Bob Cox
@openingdoors.bsky.social
Educator, presenter and author of the award winning ‘Opening Doors’ series of books.
Fellow of The English Association.
Contact me for support for routes to ambitious English for all.
www.searchingforexcellence.co.uk
Fellow of The English Association.
Contact me for support for routes to ambitious English for all.
www.searchingforexcellence.co.uk
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Bob Cox
@openingdoors.bsky.social
· Nov 29
‘Opening Doors’ provides frameworks, units, blogs, webinars and innovation to support quality text to quality writing journeys. Pitch high but include all! We have a huge network of schools. Do contact me.
bobcox@searchingforexcellence.co.uk
bobcox@searchingforexcellence.co.uk
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To all my contacts on Blue Sky, have a really enjoyable Christmas break, and all good wishes for a healthy and successful 2026. For those going home, either in reality or nostalgically, here is a poem for you. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/12/goin...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
Going Home I remember going home, every year, after I left home, to the echo of that childhood Christmas comfort. To the lit Christmas tre...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
To all my contacts on Blue Sky, have a really enjoyable Christmas break, and all good wishes for a healthy and successful 2026. For those going home, either in reality or nostalgically, here is a poem for you. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/12/goin...
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A Christmas message from Anthony Cockerill, Director of NATE; the NATE AGM Election Results and the NATE ECT Hubs.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A Christmas message from Anthony Cockerill, Director of NATE; the NATE AGM Election Results and the NATE ECT Hubs.
mailchi.mp/nate.org.uk/...
mailchi.mp/nate.org.uk/...
Happy Xmas Everyone, especially our UK network of schools.
See below 😃👇
See below 😃👇
Merry Christmas from all the Opening Doors team and we hope you enjoy this extra treat! @openingdoors.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @lauraspargo.bsky.social
Put your mince pie down and unwrap this festive treat! 🎄 A new #OpeningDoors resource is out now!
This Reception & KS1 unit from @juliesargent.bsky.social offers discussion prompts, creative play ideas & accessible writing activities centered on Nimesh the Adventurer. Just £4.99 👉 buff.ly/nWOxSVS
This Reception & KS1 unit from @juliesargent.bsky.social offers discussion prompts, creative play ideas & accessible writing activities centered on Nimesh the Adventurer. Just £4.99 👉 buff.ly/nWOxSVS
December 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Happy Xmas Everyone, especially our UK network of schools.
See below 😃👇
See below 😃👇
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– Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
December 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
– Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Leading book in our series with case studies and advice for ambitious English for all. Seems to be at its lowest cost offer I’ve seen.
www.amazon.co.uk/Opening-Door...
www.amazon.co.uk/Opening-Door...
Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English: Pitching high and including all (Opening Doors series) : Bob Cox, Leah Crawford, Angela Jenkins, Julie Sargent: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Buy Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English: Pitching high and including all (Opening Doors series) by Bob Cox, Leah Crawford, Angela Jenkins, Julie Sargent (ISBN: 9781785836671) from Amazon's Book...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Leading book in our series with case studies and advice for ambitious English for all. Seems to be at its lowest cost offer I’ve seen.
www.amazon.co.uk/Opening-Door...
www.amazon.co.uk/Opening-Door...
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What a brilliant idea: Give all newborn babies library cards automatically
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Give all newborn babies library card automatically, top authors urge
Sir Philip Pullman and Richard Osman are among writers to back the proposal to boost literacy.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
What a brilliant idea: Give all newborn babies library cards automatically
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"DfE's newly published pupil experience data should stop us all in our tracks...
The child isn’t broken, the system around them is."
schoolsweek.co.uk/pupils-told-...
The child isn’t broken, the system around them is."
schoolsweek.co.uk/pupils-told-...
Pupils told us how school feels. Now we must act on it
The Department for Education’s newly published pupil experience data should stop all of us in our tracks
schoolsweek.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"DfE's newly published pupil experience data should stop us all in our tracks...
The child isn’t broken, the system around them is."
schoolsweek.co.uk/pupils-told-...
The child isn’t broken, the system around them is."
schoolsweek.co.uk/pupils-told-...
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New day, new poetry window to open on the #PoetryByHeart advent calendar! Our seasonal poem is Benjamin Zephania's 'Talking Turkeys', and you might never look at a plate of turkey in the same way after reading it! 🎄 ❤️
poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/talkin...
poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/talkin...
December 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
New day, new poetry window to open on the #PoetryByHeart advent calendar! Our seasonal poem is Benjamin Zephania's 'Talking Turkeys', and you might never look at a plate of turkey in the same way after reading it! 🎄 ❤️
poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/talkin...
poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/talkin...
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The amount of parents reading to their babies and young children is decreasing. I don't _know_ the reason, but my guess is a mixture of long working hours and the increased use of digital. Anything we can do to encourage parents back to libraries is a good thing. We need to support our libraries.
December 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The amount of parents reading to their babies and young children is decreasing. I don't _know_ the reason, but my guess is a mixture of long working hours and the increased use of digital. Anything we can do to encourage parents back to libraries is a good thing. We need to support our libraries.
Good luck to all teachers and thanks Gurdeep 👇
Good morning 😊
Three days of term left for me. Today is a mix of assembly, meetings, teaching and welcoming back an ex student to talk to our Sixth Formers 👍🏽
You lovely people went for turquoise energy to start my week off 👍🏽
Have a marvellous Monday people 🩵
Three days of term left for me. Today is a mix of assembly, meetings, teaching and welcoming back an ex student to talk to our Sixth Formers 👍🏽
You lovely people went for turquoise energy to start my week off 👍🏽
Have a marvellous Monday people 🩵
December 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Good luck to all teachers and thanks Gurdeep 👇
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A fabulous text and a creative unit of work to start the #NationalYearofReading with! @openingdoors.bsky.social @lauraspargo.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social
Get ready for the #NationalYearofReading with this brand-new English resource from @juliesargent.bsky.social!
Centred around Nimesh the Adventurer, it offers tools to help inspire your students to think creatively, boost #literacy skills & find a genuine pleasure in reading.
👉 buff.ly/nWOxSVS
Centred around Nimesh the Adventurer, it offers tools to help inspire your students to think creatively, boost #literacy skills & find a genuine pleasure in reading.
👉 buff.ly/nWOxSVS
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A fabulous text and a creative unit of work to start the #NationalYearofReading with! @openingdoors.bsky.social @lauraspargo.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social
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Get ready for the #NationalYearofReading with this brand-new English resource from @juliesargent.bsky.social!
Centred around Nimesh the Adventurer, it offers tools to help inspire your students to think creatively, boost #literacy skills & find a genuine pleasure in reading.
👉 buff.ly/nWOxSVS
Centred around Nimesh the Adventurer, it offers tools to help inspire your students to think creatively, boost #literacy skills & find a genuine pleasure in reading.
👉 buff.ly/nWOxSVS
December 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Get ready for the #NationalYearofReading with this brand-new English resource from @juliesargent.bsky.social!
Centred around Nimesh the Adventurer, it offers tools to help inspire your students to think creatively, boost #literacy skills & find a genuine pleasure in reading.
👉 buff.ly/nWOxSVS
Centred around Nimesh the Adventurer, it offers tools to help inspire your students to think creatively, boost #literacy skills & find a genuine pleasure in reading.
👉 buff.ly/nWOxSVS
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Exciting new Opening Doors unit of work created for reception and KS1. @openingdoors.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @lauraspargo.bsky.social
Imaginative play is central to nurturing a love of learning in young students.
This fantastic new resource by @juliesargent.bsky.social helps reception & KS1 teachers equip students with #oracy & #literacy skills using Nimesh the Adventurer as a key text.
Available for just £4.99: buff.ly/nWOxSVS
This fantastic new resource by @juliesargent.bsky.social helps reception & KS1 teachers equip students with #oracy & #literacy skills using Nimesh the Adventurer as a key text.
Available for just £4.99: buff.ly/nWOxSVS
December 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Exciting new Opening Doors unit of work created for reception and KS1. @openingdoors.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @lauraspargo.bsky.social
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Aww!!! Thankyou for posting! The Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree poem. Just the right tenor and tone for the world we find ourselves in
As I’ve said, I won’t be on here so regularly now, so I’ll take this opportunity to say I wish you a Merry Christmas, full of light. X
Poem commissioned by @poetrysociety.org.uk 2025.
Poem commissioned by @poetrysociety.org.uk 2025.
December 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Aww!!! Thankyou for posting! The Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree poem. Just the right tenor and tone for the world we find ourselves in
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3/3 It's a powerful reminder that many of our cherished 'green and pleasant' spaces are artifical and invented - however much we treasure them today. Mary sees the landscaping of Edgcote / Crumble-Hall as loss, destruction, 'ravaging'... #TimeTravelAdvent #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems
December 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
3/3 It's a powerful reminder that many of our cherished 'green and pleasant' spaces are artifical and invented - however much we treasure them today. Mary sees the landscaping of Edgcote / Crumble-Hall as loss, destruction, 'ravaging'... #TimeTravelAdvent #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems
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🙌🏼👏🏽⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
#Recording available #online! Watch our @englishassociation.bsky.social webinar 'Adventures in #CloseReading #Poetry with #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems'. Exploring & advocating for close reading as adventure & discovery, with me & secondary expert Jo Heathcote.
englishassociation.ac.uk/adventures-i...
englishassociation.ac.uk/adventures-i...
Adventures in Close Reading Poetry with A History of England in 25 Poems | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
englishassociation.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🙌🏼👏🏽⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Delighted to receive our @poetrybyheart.bsky.social resources today. What a fabulous range to explore
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Delighted to receive our @poetrybyheart.bsky.social resources today. What a fabulous range to explore
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Ooh - I can see it fitting perfectly with Story Land - a place for every reception and KS1 (and beyond) child. @crownhousepub.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social
It’s beautiful! We had the excellent Patrice Baldwin come in to work with us last year and she took us to Story Land. This would be absolutely perfect to have alongside that sort of visit. Poems we know, poems we’re writing now and poems waiting to be written so they can have wings to fly.
December 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ooh - I can see it fitting perfectly with Story Land - a place for every reception and KS1 (and beyond) child. @crownhousepub.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social
Getting a lot of attention 👇
Exciting new Opening Doors unit of work created for reception and KS1. @openingdoors.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @lauraspargo.bsky.social
Imaginative play is central to nurturing a love of learning in young students.
This fantastic new resource by @juliesargent.bsky.social helps reception & KS1 teachers equip students with #oracy & #literacy skills using Nimesh the Adventurer as a key text.
Available for just £4.99: buff.ly/nWOxSVS
This fantastic new resource by @juliesargent.bsky.social helps reception & KS1 teachers equip students with #oracy & #literacy skills using Nimesh the Adventurer as a key text.
Available for just £4.99: buff.ly/nWOxSVS
December 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Getting a lot of attention 👇
‘Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again’ 👇
Thanks
Thanks
The dedication C.S. Lewis placed at the start of 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' is something rather wonderful.
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
‘Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again’ 👇
Thanks
Thanks
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I do hope that exponents of 'no excuses' (who later claimed never to have been exponents of this stuff) will now understand what we were all warning against. These rigid systems run counter to inclusive practice.
❗The success of one of the highest-performing schools in the country has been 'achieved at too high a cost for some pupils', a safeguarding investigation has found
Top academy's success 'at too high a cost' to some pupils
Review details 'isolating, shaming' practices at Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy
schoolsweek.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I do hope that exponents of 'no excuses' (who later claimed never to have been exponents of this stuff) will now understand what we were all warning against. These rigid systems run counter to inclusive practice.
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The #PoetryByHeart Festive Showcase continues with the opening of today's poetry advent window. Our poem is Laurence Smith's 'Christmas Tree' with its 'glitter and glow' 🎄💫 See if you can clap out the rhythm of this poem with the tree 'Appled with baubles'!
poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/christ...
poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/christ...
December 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The #PoetryByHeart Festive Showcase continues with the opening of today's poetry advent window. Our poem is Laurence Smith's 'Christmas Tree' with its 'glitter and glow' 🎄💫 See if you can clap out the rhythm of this poem with the tree 'Appled with baubles'!
poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/christ...
poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/christ...
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Children started their #benrothery inspired swallows today. I’m going to need to create a gallery. They’re gaining confidence using new techniques which is a joy. #primaryart #loveteaching #natureart #wildlifeart @dalmain-art.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Children started their #benrothery inspired swallows today. I’m going to need to create a gallery. They’re gaining confidence using new techniques which is a joy. #primaryart #loveteaching #natureart #wildlifeart @dalmain-art.bsky.social
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It's definitely all about inspiring children as early as possible - great to see what you are doing! Thank you!
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's definitely all about inspiring children as early as possible - great to see what you are doing! Thank you!
@cathamclarke.bsky.social Great talk about your very original book. It’s a wonderful concept. We support primary and KS3 in staging literary access starting early. That will eventually improve A level and Uni take up as love of English starts young! Thanks!
@englishassociation.bsky.social
@englishassociation.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
@cathamclarke.bsky.social Great talk about your very original book. It’s a wonderful concept. We support primary and KS3 in staging literary access starting early. That will eventually improve A level and Uni take up as love of English starts young! Thanks!
@englishassociation.bsky.social
@englishassociation.bsky.social