Primary Literacy Consultant 📖 UKLA Regional Rep Coordinator ✍️ MEd • NPQH • NPQLL 📚 Mum of 7yo • Book blogger & RfP bookclubs • Singer 🇮🇲 Views my own

Yorkshire and The Humber
Joined October 2015
A new blog post this eve over at ‘Mrs Baker’s Bookclub’ on why Joe Todd-Stanton makes an excellent whole school author/illustrator spotlight. Who else would you say makes a brilliant spotlight for a whole school community to engage with all at once? bit.ly/4rytGEF
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I'm delighted to be joining the @CharteredColl to explore Volitional Reading:Desire, depth and dialogue bit.ly/49oJVOl Do join me- all welcome to this Celebration Event. @kashleyenglish @WandleEnglish @MrsRLSaunders @OpenUni_RfP @LoveReadinguk @Booktrust @JCEnglishHub
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📣 New blog post: ‘The Way of Dog' by Zana Fraillon is a tale of friendship & journeying and a reminder to us all that, while not everything lasts forever, the important things will leave us changed for the better, for always. Merry Christmas all! 🌟 👀⬇️ mrsbakersbooks.wordpress.com…
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A little poem pondering Christmas Trees & the stories the growing number of baubles & ‘tree trinkets’ that build up around us over time tell about us 👀🎄
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Thanks so much for having me 🙏!
Fabulous day with our Wave 6 & 7 Partner Schools exploring Roots to Results with fantastic guest speakers. Huge thanks to everyone who came and to all who made the magic happen! #EarlyLanguage #Phonics #ReadingCulture @Sally_Mayman @Emma_Turner75 @kashleyenglish @MrsBaker6
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We have a new OU/ UKLA Teachers’ Reading Group online with @MrsBaker6 Be part of this wonderful group. Scan the QR code to register. Enrich your knowledge and practice here 👇🏼
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Getting my ‘book blankets’ laid out this eve - must mean it is time for another ‘Finding Their Story’ book club day! Wk 3 of 4 for both my lovely groups. Excited to see what they make of this week’s recs & what they tell each other about the books they borrowed last week 🫶📚
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📣 There’s just 1 week left to apply to our Literacy Partner Programme - rewrite your school’s story with this amazing opportunity 📚💛 📅 Deadline: 13th October Apply now via our website ➡️bookmarkreading.org/schools/… #BookmarkReading #LiteracyMatters #PrimarySchool
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With attacks on synagogue, mosque & hotels with asylum seekers, UK schools should give children safe spaces to explore roots of hate, plus lifelines of hope. Creative engagement with novels can open doors. 2 below but many more out there & please step up with support to teachers!
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We absolutely love this! Continuing the journey from Primary to Secondary with key Reading Leader roles @TrinityAcademyL #BreakingBarriers #EveryoneReads
We cannot wait for this year’s Reading Ambassadors and Student Librarians to start their new roles. Mr Harling was inundated with applications! 💜🌟 #ReadersareLeaders 📖
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Week 2 for both book club groups today: following the directions readers are guiding me in as they tell me about themselves & their reading preferences, exposing them to books they might enjoy & letting them explore/choose what they want to try out next 🧭🗺️
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Some really fun chats between children! Then a fun evening here of reflecting on and tracking their choices so I can make more suggestions and bring along personalised book suggestions next week too 🥰📚
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Happy National Poetry Day! Today I’m sharing Benjamin Zephaniah’s Poem ‘People Need People’ illustrated by Nila Aye. A simple poem about the importance of community, friendship & relationship for us all & I don’t think the reminder could be any more timely 💙🌎 #peopleneedpeople
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At a time where it would be very easy to simply slip behind a screen & untether ourselves entirely from those around us, please remember, oh yes, people will always need people. Beautiful illustrations highlighting the inclusivity of Benjamin’s words too 💙🌎
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We can’t wait! Our children love this book club! 📚
I can’t wait to share these recommendations with my ‘Finding their Story’ book clubs at @StanleyGrovePri & @JCAWakefield tomorrow! I’m excited to see which they’re most drawn to in each group from my curated lists based on what they told me about themselves 🥰 #readeridentity
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I can’t wait to share these recommendations with my ‘Finding their Story’ book clubs at @StanleyGrovePri & @JCAWakefield tomorrow! I’m excited to see which they’re most drawn to in each group from my curated lists based on what they told me about themselves 🥰 #readeridentity
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A joy to kick off my ‘Finding Their Story’ book clubs in both @StanleyGrovePri & @JCAWakefield Primaries today, both part of @accomplish_mat. A 4-week book club to help children find the books that make them tick the most #lovewhatIdo 🥰📚
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