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Sarah

@SFlewitt

Literacy Lead Partner, Reading/Phonics Lead, Reading Recovery Trained teacher, lover of books, daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend...

Joined April 2013
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How do you get kids to love reading? Make it central to everything you do. Read to them every day. Always give them time to read for their own entertainment. Let them choose their own books freely. Reading for pleasure changes lives FOREVER! #literacy (Art: Charles M Schulz)
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"Daily storytime in school can change the atmosphere around reading. With the focus on enjoyment, children start to think of reading as something pleasurable... something they choose to do." Research proves the benefits of STORYTIME! farshore.co.uk/wp-content/up… Art: @chrisriddell50
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Here they all are…our brilliant line-up of £1/€1.50 books for World Book Day 2024: a fantastic range for all to choose from, FREE with a £1/€1.50 book token! We can’t wait to share them and much more with you on 7th March 2024! 🤗 #WorldBookDay
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I believe EVERY CHILD can be a reader, but they need our help & support to do it. They need properly funded schools & libraries, access to the widest possible range of books, free choice in their reading matter & the right to read for pure pleasure. theguardian.com/books/2023/s…
More than half of UK children do not read in their spare time, survey reveals

More than half of UK children do not read in their spare time, survey reveals

National Literacy Trust says families and schools need resources to help disadvantaged children develop vital literacy skills

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We’ve started a ‘leavers wall’ in our courtyard this year! All signed and decorated by our year 6s. Only just begun but can’t wait to see it grow in the coming years #edutwitter #y6leavers
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Would love a copy for our school library 😊
Gaby Morgan (@peaplanter) profile pictureGaby Morgan@peaplanter3 Jul 2023
I have 4 copies of this amazing collection of 52 weeks of poetry by 52 brilliant poets, illustrated by @chrisriddell50 to give away. Retweet and comment to be in with a chance of winning. UK only. Winners chosen at random on Friday 7th at 10am
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I have 4 copies of this amazing collection of 52 weeks of poetry by 52 brilliant poets, illustrated by @chrisriddell50 to give away. Retweet and comment to be in with a chance of winning. UK only. Winners chosen at random on Friday 7th at 10am
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What has the biggest impact on children's life chances? It's not test scores or socio-economic background. It's READING FOR PLEASURE! So never stop sharing books with kids, and helping them to read. It will change their lives. #literacy (Art: Quentin Blake)
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It looks awesome 🤩
Miss_Funro EYFS & year 1 teacher (@EyfsFunro) profile pictureMiss_Funro EYFS & year 1 teacher@EyfsFunro6 Jun 2023
After a *tiny* mishap…..Frida is finally up in the library! And tile #4 (and 1/2!) is on the way! #readingforfun #schoollibrary #littlepeoplebigworld #fridakahlo @CharthamPrimary
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‘If we don’t give them something positive to belong to, they will find something negative to belong to’: @chrisedwardsuk says giving pupils a sense of belonging in school improves behaviour, attendance and attainment tes.com/magazine/leadership/…
Should a culture of belonging be at the centre of school strategy?

Should a culture of belonging be at the centre of school strategy?

The Big Debate is a regular panel discussion published as part of the Tes Magazine Leadership Forum. For this session, our experts debate whether belonging should be at the heart of school strategy

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READING ALOUD CHANGES LIVES! It's one of the most powerful ways you can help kids to read for pleasure & become lifelong readers, with all the benefits that brings. Just 10 minutes a day can be enough to do it! #literacy booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fe… (Art: @chrisriddell50)
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I will try to tackle the untruths in this article in my tweets that follow: thetimes.co.uk/article/how-w…

How we won the phonics war and got England reading

The modern debate about how to teach children to read was triggered in 1955 by the publication in America of Why Jonny Can’t Read. Rudolph Flesch’s book told

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READING FOR PLEASURE has a bigger impact on children's life chances than any test scores - especially tests as cruel, pointless & misguided as this. If your kids haven't been totally put off reading for life by Sats, please let them just ENJOY it again! theguardian.com/education/20…

Headteachers express concern over Sats amid claims a paper left pupils ‘in tears’

Parents and teachers have complained about a year 6 reading exam, which they say damaged students’ mental health

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The photo doesn’t do it justice - beautiful in ‘real life’ 🌸💕💐
Miss_Funro EYFS & year 1 teacher (@EyfsFunro) profile pictureMiss_Funro EYFS & year 1 teacher@EyfsFunro12 May 2023
Tile 3 #littlepeoplebigdreams #fridakahlo
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"Reading for Pleasure isn’t a timetabled 20-minute activity per week (which I have literally seen timetabled). It should run through the entire school." Brilliant stuff from @jonnybid & the other inspirational educators in my new @Booktrust blog: booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fe…

Top tips for helping children to become readers

Our Writer-in-Residence, SF Said, has spoken to expert teachers and leaders in education to find out what really works to help children discover a love of…

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SF Said (@whatSFSaid) profile pictureSF Said@whatSFSaid27 Apr 2023
How do we REALLY help children become readers? I talked to some inspirational teachers for my new @booktrust blog. Thanks to @son1bun @PieCorbett @TeresaCremin @jonnybid & @storyriver for sharing brilliant insights & experiences that EVERYONE should read! booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fe…
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It's my birthday! To celebrate, I'm giving away 3 signed & dedicated copies of TYGER - just RT by 19/5 to enter. And if I could have a birthday wish, it would be for other people to also give copies of TYGER - to children & adults, to schools & libraries. It would mean so much!
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Children still love books. If you can make books available & accessible - books they actually want to read - they WILL read them! So we have to do everything possible to make sure every single child gets the support they need to become readers. #literacy theguardian.com/books/2023/a…
Children read almost 25% more books last year, UK and Ireland study finds

Children read almost 25% more books last year, UK and Ireland study finds

What Kids Are Reading report found communities on sites such as TikTok helped stimulate interest in reading

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All reading is reading. All books are books. I believe children should read whatever most interests them & excites them; whatever gives them pleasure & makes them want to read more. #literacy
SF Said (@whatSFSaid) profile pictureSF Said@whatSFSaid19 Apr 2023
Which books made YOU a reader? What did you REALLY love to read when you were young? I wrote about some of mine in this @Booktrust blog. They're not all books I always talk about, but I think all reading is good reading, especially reading for pleasure! booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fe…
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Disadvantaged children are growing up without books of their very own. Without books that they can love and cherish. And without a favourite bedtime story that they want to read again and again. Become a BookTrust Friend and help us reach more children with the magic of reading.

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We really do love reading at our school! There’s even photos to prove it 😊 #readingforpleasure
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