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Cerys Stevens

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Teacher, Mum, Teaching and Learning consultant, School partnerships team-Bristol, book enthusiast, animal lover, vegan. All views my own.

Joined October 2013
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Jonathan Solity@op_ti_ma10 Dec 2024
SSP can be taught without decodables. Teach too many low frequency GPCs. Little Wandle teaches 45 GPCs that account for just 1.60% of phonically regular words in 1,500+ real books. Same with RWInc. Pupils spend too long on decodables instead of reading real books for pleasure.
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📣We're excited to launch next year's #TeachersReadingGroup with @OpenUni_RfP @The_UKLA 📣 If you're passionate about developing children’s #readingforpleasure this is the course for you! For more details and to sign up click here: mpenglishhub.co.uk/docs/TRG_…
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Year 6! Your task is to go and do your best in your SATs this week. You've done the hard work and now is your time to shine. Good luck, your time starts now.
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Over 600 primary school children eagerly waited to see Her Majesty The Queen make her way to Bath Abbey for our Service of Celebration. Her Majesty was given a posy from Robyn, a year 2 from Twerton Infant School and Maison, a year 4 from Castle Primary School. #StJohns850
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‘A hero to millions’: Benjamin Zephaniah remembered by Michael Rosen, Kae Tempest and more theguardian.com/books/2023/d…
‘A hero to millions’: Benjamin Zephaniah remembered by Michael Rosen, Kae Tempest and more

‘A hero to millions’: Benjamin Zephaniah remembered by Michael Rosen, Kae Tempest and more

The acclaimed writer and poet for children and adults has died aged 65. Here, leading contemporaries pay tribute

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@Booktrust12 Nov 2023
It's #RemembranceSunday, and books can help children to find out more about what life was like during World War I. Here are some that you might like to try: booktrust.org.uk/booklists/w… Pic: Michael Foreman
An illustration of a soldier sitting on a wooden chair in a field, next to poppies, bending over to write in a notebook; in the background are a farm, horse and cart

ALT An illustration of a soldier sitting on a wooden chair in a field, next to poppies, bending over to write in a notebook; in the background are a farm, horse and cart

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This! How to get secondary boys reading for pleasure | Tes tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…
How to get secondary boys reading for pleasure

How to get secondary boys reading for pleasure

One teacher’s exploration of reading research led her to two key principles that have helped to transform reading lessons at her school

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The Diverse Book Awards 2023 Shortlist - Picture Books. See the full shortlist (Link in bio) Congratulations to everyone! Do support these fantastic books and the winner will be annouced on October 25th #TheDBAwards #diversebooks
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A wonderful celebration of the work we do in Bristol and the South West with our amazing learners. ⁦@ILC_IOE⁩ ⁦@BristolCouncil⁩ canva.com/design/DAFoUVt_IFg…
Check out this Canva design

Check out this Canva design

Open the Print design to view.

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UKLA@The_UKLA23 Jun 2023
#UKLA is delighted to announce the winners of #UKLA23BookAwards: Flooded Mariajo Illustrajo (3-6+); The Light in Everything @katyabalen (7-10+) Musical Truth @jeffreykboake (Info 3-14+); The Crossing @ManjeetMann (11-14+) Congratulations! loom.ly/I-Zh-YI
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The OU RfP team are celebrating #PrideMonth with some of our favourite reads. What top reads would you add to this collection?
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There are only TWO WEEKS LEFT to enter the 2023 Farshore Awards! Are you a teacher who's developed innovative ways to inspire their students to read for pleasure? Or do you know someone who is? ♥️🎉🏆Enter today! Deadline 5th June. tinyurl.com/54pv5yp5#reading
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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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Tim Rasinski@TimRasinski116 Apr 2023
Replying to @ILAToday
@ILAToday @ProfJPizzo @DoctorSam7 @ERobbPrincipal @LRobbTeacher @DrStephanieS fordhaminstitute.org/nationa…
Reading comprehension is not a “skill”

Reading comprehension is not a “skill”

I became a disciple of E.D. Hirsch, Jr. early in my teaching career for one simple reason. His theories about reading comprehension—and his alone—described precisely what I witnessed every day in my...

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Tim Rasinski@TimRasinski17 Apr 2023
And not just word recognition/phonics. – at Arlington, VA
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@ameliadgvl6 Apr 2023
The science in the #SoR With the #SoR focus on foundational skills, it is all to easy to overdo it! Are you tempted to create a separate time of the day for each foundational skill? Think about it - these skills must be applied in concert! They are NOT applied individually!
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Gillian Gourlay@gillg8329 Mar 2023
Thanks @sineadjhar Really interesting to consider the research that is out there and to think about how, where and when we can support teachers to take a position as co-inquirer when approaching research. #ReadingRecovery @ILC_RREurope – at Camden Town, London
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Listening to @JeanGrossCBE this afternoon. #attainmentgap #teachingreading #disadvantagedgroups
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This morning we are debating the Active View of Reading and how this model supports and/or neglects the individual pathways to reading/writing.
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So excited to be welcoming our #ReadingRecovery network of Teacher Leaders from England, Channel Isles, Scotland, Ireland and Malta to @IOE_London for our annual #ProfessionalLearning conference. Hearing from Prof Naomi Flynn - language learning diversity and reading.
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Thanks @JeanGrossCBE for an inspiring keynote talk @IOE_London for #ReadingRecovery Teacher Leaders - we do need to talk about Jason! A rich session helping us to consider the challenges to ensuring equity of opportunity for #LiteracyLearning for all children.
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