After 400+ hours, they're finished! ☺️ @leaftrust.bsky.social's suite of #WritingExemplification materials for Y1-Y5, showing the journey to EXS from September-July for pupils reaching the lower end of the standard. Feel free to get in touch if you're interested in buying for your school.

I'm so proud of the @leaftrust.bsky.social moderation team. They ran all of the Y1-Y6 moderation sessions last week using our new exemplification materials; supported 140 teachers & had amazing feedback. 👏 There's a real buzz about writing across the Trust. It's so exciting seeing it develop.☺️

Oh wow, well done #TeamBlackhorse. Your poetry recitals for the #LeafLiteratureFestival are brilliant! @brianbilston.bsky.social you'd be impressed! 👏👏👏

THANK YOU so much to the wonderful @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social for his brilliant session with @leaftrust.bsky.social's Reception & KS1 children this afternoon. We loved it...and the sea creature sign language! 🧜‍♂️⛈️🧜‍♂️

@leaftrust.bsky.social are a fantastic group of schools! I know you'll be welcomed and well looked after. 🍃Hope you've been able to share Glitter Boy as much as Nen - both brilliant! 🌈🎣

Congratulations! 👏 So excited about your headline session at our @leaftrust.bsky.social #LiteratureFestival on Friday!! 😁📚🌈

What a great start to our #LiteratureFestival this morning. Over 4000 children in our launch assembly; bookmark & story competition winners announced; winning stories read aloud and a host of exciting reading events shared. It's going to be a fun-packed couple of weeks! @leaftrust.bsky.social #RfP

I’ve been busy with my second newsletter MARCH edition!! And if you want to get inside the mind of this children’s author I can promise lots of child/ teacher/ librarian friendly content as well as the chance to win a signed hot off the press copy of PULOMA AND THE BEAR!! www.jasbinderbilan.co.uk

The longlist for #KlausFluggePrize 2025 is here! This is the 10th year of the prize which recognises the most promising & exciting newcomers to picturebook illustration. Congratulations to the 15 talented illustrators on the list 🎨 💐 #Illustration #Picturebooks https://buff.ly/4h3zdgZ

Hope @wshed.bsky.social is getting a slice of this! 🤞

Parents! If your kid wants to be Loki for World Book day I'm putting together a newsletter next week with simple costume tips. If you're not signed up yet, please do! There will be WBD activity ideas too. louiestowell.substack.com #KidLitUK

Fancy some half term arty fun? Well, THIS FRIDAY at 10am I'll be posting a brand new episode of #DrawWithRob in which I'll show you how to draw a very cute... OTTER 🦦! See you by the riverbank...

As an author, I think it’s VERY important to give back to the community and support other writers and illustrators. I’m doing lots of picture book recommendations on my Tik Tok (@ianeagletonauthor) channel if you’re interested! #KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

Another very successful jaunt to @bookhaus.bsky.social this afternoon...🤗

Year 1 ✔️ Year 3✔️ Year 4✔️ Year 5✔️ Year 2...started at last! Looking like we'll be ready to send to the printers after half term! ☺️ @leaftrust.bsky.social #Writing #Assesment #Exemplification

Congratulations 🎉 in particular some of my favourites #Carnagies25 I Am Wolf @alastairc.com 👏🏻 The Final Year by Matt Goodfellow 👏🏻 Island of Whispers by @franceshardinge.bsky.social 👏🏻 The Wild by Yuval Zimmer 👏🏻

Spent a lot of yesterday talking with children and helping them find the right book. We talked about what they liked, we laughed, we got excited about books they loved, we explored the library. I believe every child is a reader they just have to find their right book.

We only have limited #SparkReading packs available for secondary schools - don't miss out! They include all these brilliant books - and you'll get six copies of the group reading titles to support fun reading experiences. Find out more 👇 www.booktrust.org.uk/spark-readin...

It's arrived!!! 🎉🤗🥳 That's my reading for the next week or so sorted! Thanks @suchmo83.bsky.social!

I took a bit of an unintended Bluesky hiatus over xmas (the time just seemed to disappear!) but look what Santa brought me! I fear he's going to have to bring more bookshelves next year! 🙈😂

If anyone's looking for picturebook recommendations and wisdom, my go-to people are @mattobin.bsky.social @marygtroche.bsky.social @smithsmm.bsky.social and @karlduke8.bsky.social. They're a combined fountain of knowledge so make so you're following them. #edusky #primaryedusky

Absolutely!! ☺️

The amazing @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social interviewed @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social and me for the latest issue- we talked about writing Beyond the Secret Garden. booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/movi...

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

📣Upcoming Literacy Competitions📣 Challenges can inspire children and get them involved with literacy outside of the classroom... and they also offer some amazing prizes! Find out more about two upcoming competitions run by the National Literacy Trust! (links below🔗) #PrimaryEnglish #EduSkyPrimary

Year 6 teacher and graphic novel superfan @richardruddick.bsky.social shares how graphic novels can spark a love for reading. Discover top picks to inspire your class in his Everybody read! blog: https://littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/everybody-read/a-novel-approach-to-reading/

Right...I have a new stash of Nespresso pods and a whole day - let's see how close I can get to finishing this! I'm writing our @leaftrust.bsky.social exemplificatio materials for Y1-Y5, showing the journey through the year for a pupil who just reached EXS. Y3 & Y4 are done...☺️

Teachers! Why not join me with your class for a FREE online school event with Booksquad, HarperCollins’ home of reading for pleasure for primary school children. This Thursday (12 Dec) from 1.30-2.30pm. 1/2

There is still time to sign up to join us tomorrow night for Newsletter Live! Poetry edition. We are so excited to be joined by Laura Mucha. Register for free, here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ou-rfp-new...

This is a great way to show children the difference redrafting makes. ☺️

One of the things that keeps me going back to Twitter is that I get fairly regular DMs on there asking me for advice about reading. Just to be clear: I am more than happy for people to DM on here for the same reason. Please repost this if you think this info might be useful to someone.

So true. 👇 👏👏👏

Have just made a couple of updates to my Reading for Pleasure Padlet. Ideas for staff meetings, teaching resources, links to a map of children's bookshops, suggested picturebooks to use in assemblies, templates for surveys, and lots more. I hope it's useful. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

This is a genius idea... actually looking forward to my 60th!! 😂

It’s always a pleasure and a challenge to compile the #BooksforKeeps annual #Christmas Gift Guide. Our focus in 2024 is on reading for pleasure. We were sent several sleigh-loads of new books to choose from, find out what passed the elf test! 🎁🎄 #Hohoho booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/book...

New Christmas ep of #DrawWithRob... 👇

Happy St Andrew’s Day! To celebrate I’ve put together some collections of great Scottish kids books. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #PictureBooks #MGBooks #ScottishBooks

Christmas Poems by top children's poets brian-moses.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-ch...

My first post! Just to share that we have a WeWrite meet up TODAY for kids authors, writers & illustrators at the British Library - All welcome! I’ll be in the BL cafe from 1-6, if you'd like to join, just come along or drop me a DM! I don't have many followers here so please like and share!

Our @leaftrust.bsky.social #LitFest pupil team have chosen their group name... they're the #LeafLitetatureLeaders 🌿 and they have some important work to do this year as reading ambassadors in their schools. Well done to #EmersonsGreen who chose the winning name! 👏 #edusky #kidlit

Great @leaftrust teaching conference on maths with Steve Lomax and a host of teachers leading workshops on everything maths!

This year's #ReflectingRealities report from @theclpe.bsky.social really shows how vital it is that, as educators, we use and celebrate a wide range of texts that are diverse and inclusive. It's shocking that the percentage of racially minoritised characters in books has dropped this year.

Hello everyone! I am Josh, a poet, performer and workshop leader. Do please visit my website for lots of fun, FREE poems and resources: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk. Below is one of my best known poems, which is one of the many on my site. I hope you enjoy, and do please gimme a follow! #EduSky #poetry

I was in a Year 5 class today and a quarter of the class were reading Bunny v Monkey. Thanks @jamiesmart.bsky.social! 👏👏👏

If you are a children's nonfiction enthusiast, we are starting a nonfiction book club here on Blue Sky after Christmas. In the meantime, we are sharing favourite spreads that exemplify high-quality writing, illustrations and design. You will find us here @primarynonfiction.bsky.social

I write a free newsletter fortnightly, entitled, 'The 3Rs'. It covers new educational writing, book reviews, as well as research and resources from education, and beyond. Join over 10k subscribers here: alexquigley.co.uk/tag/newslett...

@erikadraws.bsky.social's To The Other Side is brilliant. I've recommended it to lots of schools - such a thought-provoking book and so beautifully illustrated.