What are conspiracy theories and are they dangerous?
The death of Queen Mary I
Freddie Mercury
Have you ever wondered what would happen if the polar ice caps melted?
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Our #BlackFriday sale is well under way. Join us before the end of November and receive 15% off your membership.
Together we can make 2026 the year of evidence based whole school reading. Check out our full membership package here:
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#BlackFriday is back!
Join us before the end of November and receive 15% off!
Let's make 2026 your year of every adult in school reading to your students every day!
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βοΈπ¨NEW RESOURCES ALERT π¨βοΈ
December's resources are now live featuring:
βοΈ Should video games be considered a sport?
βοΈ The 1st female MP
βοΈ Ozzy Osbourne
βοΈ Have you ever wondered why boxes of chocolates are getting smaller?
Check them out now:
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βοΈπ¨NEW RESOURCES ALERT π¨βοΈ
December's resources are now live featuring:
βοΈ Should video games be considered a sport?
βοΈ The 1st female MP
βοΈ Ozzy Osbourne
βοΈ Have you ever wondered why boxes of chocolates are getting smaller?
Check them out now:
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This #RemembranceDay, ditch the YouTube clips & send a powerful message that reading is the primary medium for learning.
Our FREE resources offer knowledge-rich, extended reading that honours history & builds understanding. Power up your Tutor Time here:
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This #RemembranceDay, ditch the YouTube clips & send a powerful message that reading is the primary medium for learning.
Our FREE resources offer knowledge-rich, extended reading that honours history & builds understanding. Power up your Tutor Time here:
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If you want to add some extended reading to your #RemembranceDay programme this year, check out our FREE packs.
They include 5 different texts, each in a Core and Simplified Language Version.
See how non-fiction reading can transform your Tutor Time.
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If you want to add some extended reading to your #RemembranceDay programme this year, check out our FREE packs.
They include 5 different texts, each in a Core and Simplified Language Version.
See how non-fiction reading can transform your Tutor Time.
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14.10.2025 16:50 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Happy #WorldTeachersDay2025 from all of us at The Literacy Engine.
Celebrating the literacy engineers that drive literacy forward every day.
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With our FREE General Election sample packs you can see how our Core & Simplified Language Version packs map against PSHE, SMSC, British Values, & Citizenship objectives.
Download them now to see how we could transform your Tutor Time reading programme.
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With our FREE General Election sample packs you can see how our Core & Simplified Language Version packs map against PSHE, SMSC, British Values, & Citizenship objectives.
Download them now to see how we could transform your Tutor Time reading programme.
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Considering the amount of time & effort that is devoted to home reading projects & sustained silent reading in schools, you'd think they'd have more impact. The just don't unfortunately.
If you are still using them, drop us a message & we'll help you better harness that time.
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Every school Iβve ever worked at uses some form of DEAR or monitored at home reading program. Itβs insidious. And it just demonstrates the Matthew principle everywhere Iβve taught that relies on it.
02.10.2025 16:33 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Considering the amount of time & effort that is devoted to home reading projects & sustained silent reading in schools, you'd think they'd have more impact. The just don't unfortunately.
If you are still using them, drop us a message & we'll help you better harness that time.
02.10.2025 16:04 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0
We featured Jane Goodall's work in April this year as one of our inspirational individuals. The world is a better place thanks to her work. #RIPJaneGoodall
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π¨βοΈNEW RESOURCES ALERTβοΈπ¨
November Gears of Thought is now live!
βοΈ European Convention on Human Rights
βοΈ Conspiracy Theories
βοΈ Freddie Mercury
βοΈ The ISS
How do your students start their day?
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We enter October this week and #BlackHistoryMonth
Our students will read about:
βοΈ The Race Relations Act
βοΈ The Bristol Bus Boycott 1963
βοΈ Mae Jemison
βοΈ The European Convention on Human Rights
How do your students start their day?
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We enter October this week and #BlackHistoryMonth
Our students will read about:
βοΈ The Race Relations Act
βοΈ The Bristol Bus Boycott 1963
βοΈ Mae Jemison
βοΈ The European Convention on Human Rights
How do your students start their day?
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28.09.2025 08:30 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
π¨βοΈNEW RESOURCES ALERTβοΈπ¨
November Gears of Thought is now live!
βοΈ European Convention on Human Rights
βοΈ Conspiracy Theories
βοΈ Freddie Mercury
βοΈ The ISS
How do your students start their day?
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27.09.2025 09:12 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
How often do students encounter new information in your subject via reading? How often is it a YouTube video?
We've covered the entire KS3 curriculum for Geography, History, and Science & share a topic every month. September's pack is "1066".
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How often do students encounter new information in your subject via reading? How often is it a YouTube video?
We've covered the entire KS3 curriculum for Geography, History, and Science & share a topic every month. September's pack is "1066".
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25.09.2025 16:50 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Drop Everything And Read.
At @researchED1 I shared this definition of the practice then shared where I'd adapted it from.
English teaching is one of the last hiding places of Discovery Learning and needs to be weeded out by the roots. Our students deserve better.
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21.09.2025 10:24 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
This week in Gears Of Thought:
βοΈ What are loot boxes & microtransactions in video games
βοΈ The launch of Fortnite: Battle Royale
βοΈ Michael Faraday
βοΈ Have you ever wondered what a world without electricity would be like?
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Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature, University of Birmingham, UK | drnjwaddell.co.uk
Headteacher of a great secondary school. Still operational and behind on paperwork.
Professor of Education (Literacy), The Open University. Fellow EA, RSA and AcSS. Committed to social justice and reading for pleasure.
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English teacher, SENCo, Asst Advisory Officer at Education Authority, Governor. Love books & coffee & kindness β€οΈ
Education, education, education. Work at the Education Endowment Foundation. Write books, write for TES, and blog: https://alexquigley.co.uk/
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Deputy Headteacher, leading on all things data, curriculum & QA.
Headteacher at large Church of England primary school in North-West England. School adviser for DBE School Improvement Services. Former MAT Education Director.
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Assistant Headteacher, Phase Leader, Curriculum Lead, Assessment Lead, CPD Lead, English Lead, English SLE, NPQSL, ECT and trainee mentor and School Governor.
A Canadian national network of educators, researchers and policy-makers afiliated with researchED International, UK. Bringing evidence-based research and practice to our K-12 classrooms.
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Teacher. Head of English. Mum of 3 humans and 2 cats. Love all things book and film. Novice gardener. Essex girl.
Registered Holocaust Charity providing speakers from the 2nd & 3rd generation who present their family stories to different communities around the world. Free of charge, in-person or online. Book a speaker today: https://www.generation2generation.org.uk/
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Transforming education across Yorkshire & the Humber region. Fostering excellence & innovation in schools. Recognised for our expertise in Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH).
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