@lauraspargo.bsky.social
📚✍️ Dedicated Primary English specialist. 🇬🇧🇪🇸🇦🇪 Experienced international educator. ✨️📨 Weekly blog, Glimmers in Education: https://substack.com/@lauraspargo
After the slow reveal and tasters, the big reveal and whole text enquiry 🙏🏼
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Scaffolding thinking by zooming in
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Poetry as the master key to unlocking creative thinking through language at Blackfield Primary @openingdoors.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social What a metaphor!
07.10.2025 12:30 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
Do scroll down my feed today to see so many examples of teachers passionately presenting their routes to excellence for all, with a bit of help from the ‘Opening Doors’ team. Big thanks to Dr Becky Fisher @englishassociation.bsky.social for backing our work.
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📚❤️ Could there be a better end to the day than taking the "blue book" (i.e. everything you need to know about Opening Doors) to the @britishlibrary.bsky.social?
@openingdoors.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @juliesargent.bsky.social
#edusky #primaryenglish #reading #writing
💡Poetry, prose & penny dreadfuls. A wonderful way to end the afternoon, hearing how @ipatedu.bsky.social have created exciting writing opportunities using the Opening Doors strategies.
The OD team are feeling inspired!
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@thinktalkleah.bsky.social @lauraspargo.bsky.social @crownhousepub.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social
07.10.2025 09:50 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
✨️A lunch time pause at today's Opening Doors celebration.
💡Hearing from Penn Wood and Mulgrave Primary describe their journeys, with diverse literature and lots of chance to get writing!
📚❤️✍️Looking forward to this afternoon.
@openingdoors.bsky.social
@englishassociation.bsky.social
Now we are having a go! @openingdoors.bsky.social
07.10.2025 10:04 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
The pitch of Year 6 Reading into writing at Mulgrave Primary @openingdoors.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social conference ☺️
07.10.2025 10:11 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Mulgrave Primary kick off! High pitch global English 🌍 @openingdoors.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social
07.10.2025 09:24 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0✨️ I am so excited about tomorrow's Opening Doors showcase event.
💡 A day of exploring the creative and innovative ways which educators have created English curriculum opportunities which inspire and engage using the Opening Doors approaches and principles - it is sure to be a special occasion!
Chloe Savage and Julia Sarda join Nikki Gamble for a special illustration evening. Join us for an exploration of their creative processes and a discussion about points of connection and difference. buff.ly/xCa9tCJ
@openuni-rfp.bsky.social
@uklitassociation.bsky.social
@lauraspargo.bsky.social
How exciting! ✨️
05.10.2025 16:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
✨️ What a truly wonderful way to celebrate the beauty of poetry & its power to encapsulate & evoke emotions.
❤️ I laughed, I shed a tear, I was wholeheartedly inspired.
🙏🏻 Thank you @justimaginecentre.bsky.social, @piecorbett.bsky.social, @zarow.bsky.social, Michaela Morgan & Tom Morgan-Jones.
National Poetry Day - enjoy an evening of poetry with the family. Join Pie Corbett, Michaela Morgan, Tom Morgan-Jones and Zaro Weil and nourish your poetry soul. Thursday 2nd, October, 7.00 pm via Zoom buff.ly/0WVQHUP
01.10.2025 18:30 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
✨️ Happy National Poetry Day everyone!✨️
A wonderful opportunity to delve into the work of @katewakeling.bsky.social through a totally *free* lesson sequence planned by @openingdoors.bsky.social
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#NationalPoetryDay #EduSky
📢 An exciting opportunity for teachers in the Newham area
💡 A practical & immersive morning, exploring how to create exciting English experiences, ensuring *ALL* children succeed.
@openingdoors.bsky.social
@hallsvillesch.bsky.social
@thinktalkleah.bsky.social
@juliesargent.bsky.social
#edusky
✨️ With #NationalPoetryDay taking place this Thursday, I felt it the time to shine a light on the power of poetry- every day.
💭 Including signposts to resources from @openingdoors.bsky.social, @justimaginecentre.bsky.social, @literacy-trust.bsky.social
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#edusky
✨️ Exciting times ahead! I'm really looking forward to sharing the practical Opening Doors strategies with teaching teams - equity and excellence in English for all pupils ✍️❤️📚
#PrimaryEnglish #PrimaryCurriculum #Reading #Writing #TeachingAndLearning
#EduSky
So helpful and stimulating Laura!
Thanks. Pleasure and challenge can co-exist. 👇
They absolutely can - thanks for sharing, Bob ✨️
17.09.2025 17:32 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Looks fantastic! 👏🏼✨️
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💡 My thoughts on The Writing Framework.
✨️ The important messages.
⚠️ When to exercise caution.
❤️✍️ Most importantly, the purpose, the motivation, the authenticity - the joy.
#edusky #writing
@openingdoors.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @juliesargent.bsky.social
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Wonderful whimsical fun! @openingdoors.bsky.social - remind you of an Opening Doors unit??
05.09.2025 06:19 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0So exciting!
Sign up now or, if you are out of range, contact me about starting your own! @agentapostrophe.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @hdesilva.bsky.social @juliesargent.bsky.social
How exciting! ❤️📚✍️💡
15.09.2025 13:07 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0✨️ This week's 'glimmer' shares a round-up of some of my favourite ideas (for pupils and teachers) from my time in schools this year.
🦊 Listening foxes is one of my favourites!
🔗 To read them all, take a look at my blog in full: open.substack.com/pub/lauraspa...
