Alex Francis
@literacyalex.bsky.social
Senior Literacy Consultant and Resource Manager at Literacy Tree
We #TeachThroughaText 📚
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We #TeachThroughaText 📚
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Always a total delight to be at Noremarsh Junior School and see how their ‘Literacy Tree’ at the entrance changes every time! This month it’s filled with glorious texts to celebrate Pride month! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📖🌳 @literacytree.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Always a total delight to be at Noremarsh Junior School and see how their ‘Literacy Tree’ at the entrance changes every time! This month it’s filled with glorious texts to celebrate Pride month! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📖🌳 @literacytree.bsky.social
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10 stories to help you read with pride year round! Brought to you in partnership with Just Like Us, the LGBT+ young people's charity 📖🌈
Dive into the full collaborative book list here: literacytree.com/blog-and-boo...
Dive into the full collaborative book list here: literacytree.com/blog-and-boo...
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June 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
10 stories to help you read with pride year round! Brought to you in partnership with Just Like Us, the LGBT+ young people's charity 📖🌈
Dive into the full collaborative book list here: literacytree.com/blog-and-boo...
Dive into the full collaborative book list here: literacytree.com/blog-and-boo...
Great to be back Van Gogh Primary today working with Y6 teachers on moderation and seeing such a brilliant range of purposeful and authentic quality writing outcomes. Lovely to see some of the gorgeous writing from their recent whole school text on display too ⬇️ 🕊️ 🌎 @literacytree.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Great to be back Van Gogh Primary today working with Y6 teachers on moderation and seeing such a brilliant range of purposeful and authentic quality writing outcomes. Lovely to see some of the gorgeous writing from their recent whole school text on display too ⬇️ 🕊️ 🌎 @literacytree.bsky.social
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Looking to get a head start before September? Our Online Launch Training Day has you covered! 🚀 ✨
Ideal for schools that have joined us in the last year, as well as prospective schools looking for a comprehensive introduction to our book-based approach.
literacytree.com/training/cou...
Ideal for schools that have joined us in the last year, as well as prospective schools looking for a comprehensive introduction to our book-based approach.
literacytree.com/training/cou...
May 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Looking to get a head start before September? Our Online Launch Training Day has you covered! 🚀 ✨
Ideal for schools that have joined us in the last year, as well as prospective schools looking for a comprehensive introduction to our book-based approach.
literacytree.com/training/cou...
Ideal for schools that have joined us in the last year, as well as prospective schools looking for a comprehensive introduction to our book-based approach.
literacytree.com/training/cou...
A brilliant day working with Noremarsh Jr & Wellington Lions on their upcoming Trust-wide Whole School text. This time we’ve worked with them to plan a new one from scratch & can’t wait to see the results! Always wonderful to get time in classes and look at books too! @literacytree.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A brilliant day working with Noremarsh Jr & Wellington Lions on their upcoming Trust-wide Whole School text. This time we’ve worked with them to plan a new one from scratch & can’t wait to see the results! Always wonderful to get time in classes and look at books too! @literacytree.bsky.social
So excited for this one! 👏 🐉 ✉️
‼️ 📢 Exciting announcement: our Writing Root for 'Dragon Post' by Emma Yarlett is now LIVE on our website and ready for use! Spelling Seed coming soon...
A fiery story about friendship and asking for help. 🐉 🔥
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#LiteracyTree #TeachThroughaText
A fiery story about friendship and asking for help. 🐉 🔥
literacytree.com/planning-seq...
#LiteracyTree #TeachThroughaText
March 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
So excited for this one! 👏 🐉 ✉️
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We’ve just read the Curriculum and Assessment Review: Interim Report, and there’s so much to consider for the future of English & literacy teaching! 📚
Key Takeaways:
✔️ Transitioning from primary to secondary needs focus
✔️ Mastery of core subjects is essential...
Key Takeaways:
✔️ Transitioning from primary to secondary needs focus
✔️ Mastery of core subjects is essential...
March 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We’ve just read the Curriculum and Assessment Review: Interim Report, and there’s so much to consider for the future of English & literacy teaching! 📚
Key Takeaways:
✔️ Transitioning from primary to secondary needs focus
✔️ Mastery of core subjects is essential...
Key Takeaways:
✔️ Transitioning from primary to secondary needs focus
✔️ Mastery of core subjects is essential...
After planning with Noremarsh Junior School for their next whole-school Writing Root a few months ago, it was an utter joy to be back today to see the results. This time, a whole Trust focus using The Fox and the Star with truly jaw-dropping art and writing outcomes 🦊 💫 👀 @literacytree.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
After planning with Noremarsh Junior School for their next whole-school Writing Root a few months ago, it was an utter joy to be back today to see the results. This time, a whole Trust focus using The Fox and the Star with truly jaw-dropping art and writing outcomes 🦊 💫 👀 @literacytree.bsky.social
🐉 Fiery fiends will soon be winging their way to Y1 classes as our new #WritingRoot for Dragon Post by Emma Yarlett goes into its final stages of editing! Expect menus, flight path maps and ‘how to’ guides as children explore this magical book filled with urgent letters! @literacytree.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🐉 Fiery fiends will soon be winging their way to Y1 classes as our new #WritingRoot for Dragon Post by Emma Yarlett goes into its final stages of editing! Expect menus, flight path maps and ‘how to’ guides as children explore this magical book filled with urgent letters! @literacytree.bsky.social
A privilege to be in classes today at Rosendale Primary School. Rich discussions, collaboration and infectious engagement as children across the school explored megalodons 🦈 , 1920s New York 🌆 , wild robots 🤖 and magical necklaces 🌧️ through Literary Leaves! @literacytree.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A privilege to be in classes today at Rosendale Primary School. Rich discussions, collaboration and infectious engagement as children across the school explored megalodons 🦈 , 1920s New York 🌆 , wild robots 🤖 and magical necklaces 🌧️ through Literary Leaves! @literacytree.bsky.social
A joy to be back at College Town Primary in Berkshire today spending time in their KS1 classes. Look at these amazing Working Walls filled with live modelling, sentence strips and colour coding! And what cosy homes Y1 have created for their pebbles! ❤️ 📖 🌎 @literacytree.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A joy to be back at College Town Primary in Berkshire today spending time in their KS1 classes. Look at these amazing Working Walls filled with live modelling, sentence strips and colour coding! And what cosy homes Y1 have created for their pebbles! ❤️ 📖 🌎 @literacytree.bsky.social
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Our CPD offer is constantly growing, and now includes:
📌 Teach Through a Text Using Writing Roots Sessions
📌Pegagogy Workshops
📌English Subject Leader Meetings
📌Twilight Sessions (Social Media Made Simple + Literacy Tree App Unlocked)
📌Live Planning Support Sessions
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📌 Teach Through a Text Using Writing Roots Sessions
📌Pegagogy Workshops
📌English Subject Leader Meetings
📌Twilight Sessions (Social Media Made Simple + Literacy Tree App Unlocked)
📌Live Planning Support Sessions
Sign up now: buff.ly/4aEWcgo
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February 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Our CPD offer is constantly growing, and now includes:
📌 Teach Through a Text Using Writing Roots Sessions
📌Pegagogy Workshops
📌English Subject Leader Meetings
📌Twilight Sessions (Social Media Made Simple + Literacy Tree App Unlocked)
📌Live Planning Support Sessions
Sign up now: buff.ly/4aEWcgo
📌 Teach Through a Text Using Writing Roots Sessions
📌Pegagogy Workshops
📌English Subject Leader Meetings
📌Twilight Sessions (Social Media Made Simple + Literacy Tree App Unlocked)
📌Live Planning Support Sessions
Sign up now: buff.ly/4aEWcgo
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🚀 Primary schools—this one’s for you!
We’re inviting 130 schools to join a heavily subsidised, EEF-funded trial of Writing Roots, our book-based writing programme.📚
This is your chance to access £3,000+ worth of resources, books + training while contributing to a major study on writing engagement.
We’re inviting 130 schools to join a heavily subsidised, EEF-funded trial of Writing Roots, our book-based writing programme.📚
This is your chance to access £3,000+ worth of resources, books + training while contributing to a major study on writing engagement.
February 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🚀 Primary schools—this one’s for you!
We’re inviting 130 schools to join a heavily subsidised, EEF-funded trial of Writing Roots, our book-based writing programme.📚
This is your chance to access £3,000+ worth of resources, books + training while contributing to a major study on writing engagement.
We’re inviting 130 schools to join a heavily subsidised, EEF-funded trial of Writing Roots, our book-based writing programme.📚
This is your chance to access £3,000+ worth of resources, books + training while contributing to a major study on writing engagement.
Brilliant to be back at Van Gogh Primary today. Lovely to see the engagement from Year 6s with one of our newest Writing Roots for Resist, and take a look at the brilliant example of writing process, editing and publication using Can We Save the Tiger! @literacytree.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Brilliant to be back at Van Gogh Primary today. Lovely to see the engagement from Year 6s with one of our newest Writing Roots for Resist, and take a look at the brilliant example of writing process, editing and publication using Can We Save the Tiger! @literacytree.bsky.social
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‼️📢Exciting Announcement: our brand new Year 4 and 5 Writing Roots for 'Rumaysa: A Fairytale' by Radiya Hafiza and 'Riddle of the Runes: A Viking Mystery' by Janina Ramirez are now LIVE on our website and ready for use!
#LiteracyTree #TeachThroughaText #primaryschool #primaryteaching
#LiteracyTree #TeachThroughaText #primaryschool #primaryteaching
February 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
‼️📢Exciting Announcement: our brand new Year 4 and 5 Writing Roots for 'Rumaysa: A Fairytale' by Radiya Hafiza and 'Riddle of the Runes: A Viking Mystery' by Janina Ramirez are now LIVE on our website and ready for use!
#LiteracyTree #TeachThroughaText #primaryschool #primaryteaching
#LiteracyTree #TeachThroughaText #primaryschool #primaryteaching
Final stages of proofreading for our new Y5 #WritingRoot for Rumaysa: A Fairy Tale by Radiya Hafiza, launching by the end of this week! 🙌 Expect to find warning posters, villain’s lair adverts, diary entries and more before children create their own prequels! 📖 @literacytree.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Final stages of proofreading for our new Y5 #WritingRoot for Rumaysa: A Fairy Tale by Radiya Hafiza, launching by the end of this week! 🙌 Expect to find warning posters, villain’s lair adverts, diary entries and more before children create their own prequels! 📖 @literacytree.bsky.social
A brilliant day at Rosendale Primary today looking at children’s writing to celebrate successes and identify misconceptions to support teachers with adaptive planning. A wonderful sense of audience and purpose throughout when you #TeachThroughaText @literacytree.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A brilliant day at Rosendale Primary today looking at children’s writing to celebrate successes and identify misconceptions to support teachers with adaptive planning. A wonderful sense of audience and purpose throughout when you #TeachThroughaText @literacytree.bsky.social
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6,000 children voted 'kindness' as their word of the year! We're celebrating the outcome of the Oxford University Press survey by sharing some of our own favourite books for exploring themes of friendship and empathy.
Children's favourite slang word of 2024 is slay, and kindness is ALWAYS a slay!
Children's favourite slang word of 2024 is slay, and kindness is ALWAYS a slay!
January 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
6,000 children voted 'kindness' as their word of the year! We're celebrating the outcome of the Oxford University Press survey by sharing some of our own favourite books for exploring themes of friendship and empathy.
Children's favourite slang word of 2024 is slay, and kindness is ALWAYS a slay!
Children's favourite slang word of 2024 is slay, and kindness is ALWAYS a slay!
Pebble is ready for Year 1 delegates this morning, where we’ll be exploring our #TeachThroughaText approach and the importance of immersive discovery points, hands-on learning and authentic writing opportunities 🪨 🎁 🫂 @literacytree.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Pebble is ready for Year 1 delegates this morning, where we’ll be exploring our #TeachThroughaText approach and the importance of immersive discovery points, hands-on learning and authentic writing opportunities 🪨 🎁 🫂 @literacytree.bsky.social
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‼️We're hiring! Two new roles are now open for applications over on our website:
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#primaryschool #primaryteacher #primaryliteracy #Hiring #EdTech #PrimaryEducation #LiteracyConsultant #ResourceDeveloper #EducationJobs
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January 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
‼️We're hiring! Two new roles are now open for applications over on our website:
literacytree.com/vacancies/
#primaryschool #primaryteacher #primaryliteracy #Hiring #EdTech #PrimaryEducation #LiteracyConsultant #ResourceDeveloper #EducationJobs
literacytree.com/vacancies/
#primaryschool #primaryteacher #primaryliteracy #Hiring #EdTech #PrimaryEducation #LiteracyConsultant #ResourceDeveloper #EducationJobs
Fantastic Working Walls in classrooms and displays in corridors celebrating writing at College Town Primary too - a joy to watch children in real time using their teacher models, prior learning and Working Walls to support them with their own writing 🖋️ @literacytree.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fantastic Working Walls in classrooms and displays in corridors celebrating writing at College Town Primary too - a joy to watch children in real time using their teacher models, prior learning and Working Walls to support them with their own writing 🖋️ @literacytree.bsky.social
Some of the stunning writing opportunities seen at College Town Primary today as we were invited into classrooms across the school. It’s always a highlight to chat to children about the texts and see their faces light up as they share their learning!@literacytree.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Some of the stunning writing opportunities seen at College Town Primary today as we were invited into classrooms across the school. It’s always a highlight to chat to children about the texts and see their faces light up as they share their learning!@literacytree.bsky.social
What better way to welcome 2025 than delving into quality children’s literature? A brilliant day with enthusiastic and insightful staff at Yattendon School in Surrey to launch #WritingRoots and the #TeachThroughaText approach 👏 📖 🌎 @literacytree.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What better way to welcome 2025 than delving into quality children’s literature? A brilliant day with enthusiastic and insightful staff at Yattendon School in Surrey to launch #WritingRoots and the #TeachThroughaText approach 👏 📖 🌎 @literacytree.bsky.social
Behind the scenes of the final stages of our new KS2/3 transition resource for The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell - @literacydonny.bsky.social has weaved his magic and it’s going to be a beauty! 🎵 @literacytree.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Behind the scenes of the final stages of our new KS2/3 transition resource for The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell - @literacydonny.bsky.social has weaved his magic and it’s going to be a beauty! 🎵 @literacytree.bsky.social
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Missed our Live Demo and Q&A this morning?
Fear not!💡 Founders and co-CEOs Lynn and Anthony are running their next session in a couple weeks. Secure your spot now!
🗓️ 18th December 2024 at 1:30pm
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Fear not!💡 Founders and co-CEOs Lynn and Anthony are running their next session in a couple weeks. Secure your spot now!
🗓️ 18th December 2024 at 1:30pm
📍 Online via Zoom
👉 Sign up here: https://buff.ly/4f7IR0J
December 4, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Missed our Live Demo and Q&A this morning?
Fear not!💡 Founders and co-CEOs Lynn and Anthony are running their next session in a couple weeks. Secure your spot now!
🗓️ 18th December 2024 at 1:30pm
📍 Online via Zoom
👉 Sign up here: https://buff.ly/4f7IR0J
Fear not!💡 Founders and co-CEOs Lynn and Anthony are running their next session in a couple weeks. Secure your spot now!
🗓️ 18th December 2024 at 1:30pm
📍 Online via Zoom
👉 Sign up here: https://buff.ly/4f7IR0J