Matt (Manic Street Teachers)

When I led English in a 3-form entry school (98% EAL 🌍), I saw how quickly children progressed when fluency came first.

That stuck with me — so I’ve built week-by-week fluency lessons for Y2–Y6.

It’s been a real labour of love ❤️. Take a look: www.thefluencyfactory.co.uk

Sold a Scheme: When Packaging Replaces Pedagogy How flashy schemes and catchy acronyms can make us spend less time following the science. In education, it’s easy to be dazzled by colourful posters, catchy acronyms, and neatly packaged lesson plans....

📝NEW BLOG POST: I've just created a fluency scheme for primary schools — so yes, the irony isn’t lost on me! 😅But packaging should never come before pedagogy.

Here’s my latest blog👉: www.thefluencyfactory.co.uk/post/sold-a-...

📰 The July edition of The Monthly Fluency Fix is out!

This month:
📚 Tim Shanahan on fluency
🎥 Strategies from Classroom Clips
🔍 Ofsted’s perspective
☀️ Summer Reading Challenge

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A lovely bit of feedback today from a primary music lead who has been using our resources in school. Great to see our new display resources will be being used too. 🎶 You can now download a free pack over at www.musicianofthemonth.co.uk

Just read this. I I remember you sharing some of the final ones a while back. Brilliant stuff! 🎸

Why Every Child Deserves to Hear Their Own Song | Diverse Educators We live in a global world - our music curriculum should reflect that.

The blog I’ve wanted to write for some time, so really pleased to have the chance to share it: www.diverseeducators.co.uk/why-every-ch...

📚🎸 Book Soundtracks for the Classroom 🎸📚
With World Book Day on the horizon, we've been thinking about which books have soundtracks or playlists & which songs have influenced an author during the writing process. Spotify playlists included!
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What it means to read.

NEW: 🐱 Kaspar, Prince of Cats🐱 - Y3/4 WCR
We're still adding to our whole class reading lessons here at MST! This is a classic Morpurgo book about a cat aboard the Titanic. You can download it & our freebies over at www.manicstreetteachers.com/whole-class-...

New blog up! www.thefluencyfactory.co.uk/post/pace-pa...

Primary Music News - ❄ February ❄
Our free monthly newsletter is out now filled with news, resources, updates, book recommendations & pedagogy for primary teachers. Read it here:
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LATEST BLOG: 🐲 St. David's Day & the Pride of Welsh Music 🐲 After half-term comes St. David's Day on March 1st. I've pulled together some activities, conversations, books and music you could bring to the class for the day. Hope it's useful!
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NEW: 🎩 Awful End 🎩 - Y3/4 WCR
We're still adding to our whole class reading lessons here at MST! Check out this lesson from the first book of this hilarious trilogy. You can download it & our freebies over at www.manicstreetteachers.com/whole-class-...

NEW: 🐺Night with a Wolf 🐺- Y3/4 WCR
We're still adding to our whole class reading lessons over the coming days! Our latest is from this classic poem. You can download it & our freebies over at
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I've been blown away by how much schools have run away with using Musician of the Month! We now have over 400 schools around the UK putting it alongside their music scheme to create a culture of diverse musical understanding and appreciation. 🥳🎶🎸🎻🥁🎙 www.musicianofthemonth.co.uk

NEW: 🧙‍♂️The Wishkeeper's Apprentice 🧙‍♂️WCR
We're adding lots of whole class reading lessons over the coming days! Our latest is from this wonderful new novel. You can download this & our freebies over at www.manicstreetteachers.com/whole-class-...

NEW BLOG POST: The Role of Eye Tracking in Reading Fluency.
Our new post looks at strategies we can use in class to identify those that struggle with following the text and what we can do to help improve eye tracking.
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NEW: 🐸Wind in the Willows - UKS2 🐸
We're adding a bulk of brand new resources to our whole class reading lessons over the coming days!
Our latest is the opening of Wind in the Willows. You can download this & our freebies over at www.manicstreetteachers.com/whole-class-...

NEW BLOG POST: - Mastering Multisyllabic Words
I'm excited to announce that we've launched our blog over at The Fluency Factory! In our first post, we explore ways that we can support our children to read complex multisyllabic words.
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NEW: 🎄 December Newsletter 🎄
THE MONTHLY FLUENCY FIX - Welcome to our latest reading fluency newsletter! This month we feature practice, books, blogs & research from Emily Hanford, Doug Lemov & the CLPE.
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Following on from the latest CLPE research, it made me think of this quote by Joyce Carol Oates.

NEW BLOG: 🎄 8 Christmas Songs from Around the World 🎄 Grab a cup of ☕ and take a read of our new blog which takes a look at different Christmas songs from around the world that you might like to play to your classes!
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Night everyone! Perhaps only people reaching a certain age will appreciate this one! 😅

Currently building a castle for homework with the 8yo!

This looks like an optical illusion! 😂

Is the story of the opening lines true? In my head, it feels like it could only be fiction!

NEW: 🎃 October Newsletter 🎃
THE MONTHLY FLUENCY FIX - Welcome to our first ever reading fluency newsletter! This month we feature practice, books & blogs from Chris Dyson, Tim Rasinski and Timothy Shanahan as well as the latest research & some freebies!
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