Vikki Varley
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
OU postgrad research student, primary teacher, literacy lead, OU/UKLA TRG leader, UKLA Regional Rep Yorkshire, loves picturebooks
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📢 One week to go for our #ReadingForPleasure webinar for primary schools!
We'll explore the power of book choice with special guests: our #WriterInResidence Matt Goodfellow and Debbie Thomas from @openuni-rfp.bsky.social 👇
https://bit.ly/3LTpBLx
We'll explore the power of book choice with special guests: our #WriterInResidence Matt Goodfellow and Debbie Thomas from @openuni-rfp.bsky.social 👇
https://bit.ly/3LTpBLx
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢 One week to go for our #ReadingForPleasure webinar for primary schools!
We'll explore the power of book choice with special guests: our #WriterInResidence Matt Goodfellow and Debbie Thomas from @openuni-rfp.bsky.social 👇
https://bit.ly/3LTpBLx
We'll explore the power of book choice with special guests: our #WriterInResidence Matt Goodfellow and Debbie Thomas from @openuni-rfp.bsky.social 👇
https://bit.ly/3LTpBLx
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#UKLALucky13 Discover #WildJourney by A.M. Dassu, a gorgeous, linked collection of contemporary adventure stories, set across the world and inspired by the migratory flight of starlings. Stunningly illustrated in 🟧 & ⬛️ by Joe Lillington. RT to win a signed copy!
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
#UKLALucky13 Discover #WildJourney by A.M. Dassu, a gorgeous, linked collection of contemporary adventure stories, set across the world and inspired by the migratory flight of starlings. Stunningly illustrated in 🟧 & ⬛️ by Joe Lillington. RT to win a signed copy!
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We have a new OU/ UKLA Teachers’ Reading Group online with @MrsBaker6
Be part of this wonderful group. Scan the QR code to register. Enrich your knowledge and practice here 👇🏼
Be part of this wonderful group. Scan the QR code to register. Enrich your knowledge and practice here 👇🏼
November 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We have a new OU/ UKLA Teachers’ Reading Group online with @MrsBaker6
Be part of this wonderful group. Scan the QR code to register. Enrich your knowledge and practice here 👇🏼
Be part of this wonderful group. Scan the QR code to register. Enrich your knowledge and practice here 👇🏼
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Are you joining us for our upcoming webinar about the importance of book choice in primary schools?
We'll be joined by our Writer in Residence Matt Goodfellow and @debbiethomas.bsky.social from @openuni-rfp.bsky.social for research, practical insights and more 👇
https://bit.ly/4qvcFv8
We'll be joined by our Writer in Residence Matt Goodfellow and @debbiethomas.bsky.social from @openuni-rfp.bsky.social for research, practical insights and more 👇
https://bit.ly/4qvcFv8
October 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Are you joining us for our upcoming webinar about the importance of book choice in primary schools?
We'll be joined by our Writer in Residence Matt Goodfellow and @debbiethomas.bsky.social from @openuni-rfp.bsky.social for research, practical insights and more 👇
https://bit.ly/4qvcFv8
We'll be joined by our Writer in Residence Matt Goodfellow and @debbiethomas.bsky.social from @openuni-rfp.bsky.social for research, practical insights and more 👇
https://bit.ly/4qvcFv8
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🌻#English 4-11 edition 🌻 🥳Out Now!!🥳⬇️⬇️⬇️
Remember to look out for the latest @englishassociation.bsky.social English 4 - 11 edition as there a whole array of informative articles with a focus on the 2025 Picture Book Awards
October 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🌻#English 4-11 edition 🌻 🥳Out Now!!🥳⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Thank you NEU for all your support for @uklitassociation.bsky.social and for your generous sponsorship of teacher places at our International conference @neunion.bsky.social @mollyhallneu.bsky.social @davidreedy.bsky.social
Applications for NEU Sponsored Teacher Places at the 2026 UKLA International Conference are now open! Are you a member of UKLA and NEU? You could win a Sponsored Place at our 2026 Conference at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow! Visit our website to find out more and apply now!
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October 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Thank you NEU for all your support for @uklitassociation.bsky.social and for your generous sponsorship of teacher places at our International conference @neunion.bsky.social @mollyhallneu.bsky.social @davidreedy.bsky.social
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October's #lucky13th is Roar - an empowering novel-in-verse of resistance and finding your voice, inspired by Sampat Pal and the Pink Sari Gang, from the multi-award-winning author of Run, Rebel and The Crossing, Manjeet Mann. #uklamembers RT to win a copy!
#ThisIsHowIRoar
#ThisIsHowIRoar
October 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
October's #lucky13th is Roar - an empowering novel-in-verse of resistance and finding your voice, inspired by Sampat Pal and the Pink Sari Gang, from the multi-award-winning author of Run, Rebel and The Crossing, Manjeet Mann. #uklamembers RT to win a copy!
#ThisIsHowIRoar
#ThisIsHowIRoar
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A joy to kick off my ‘Finding Their Story’ book clubs in both Stanley Grove and Jerry Clay Primaries today, both part of @accomplishmat.bsky.social A 4-week book club to help children find the books that make them tick the most #lovewhatIdo 🥰📚
September 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A joy to kick off my ‘Finding Their Story’ book clubs in both Stanley Grove and Jerry Clay Primaries today, both part of @accomplishmat.bsky.social A 4-week book club to help children find the books that make them tick the most #lovewhatIdo 🥰📚
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#UKLALucky13th Discover the must-read narrative verse YA novel, Not Going to Plan by previous UKLA winner, Tia Fisher. An often hilarious, yet profoundly moving and beautiful novel that captures teenagehood, its pressures and its complexities. Members, RP for a chance to win 1/3 copies
September 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
#UKLALucky13th Discover the must-read narrative verse YA novel, Not Going to Plan by previous UKLA winner, Tia Fisher. An often hilarious, yet profoundly moving and beautiful novel that captures teenagehood, its pressures and its complexities. Members, RP for a chance to win 1/3 copies
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📚📦 It's #BookSortingDay at #OURfP! We’re preparing wonderful book boxes to share with our OU &
#UKLA Teachers’ Reading Groups. Huge THANK YOU to our donors, sponsors & supporters! ❤️✨
#BadgerLearning @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #ChickenHouseBooks
#UKLA Teachers’ Reading Groups. Huge THANK YOU to our donors, sponsors & supporters! ❤️✨
#BadgerLearning @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #ChickenHouseBooks
August 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
📚📦 It's #BookSortingDay at #OURfP! We’re preparing wonderful book boxes to share with our OU &
#UKLA Teachers’ Reading Groups. Huge THANK YOU to our donors, sponsors & supporters! ❤️✨
#BadgerLearning @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #ChickenHouseBooks
#UKLA Teachers’ Reading Groups. Huge THANK YOU to our donors, sponsors & supporters! ❤️✨
#BadgerLearning @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #ChickenHouseBooks
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Tomorrow is publication day! 🤩🥳🥰 Tell me what you think of it! #ontheedge 🏄🌊🔥@oldbarnbooks
August 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Tomorrow is publication day! 🤩🥳🥰 Tell me what you think of it! #ontheedge 🏄🌊🔥@oldbarnbooks
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Written by UKLA Award winner, Nicola Garrard, On the Edge follows Rhys and his brothers, struggling to get by in an off-season tourist resort. When their home is threatened, Rhys resorts to drastic measures to protect his family. Members, repost to be in with a chance to win #lucky13th
August 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Written by UKLA Award winner, Nicola Garrard, On the Edge follows Rhys and his brothers, struggling to get by in an off-season tourist resort. When their home is threatened, Rhys resorts to drastic measures to protect his family. Members, repost to be in with a chance to win #lucky13th
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📣 Grab a cuppa and check your inbox – our August newsletter is here! ☀️📚
Author in the Spotlight @nicolapenfold.bsky.social, Top Texts for summer, RfP research, ideas for reading-themed days out & more! 💙
Sign up here 👉 ourfp.org/newsletter-s...
#RfP #ReadingForPleasure #OURfP
Author in the Spotlight @nicolapenfold.bsky.social, Top Texts for summer, RfP research, ideas for reading-themed days out & more! 💙
Sign up here 👉 ourfp.org/newsletter-s...
#RfP #ReadingForPleasure #OURfP
August 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📣 Grab a cuppa and check your inbox – our August newsletter is here! ☀️📚
Author in the Spotlight @nicolapenfold.bsky.social, Top Texts for summer, RfP research, ideas for reading-themed days out & more! 💙
Sign up here 👉 ourfp.org/newsletter-s...
#RfP #ReadingForPleasure #OURfP
Author in the Spotlight @nicolapenfold.bsky.social, Top Texts for summer, RfP research, ideas for reading-themed days out & more! 💙
Sign up here 👉 ourfp.org/newsletter-s...
#RfP #ReadingForPleasure #OURfP
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📬 Our Reading for Pleasure newsletter is your monthly dose of #RfP inspo! 💙
Each issue includes:
📚 Top Texts
✨ Author Spotlights
🧠 Research insights
📅 #Literacy events & CPD
Join 44k+ educators today 👉 ourfp.org/newsletter-s...
#ReadingforPleasure #OURfP #Teaching 💙📚✨
Each issue includes:
📚 Top Texts
✨ Author Spotlights
🧠 Research insights
📅 #Literacy events & CPD
Join 44k+ educators today 👉 ourfp.org/newsletter-s...
#ReadingforPleasure #OURfP #Teaching 💙📚✨
August 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📬 Our Reading for Pleasure newsletter is your monthly dose of #RfP inspo! 💙
Each issue includes:
📚 Top Texts
✨ Author Spotlights
🧠 Research insights
📅 #Literacy events & CPD
Join 44k+ educators today 👉 ourfp.org/newsletter-s...
#ReadingforPleasure #OURfP #Teaching 💙📚✨
Each issue includes:
📚 Top Texts
✨ Author Spotlights
🧠 Research insights
📅 #Literacy events & CPD
Join 44k+ educators today 👉 ourfp.org/newsletter-s...
#ReadingforPleasure #OURfP #Teaching 💙📚✨
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📚💙 Do join us for our Autumn #OURfPConf in Milton Keynes - Saturday 18 October!
Explore how #ReadingForPleasure supports empathy, identity & motivation in young readers.
Workshops, research & RfP community energy all day! ❤️
🎟️ ourfp.org/2025/06/12/a...
#OUReadingSchools #Literacy #Teaching
Explore how #ReadingForPleasure supports empathy, identity & motivation in young readers.
Workshops, research & RfP community energy all day! ❤️
🎟️ ourfp.org/2025/06/12/a...
#OUReadingSchools #Literacy #Teaching
Autumn 2025 Conference: The Affective Power of Reading for Pleasure - Reading for Pleasure
Saturday 18 October 2025, 9:30am – 4:00pm, The Open University, Milton Keynes Campus
ourfp.org
July 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
📚💙 Do join us for our Autumn #OURfPConf in Milton Keynes - Saturday 18 October!
Explore how #ReadingForPleasure supports empathy, identity & motivation in young readers.
Workshops, research & RfP community energy all day! ❤️
🎟️ ourfp.org/2025/06/12/a...
#OUReadingSchools #Literacy #Teaching
Explore how #ReadingForPleasure supports empathy, identity & motivation in young readers.
Workshops, research & RfP community energy all day! ❤️
🎟️ ourfp.org/2025/06/12/a...
#OUReadingSchools #Literacy #Teaching
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Booking now LiVE for our Oct. 18th Conference! tinyurl.com/bn6d2x3m Milton Keynes 🎈Do Join us! 🎈@openuni-rfp.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social @readingrocks.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @debbiethomas.bsky.social An engaging reading community focused day 🎈@uklitassociation.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Booking now LiVE for our Oct. 18th Conference! tinyurl.com/bn6d2x3m Milton Keynes 🎈Do Join us! 🎈@openuni-rfp.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social @readingrocks.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @debbiethomas.bsky.social An engaging reading community focused day 🎈@uklitassociation.bsky.social
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From Kenneth Oppel, Best of All Worlds is a story of survival, teenage passions and an invisible enemy. What should be a relaxing weekend away from the city turns nightmarish when Xavier and his family wake up to find themselves trapped inside a dome. UKLA members RP for a chance to win #lucky13th
July 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
From Kenneth Oppel, Best of All Worlds is a story of survival, teenage passions and an invisible enemy. What should be a relaxing weekend away from the city turns nightmarish when Xavier and his family wake up to find themselves trapped inside a dome. UKLA members RP for a chance to win #lucky13th
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It's a privilege to be part of the editorial team for English 4-11 magazine. The latest edition is packed full of wonderful articles about all aspects of teaching English in primary schools. If you work in education and have an idea for a potential piece, do please get in touch.
July 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It's a privilege to be part of the editorial team for English 4-11 magazine. The latest edition is packed full of wonderful articles about all aspects of teaching English in primary schools. If you work in education and have an idea for a potential piece, do please get in touch.
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📉 The Decline in Volitional Reading 📚 Why are fewer young people #ReadingforPleasure? What can we do about it?
This new Position Paper, co-authored by @teresacremin.bsky.social and international experts, explores evidence, busts myths & outlines ways forward 👇
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This new Position Paper, co-authored by @teresacremin.bsky.social and international experts, explores evidence, busts myths & outlines ways forward 👇
🔗 cdn.ourfp.org/wp-content/u...
July 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
📉 The Decline in Volitional Reading 📚 Why are fewer young people #ReadingforPleasure? What can we do about it?
This new Position Paper, co-authored by @teresacremin.bsky.social and international experts, explores evidence, busts myths & outlines ways forward 👇
🔗 cdn.ourfp.org/wp-content/u...
This new Position Paper, co-authored by @teresacremin.bsky.social and international experts, explores evidence, busts myths & outlines ways forward 👇
🔗 cdn.ourfp.org/wp-content/u...
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A National Year of Reading 2026 👏👏 to ‘change the nation’s culture’ is Good News! 👏👏 A DfE initiative with NLT as delivery partner @jonnybid.bsky.social @jonny-walker.bsky.social @rootedinreading.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social Do share and get involved! 👏 www.nationalyearofreading.org.uk
July 8, 2025 at 6:02 AM
A National Year of Reading 2026 👏👏 to ‘change the nation’s culture’ is Good News! 👏👏 A DfE initiative with NLT as delivery partner @jonnybid.bsky.social @jonny-walker.bsky.social @rootedinreading.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social Do share and get involved! 👏 www.nationalyearofreading.org.uk
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UKLA are looking for teachers, school librarians and other support staff who are passionate about Reading for Pleasure!
Teachers in Scotland, UKLA are looking for Teacher Judges for the 2026 Book Awards in Glasgow 👀
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Becoming a Teacher Judge - UK Literacy Association
UKLA are now looking for Teacher Judges for the 2026 Book Awards in Glasgow!
ukla.org
July 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
UKLA are looking for teachers, school librarians and other support staff who are passionate about Reading for Pleasure!
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Apply now for the #RFPAwards2025 – celebrating schools, teachers & communities who champion #ReadingForPleasure ⭐📚
📢 NEW Deadline - July 21!
👀 Most under-applied? New teachers.
Know one? Are one? We want to hear from you! 💙
👉 ourfp.org/2025/02/04/t...
#OURfP #UKEdChat
📢 NEW Deadline - July 21!
👀 Most under-applied? New teachers.
Know one? Are one? We want to hear from you! 💙
👉 ourfp.org/2025/02/04/t...
#OURfP #UKEdChat
The Harper Collins Reading for Pleasure Awards 2025 - Reading for Pleasure
Reading for Pleasure Awards – How to enter (open to all teachers, librarians and reading champions, in and beyond the school). In association with The Open University and the UK Literacy Association. ...
ourfp.org
July 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Apply now for the #RFPAwards2025 – celebrating schools, teachers & communities who champion #ReadingForPleasure ⭐📚
📢 NEW Deadline - July 21!
👀 Most under-applied? New teachers.
Know one? Are one? We want to hear from you! 💙
👉 ourfp.org/2025/02/04/t...
#OURfP #UKEdChat
📢 NEW Deadline - July 21!
👀 Most under-applied? New teachers.
Know one? Are one? We want to hear from you! 💙
👉 ourfp.org/2025/02/04/t...
#OURfP #UKEdChat
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The final UKLA Book Blether of the year is next week! This time we'll be sharing thoughts and recommendations of texts from the UKLA Book Awards. Joining us will be special guest, and WINNER of this year's 3-6+ Award...
Craig Barr-Green!
This is not one to miss! Sign up here:
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Craig Barr-Green!
This is not one to miss! Sign up here:
buff.ly/xqKONwk
July 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The final UKLA Book Blether of the year is next week! This time we'll be sharing thoughts and recommendations of texts from the UKLA Book Awards. Joining us will be special guest, and WINNER of this year's 3-6+ Award...
Craig Barr-Green!
This is not one to miss! Sign up here:
buff.ly/xqKONwk
Craig Barr-Green!
This is not one to miss! Sign up here:
buff.ly/xqKONwk
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Do read and share! Free and worth debating the individual- social and reflective ways forward rb.gy/4ih4ez @profsarahmcg.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @openuni-rfp.bsky.social @debbiethomas.bsky.social @debrakidd.bsky.social as well as the evidence on the associated benefits of reading!
July 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Do read and share! Free and worth debating the individual- social and reflective ways forward rb.gy/4ih4ez @profsarahmcg.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @openuni-rfp.bsky.social @debbiethomas.bsky.social @debrakidd.bsky.social as well as the evidence on the associated benefits of reading!
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NEW in the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling ‘Unknown Adventurer’ series! 3 signed copies of THE LOST BOOK OF UNDERSEA ADVENTURE! By Teddy Keen are the UKLA Lucky 13th prizes for June. UKLA Members just RP to be in with a chance to win.
@quartokids.bsky.social
@quartokids.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
NEW in the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling ‘Unknown Adventurer’ series! 3 signed copies of THE LOST BOOK OF UNDERSEA ADVENTURE! By Teddy Keen are the UKLA Lucky 13th prizes for June. UKLA Members just RP to be in with a chance to win.
@quartokids.bsky.social
@quartokids.bsky.social