor. For a chance to win: 🐭 Follow 🐭 Like 🐭 Tag friend 🐭 Repost (extra entry) Winner announced Monday

Great discussions at our Staff Book Club tonight! All four longlisted for both The UKLA and Carnegie awards 2025. @uklitassociation.bsky.social @vikkivarley.bsky.social @mrsbaker6.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social

Listened to Steady For This as an audio book on my journey to/from work this week. It made me laugh so much and brightened my journey up no end. A great book for KS3!

The next half-termly UKLA Book Blether is taking place on Thursday 30th January, this time centring on the theme of Graphic Novels. The Blethers take place over Zoom and are open to any UKLA Member!

On Friday, I finished Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan. Such a gripping and inspiring read which highlights the best of humanity. So interesting to read the historical notes. I highly recommend it! Anyone else read it? @teresacremin.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @vikkivarley.bsky.social

‼️We're hiring! Two new roles are now open for applications over on our website: literacytree.com/vacancies/ #primaryschool #primaryteacher #primaryliteracy #Hiring #EdTech #PrimaryEducation #LiteracyConsultant #ResourceDeveloper #EducationJobs

Happy new year! RP to win a copy of 'Beyond the Secret Garden' by Darren Chetty & Karen Sands O’Connor. Trace how Black & racially minoritised characters have been represented in ‘the secret garden’ of British children’s literature from its earliest stages.

The @justimaginecentre.bsky.social team put on some amazing free events for pupils & school staff. On Thursday, they're running a poetry session with @jamescarterpoet.bsky.social, @bardymum.bsky.social, Simon Lamb & Stephen Lightbrown. One not to miss! Details here: justimagine.co.uk/evening-in/w...

🍭 It's #SundaySweetener time! #BookGiveaway 📘To beat the January blues, we're giving away 2 Kieran Larwood books to escape with: "Podkin and the Tentacled Terror" + "Jed Greenleaf". For your chance to win: 🍬 Follow 🍬 Like 🍬 Tag friend 🍬 Repost for extra entry Winner announced Monday!

My favourite children's book of the year: SAFIYYAH'S WAR by Hiba Noor Khan. Absolutely beautiful & brilliant; every school & library should have a copy. To which end, I am giving away FREE COPIES TO SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES! Repost & follow to enter; closes 25th Jan 2025! #BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway

Welcome to Asia! Discover its incredible history and diversity with this beautifully illustrated and fact-filled encyclopaedia! Written by @rashmiwriting.bsky.social and stunningly illustrated by @jasonlyon.bsky.social #UKLA members repost to WIN 3 signed copies for your class! #uklalucky13th

Tonight was our half-termly Staff Book Club where we were discussing these four fabulous texts, all longlisted for The UKLA Book Awards in 2025! Festive coffees, mince pies and book chat - what more could you want? 🎄 @uklitassociation.bsky.social @mrsbaker6.bsky.social @vikkivarley.bsky.social

🍭 It's #SundaySweetener time here on Bluesky!🦋 #BookGiveaway This week we have "The Cafe at the Edge of The Woods"💐, recently reviewed in our Christmas Bibliotherapy.📚 For your chance to win this stunning text: 🍂 Follow 🍂 Like 🍂 Tag friend 🍂 Repost for extra entry Winner announced Monday!

Thank you @literacytree.bsky.social for The Language of Flowers! It looks beautiful! 🌺

A lovely festive Book Blether session this evening discussing ‘Seasonal Reads’ with @uklitassociation.bsky.social member teachers & librarians. So many books I now want to buy for Christmas Eve reading! 🫶📚🎄 @imogenm16.bsky.social @vikkivarley.bsky.social

I had to buy this after reading @librarylady.bsky.social's review for Just Imagine. I love it even more than I thought I would, and cannot wait to share it with our school this week! 🎄

Welcome to our first #SundaySweetener 🍭 #BookGiveaway on Bluesky!🦋 This week we have "The Language of Flowers"💐, recently reviewed in our Christmas Bibliotherapy.📚 For your chance to win this stunning text: 🌹Follow 🌹Like 🌹Tag friend 🌹Repost for extra entry Winner announced Monday! 🏆

Terrific opportunity for a fully funded PhD in volitional reading/writing! wels.open.ac.uk/research/res... Do pls share widely - we’re open to personal passions+questions @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @whatsfsaid.bsky.social

I’ve got 6 copies of Code Name Kingfisher to give away to one lucky winner. Simply repost this and make sure you’re following me. I’ll choose one lucky winner at random on Sunday 1st of December.

Bribing children to read with rewards and keeping them in at break for not reading at home really won't help them understand the power and joy of reading. Sharing stories as a class, prioritising time to read, talking about books together, celebrating poetry and being a reading role model will.