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Reading aloud as intellectual inclusion
Well hello there, and welcome to update #167!
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December 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Any suggestions? #EnglishScotland
I’ve just bought my mum Sarah Crossan’s brilliant YA ‘Where the Heart Should Be’ for her Christmas. What other great kids / YA books should we be gifting to grown-ups who don’t generally read children’s books? #KidsBooksFriday
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Any suggestions? #EnglishScotland
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Inspiring Quotes from Children's Classics: For Growing Up by Hannah Barnaby & Ruth Burrows. With quotes from The Velveteen Rabbit, The Wizard of Oz, Ramona & more - Daily new children's book #kidlit #BookOfTheDay #ad - Daily new children's book #kidlit #ad
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Inspiring Quotes from Children's Classics: For Growing Up by Hannah Barnaby & Ruth Burrows.
Inspiring Quotes from Children's Classics: For Growing Up by Hannah Barnaby & Ruth Burrows. 9781464228544
media.schoolreadinglist.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Inspiring Quotes from Children's Classics: For Growing Up by Hannah Barnaby & Ruth Burrows. With quotes from The Velveteen Rabbit, The Wizard of Oz, Ramona & more - Daily new children's book #kidlit #BookOfTheDay #ad - Daily new children's book #kidlit #ad
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uk.bookshop.org/a/735/978146...
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“Most poets can’t drive a car and the ones who do drive shouldn’t”
I’m sure this is fine though
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/j...
I’m sure this is fine though
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/j...
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“Most poets can’t drive a car and the ones who do drive shouldn’t”
I’m sure this is fine though
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/j...
I’m sure this is fine though
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/j...
The very best wishes to all pupils and staff this prelim season. #EnglishScotland
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The very best wishes to all pupils and staff this prelim season. #EnglishScotland
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How do you build strong readers who know how to analyze what they’re reading? Good modeling while reading higher-level texts will do the trick. 📖
#literacy #EduSky
#literacy #EduSky
Building Better Readers With Scaffolded Read Alouds
By reading books out loud every day, teachers introduce students to higher-level texts and new vocabulary, while modeling deeper thinking and strong discussion skills.
www.edutopia.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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The Secret History of Christmas by Catherine Saunders. Discover amazing events, discoveries and traditions that happened on 25 December - Daily new children's book #kidlit #BookOfTheDay #ad - Daily new children's book #kidlit #ad
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uk.bookshop.org/a/735/978152...
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uk.bookshop.org/a/735/978152...
The Secret History of Christmas by Catherine Saunders.
The Secret History of Christmas by Catherine Saunders. 9781526368072
media.schoolreadinglist.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Secret History of Christmas by Catherine Saunders. Discover amazing events, discoveries and traditions that happened on 25 December - Daily new children's book #kidlit #BookOfTheDay #ad - Daily new children's book #kidlit #ad
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uk.bookshop.org/a/735/978152...
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uk.bookshop.org/a/735/978152...
Where is the EduSky chat?#EnglishScotland
I am very much enjoying Bluesky for news and analysis. But where has the education chat gone? I really miss this from Twitter days...where do you think Edu-chat is best represented now?
November 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Where is the EduSky chat?#EnglishScotland
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The Herald's Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, asks you to give a child the gift of reading 📗
GET INVOLVED: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
GET INVOLVED: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Herald's Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, asks you to give a child the gift of reading 📗
GET INVOLVED: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
GET INVOLVED: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
Happy Friday from all of us at #EnglishScotland
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Happy Friday from all of us at #EnglishScotland
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We ❤️ Scotland's bookshops!
If you love them too, take a moment to explore The Bookseller Association's report, The Cultural and Community Role of Scotland’s Bookshops.
🔗 booksellers.org.uk/getattachmen...
If you love them too, take a moment to explore The Bookseller Association's report, The Cultural and Community Role of Scotland’s Bookshops.
🔗 booksellers.org.uk/getattachmen...
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We ❤️ Scotland's bookshops!
If you love them too, take a moment to explore The Bookseller Association's report, The Cultural and Community Role of Scotland’s Bookshops.
🔗 booksellers.org.uk/getattachmen...
If you love them too, take a moment to explore The Bookseller Association's report, The Cultural and Community Role of Scotland’s Bookshops.
🔗 booksellers.org.uk/getattachmen...
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"The poem is a seagull resting on a pier at the end of the ocean."
Jack Spicer
Jack Spicer
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"The poem is a seagull resting on a pier at the end of the ocean."
Jack Spicer
Jack Spicer
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📣We're recruiting markers for the 2026 exams!
Foster, a Technical Education and STEM teacher, says marking has benefitted him in many ways.🙌
The chance to share advice with colleagues has seen him return to marking year after year.
Learn about current opportunities: info.sqa.org.uk/4nTXN7s
Foster, a Technical Education and STEM teacher, says marking has benefitted him in many ways.🙌
The chance to share advice with colleagues has seen him return to marking year after year.
Learn about current opportunities: info.sqa.org.uk/4nTXN7s
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
📣We're recruiting markers for the 2026 exams!
Foster, a Technical Education and STEM teacher, says marking has benefitted him in many ways.🙌
The chance to share advice with colleagues has seen him return to marking year after year.
Learn about current opportunities: info.sqa.org.uk/4nTXN7s
Foster, a Technical Education and STEM teacher, says marking has benefitted him in many ways.🙌
The chance to share advice with colleagues has seen him return to marking year after year.
Learn about current opportunities: info.sqa.org.uk/4nTXN7s
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80 children's and teen books about World War 2, including nonfiction, fiction, playscript & poetry titles by Michael Rosen, Bali Rai, Tom Palmer, Emma Carroll, Sufiya Ahmed, Liz Kessler, Mal Peet, Anne Frank, Ruta Sepetys & more. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/world... #teachersofx #kidlit
World War 2 books for children and teens
Children's and teen books about World War 2 with titles by Michael Rosen, Bali Rai, Tom Palmer, Sufiya Ahmed, Michael Morpurgo & Anne Frank
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
80 children's and teen books about World War 2, including nonfiction, fiction, playscript & poetry titles by Michael Rosen, Bali Rai, Tom Palmer, Emma Carroll, Sufiya Ahmed, Liz Kessler, Mal Peet, Anne Frank, Ruta Sepetys & more. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/world... #teachersofx #kidlit
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Attempting to motivate students with warnings like ‘you won’t get a decent job without good GCSEs’ can backfire, says @mrenglishteach.bsky.social – here, he shares some alternative approaches
Do ‘fear appeals’ really motivate students to work harder?
Warning pupils about the consequences of not putting effort into their studies can backfire, writes Mark Roberts, who shares some alternative approaches to motivate classes
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November 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Attempting to motivate students with warnings like ‘you won’t get a decent job without good GCSEs’ can backfire, says @mrenglishteach.bsky.social – here, he shares some alternative approaches
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In case you haven't heard. . . It's Book Week Scotland! ❤️📚💛
Browse the many exciting events happening in your area throughout the week (many of which are free to attend) on our website:
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
Browse the many exciting events happening in your area throughout the week (many of which are free to attend) on our website:
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
Book Week Scotland 2025
We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In case you haven't heard. . . It's Book Week Scotland! ❤️📚💛
Browse the many exciting events happening in your area throughout the week (many of which are free to attend) on our website:
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
Browse the many exciting events happening in your area throughout the week (many of which are free to attend) on our website:
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
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Andrew O’Hagan & @moonjets.bsky.social on Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James, & Bournemouth in this @lrb.co.uk podcast. When James first came to Skerryvore – RLS’s home, named for a Hebridean lighthouse – the maid mistook him for a carpet-fitter…
#RLSDay #C19
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www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
#RLSDay #C19
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www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
Podcast: Andrew O’Hagan and Thomas Jones · Semi-Recumbent in Bournemouth
www.lrb.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Andrew O’Hagan & @moonjets.bsky.social on Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James, & Bournemouth in this @lrb.co.uk podcast. When James first came to Skerryvore – RLS’s home, named for a Hebridean lighthouse – the maid mistook him for a carpet-fitter…
#RLSDay #C19
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www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
#RLSDay #C19
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www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
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Help us share the magic of books this Christmas with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
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@salmondsalmond.bsky.social
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@salmondsalmond.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Help us share the magic of books this Christmas with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
@salmondsalmond.bsky.social
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@salmondsalmond.bsky.social
This is a great idea for keeping book displays current. #EnglishScotland
Like #CelebrityTraitors, our Traitors display is done and has now been replaced with a #StrictlyComeDancing display. 💃🕺
The banished labels have been replaced by glitterballs.
The books have changed.
@claudiawinkleman.bsky.social endures. 🕺💃
The banished labels have been replaced by glitterballs.
The books have changed.
@claudiawinkleman.bsky.social endures. 🕺💃
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is a great idea for keeping book displays current. #EnglishScotland
Have a good week everyone. #EnglishScotland
a cartoon of a boy and a girl standing next to each other in front of a house .
ALT: a cartoon of a boy and a girl standing next to each other in front of a house .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Have a good week everyone. #EnglishScotland
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The Oxfam bookshop on Glasgow’s Byres Road moved, recently, to a new location further down the hill – but I’m very pleased that they managed to take Alasdair Gray’s mural with them! I think he did this when on a break from painting the ceiling in Òran Mór …
@agrayarchive.bsky.social
@agrayarchive.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Oxfam bookshop on Glasgow’s Byres Road moved, recently, to a new location further down the hill – but I’m very pleased that they managed to take Alasdair Gray’s mural with them! I think he did this when on a break from painting the ceiling in Òran Mór …
@agrayarchive.bsky.social
@agrayarchive.bsky.social
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Happy 423 years of us! 🎉 📚
The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...
This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...
This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Happy 423 years of us! 🎉 📚
The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...
This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...
This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
Get cosy with a book this week. #EnglishScotland
November 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Get cosy with a book this week. #EnglishScotland
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Just over a week to go until my talk at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow as part of the brilliant Aye Write festival - if you fancy hearing about my adventures in search of Scotland's ancient past, come along! Tickets available here: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/the-...
#RomanSiteSaturday #AyeWrite
#RomanSiteSaturday #AyeWrite
The Road to Mons Gaupius: Alan Montgomery - Glasgow Life
Aye Write 2025 presents The Road to Mons Gaupius: Alan Montgomery
www.glasgowlife.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Just over a week to go until my talk at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow as part of the brilliant Aye Write festival - if you fancy hearing about my adventures in search of Scotland's ancient past, come along! Tickets available here: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/the-...
#RomanSiteSaturday #AyeWrite
#RomanSiteSaturday #AyeWrite