After 400+ hours, they're finished! โบ๏ธ @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.
03.04.2025 06:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Oh wow, well done #TeamBlackhorse. Your poetry recitals for the #LeafLiteratureFestival are brilliant! @brianbilston.bsky.social you'd be impressed! ๐๐๐
13.03.2025 15:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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07.03.2025 20:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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! ๐งโโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ
07.03.2025 16:52 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
@leaftrust.bsky.social are a fantastic group of schools! I know you'll be welcomed and well looked after. ๐Hope you've been able to share Glitter Boy as much as Nen - both brilliant! ๐๐ฃ
05.03.2025 14:18 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Ah, you'll be in good company if so!! ๐
04.03.2025 12:41 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Congratulations! ๐ So excited about your headline session at our @leaftrust.bsky.social #LiteratureFestival on Friday!! ๐๐๐
04.03.2025 10:37 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
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
03.03.2025 14:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I have the samples back from the printers so will show you when I see you! โบ๏ธ
27.02.2025 07:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
It looks great, well done! ๐ This year's going to be even better...so excited about the line up and events! ๐ค
20.02.2025 22:58 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Iโve been busy with my second newsletter MARCH edition!! And if you want to get inside the mind of this childrenโs 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
19.02.2025 18:38 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
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 ๐จ ๐ #Illustration #Picturebooks
https://buff.ly/4h3zdgZ
19.02.2025 08:15 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 15 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 5
Hope @wshed.bsky.social is getting a slice of this! ๐ค
20.02.2025 09:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The Louie Stowell Newsletter | Substack
News, books and nonsense. Click to read The Louie Stowell Newsletter, a Substack publication.
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
20.02.2025 07:34 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
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 ๐ฆฆ! See you by the riverbank...
19.02.2025 20:42 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
As an author, I think itโs VERY important to give back to the community and support other writers and illustrators. Iโm doing lots of picture book recommendations on my Tik Tok (@ianeagletonauthor) channel if youโre interested!
#KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
20.02.2025 08:52 โ ๐ 42 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Another very successful jaunt to @bookhaus.bsky.social this afternoon...๐ค
16.02.2025 16:28 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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Year 2...started at last! Looking like we'll be ready to send to the printers after half term! โบ๏ธ @leaftrust.bsky.social #Writing #Assesment #Exemplification
12.02.2025 11:35 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Congratulations ๐ in particular some of my favourites #Carnagies25
I Am Wolf @alastairc.com ๐๐ป
The Final Year by Matt Goodfellow ๐๐ป
Island of Whispers by @franceshardinge.bsky.social ๐๐ป
The Wild by Yuval Zimmer ๐๐ป
12.02.2025 08:13 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
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.
12.02.2025 05:35 โ ๐ 89 ๐ 20 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1
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 ๐
www.booktrust.org.uk/spark-readin...
12.02.2025 08:45 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Here, here. ๐ Although, one little chink of light last week is that Bristol council, after a sizeable petition, have agreed not to go ahead with plans to close the city's libraries as part of the most recent round of cost-cutting. Guess we have to keep fighting the battles to win the war!
30.01.2025 12:48 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Absolutely agree. I've read up to chapter 9 and I have to keep putting the lid on my highlighter pen as it's drying up! Such a useful book - practical, accessible and interesting. It has the scope to really impact practice. Every primary teacher needs to read it.
30.01.2025 11:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I've just turned away from my laptop and have started reading the introduction already! Love the questions and direct reference to specific chapters at the start - that's really helpful.
27.01.2025 14:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
It's arrived!!! ๐๐ค๐ฅณ That's my reading for the next week or so sorted! Thanks @suchmo83.bsky.social!
27.01.2025 14:12 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
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! ๐๐
20.01.2025 10:17 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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
19.01.2025 10:57 โ ๐ 19 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
Absolutely!! โบ๏ธ
20.01.2025 07:14 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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...
16.01.2025 17:40 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
Poet/Performer/Author. Winner - Peopleโs Book Prize & Laugh Out Loud Award (twice). Books by Bloomsbury, HarperCollins etc. MA Writing & Education. Loves lemurs. Website: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk
Head Teacher in the Leaf Trust, South Gloucestershire.
Primary Curriculum Consultant โญ๏ธ Curriculum Planning & Content Design โญ๏ธ English Adviser for Integra โญ๏ธ Lead Writing Moderator โญ๏ธ Teacher โญ๏ธ Tuition
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Trust Reading Lead and Primary English Lead, Bristol.
Former Head, now Educational Consultant supporting schools and sporting organisations. Lead Facilitator and Consultant with Laughology, also internal Lead for People, Learning and Development
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Childrenโs author, dad, former teacher of 13 years ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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Agent: Neil Dunnicliffe at Spring Literary
Author, bookworm, Ed Consultant. Creator of CT&BT dialogic pedagogy approach. Likes: chns lit, picbooks, action research. Co-founder of NEARI. Views all mine.
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Headteacher of a great secondary school. Still operational and behind on paperwork.
I help leaders build confident, high-impact schools - Best-selling author & chart-topping podcaster
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Sparking the imaginations of young readers! Now in our 5th year, we are excited to welcome schools across the country to join our awards & vote for the winners. www.sparkbookawards.co.uk
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Educator, presenter and author of the award winning โOpening Doorsโ series of books.
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Contact me for support for routes to ambitious English for all.
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We are a 15 school Primary-only Multi-Academy Trust in Bristol & S Glos. www.leaftrust.co.uk
Championing high-quality writing, illustration and design of children's nonfiction.
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๐Author of 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Reading for Pleasure (Bloomsbury) ๐๐
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