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! 🏆
ALT Graphic celebrating the fact that Liverpool have been confirmed as 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
On a wet, windy day at Reading Festival...has to be done. Thank you @GoverCarolyn #Readingforpleasure
As much as I love this am hoping the weather picks up later for some dancing 💃 🙏
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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.
Dw i'n caru hwn..... 😍 Adorable! Flying the flag for Welsh learners 🏴😊 @CSC_Cymraeg – at Llantwit Fardre, Wales
Y gorau yng Nghymru oll, Eisteddfod yr Urdd i bawb! 🙌
Eisteddfod yr Urdd. Showcasing the best of Wales since 1929 🏴
@SwissValleyCP
#urdd2024
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‘Reading affects
EVERY
SINGLE
LESSON.’
@ReadSolutionsUK
The Necessity of Reading to open up the curriculum xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1nAKEadEP…
Always feel reassured when reading anything curriculum by @MaryMyatt ! #CurriculumforWales – at Llantwit Fardre, Wales
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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.
Love how there are so many books out there representing our diverse world. These have to be planned for in our schools to ensure children can empathise with others and to ensure that diversity is embedded 📚 @EmpathyLabUK #EmpathyMatters @WalesAndWorld – at Llantrisant, Wales
Check this out #AutismAwarenessDay 🤩👇
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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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