Cymraes. Mam. Deputy Headteacher. LLC Curriculum for Wales Pioneer. Microsoft Certified Innovator. Passionate about languages & reading for pleasure.
Llantwit Fardre, Wales
Joined November 2014
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WE'RE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS! 🏆
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A few days delayed, but it's April, a new month, which means it’s time for me to give away a class set of novels via my book shop @ANewChapterBks.
For a chance to win, simply retweet this lil tweet.
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Mon to Friday job: supporting schools to develop a multilingual classroom
@CSCJES 🏴🏴🇲🇫🇮🇪🇩🇪🇪🇦
Saturday job: supporting heritage speakers to develop a multilingual identity @NECardiff 🤎💛💙💜🧡❤️
Lucky me!
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To celebrate the publication of STARSPILL I'm giving away two copies.. Like and share for a chance to win! Winners chosen Sunday 15th Sept. @FireflyPress @FireflySchools @LlyfrDaFabBooks
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I've spent the last few years working with hundreds of schools, enough to spot some patterns and (I hope) to write some useful threads over the coming months.
Here's the first one...
In my opinion, what do primary schools commonly get wrong with their reading lessons? 🪡
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How to think about reading across the curriculum
I believe that the ‘Just reading’ findings from the University of Sussex have the potential for significant impact on outcomes for all pupils, particularly those with lower starting points.
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‘Reading affects
EVERY
SINGLE
LESSON.’
@ReadSolutionsUK
The Necessity of Reading to open up the curriculum teapawt.net/i/broadcasts/1nAKEadEP…
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Watched a brilliant reading lesson today, the teacher didn’t tell the children, there was an amazing discussion about interpretation of the book. Children supported their interpretation with evidence,there was challenge
It was rich and deep, we all understood the book better
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Concepts as connections over time:
The reason that the concepts and big ideas in the subjects are helpful is that they are like ‘holding baskets’ for a lot of information.
They are like the boulders across the curriculum that gather more moss over time.
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Whenever we do one of our WCR lessons around class novel (2 x a week), my first question after the quick quiz is to summarise what happened since the last time we studied it in depth. It's always gone well, but a slight tweak of 'key points' has definitely made it more accessible
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When selecting a class book, it needs to be something that will make the children laugh, cry, think, gasp and imagine, not something that has a tenuous and forced link to whatever the current topic is. Even better if the children sometimes have input into choosing it themselves.
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‘There’s more to reading than phonics and there’s more to comprehension than decoding. And that’s very, very much concerned with language’: Charles Hulme explains why language problems potentially have massive effects on a pupil’s life
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Reading one of the best stories ever in Whole Class Reading today and tomorrow with Year 6. #IfYouKnowYouKnow
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Every programme we write comes with a bespoke resource book of related research, designed for you to take back to your setting and use (in part or whole) when delivering your own professional learning #byschoolsforschools @CSCJES
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Caneuon Cymraeg I ysgolion 🏴🎹🎷🎺🎸🪕🎻🪘🥁🪇🪈🪗🎤🎙️
@CSC_langlitcomm @CSC_Cymraeg
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I wonder how this will affect the strategic responsibilities of @learncymraeg for supporting our #Cymraeg2050 national strategy. Is there a commitment to maintain and develop diversity in the digital language learning market, or if not, what's the direction of travel here?
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Ahead of National Poetry day tomorrow, i have a spare copy of The Final Year to give away. RT and follow to win. UK only, I'm afraid. I'll pick a winner next Weds 11th October.
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Gallwch nawr gofrestru i dderbyn adnoddau ar ein gwefan
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