Claire Ridsdale

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! 👏👏👏

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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! 🌈🎣

Ah, you'll be in good company if so!! 😂

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 have the samples back from the printers so will show you when I see you! ☺️

It looks great, well done! 👏 This year's going to be even better...so excited about the line up and events! 🤗

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

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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 👇

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Here, here. 👏 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!

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.

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.

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.

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