Alan j Wright
@alwriting.bsky.social
Education consultant, writer, poet, curious learner and lover of music, food and irrefutable facts. https://www.alanjwrightauthorpoet.com/
Reposted by Alan j Wright
Critics of the federal government’s funding for private schools are demanding increased transparency and accountability. Queensland is the only state that requires any of them – specifically, its eight grammar schools – to release detailed financial reports. satpa.pe/EMw65r1
Private schools’ million-dollar principals
The government is yet to compel private schools to publish their principals’ salaries, despite concerns that taxpayers are supporting packages up to $1 million a year.
satpa.pe
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Critics of the federal government’s funding for private schools are demanding increased transparency and accountability. Queensland is the only state that requires any of them – specifically, its eight grammar schools – to release detailed financial reports. satpa.pe/EMw65r1
James Britten made this profound statement way back in 1970. It stands up well...
'Until children have opportunities to imitate the writing of authors they study they're unlikely to express themselves well.'
'Until children have opportunities to imitate the writing of authors they study they're unlikely to express themselves well.'
December 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
James Britten made this profound statement way back in 1970. It stands up well...
'Until children have opportunities to imitate the writing of authors they study they're unlikely to express themselves well.'
'Until children have opportunities to imitate the writing of authors they study they're unlikely to express themselves well.'
Reposted by Alan j Wright
Motes
So busy in a beam of light
The motes, they float and dance
And inwardly I feel like them
In my early morning trance
Beams of light that mesmerize
Specks of dust in lines
I stare at them for ages
In search of hidden signs.
#morningpoem
So busy in a beam of light
The motes, they float and dance
And inwardly I feel like them
In my early morning trance
Beams of light that mesmerize
Specks of dust in lines
I stare at them for ages
In search of hidden signs.
#morningpoem
December 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Motes
So busy in a beam of light
The motes, they float and dance
And inwardly I feel like them
In my early morning trance
Beams of light that mesmerize
Specks of dust in lines
I stare at them for ages
In search of hidden signs.
#morningpoem
So busy in a beam of light
The motes, they float and dance
And inwardly I feel like them
In my early morning trance
Beams of light that mesmerize
Specks of dust in lines
I stare at them for ages
In search of hidden signs.
#morningpoem
Reposted by Alan j Wright
Amba Press Blog Announcement. Upcoming release- 'Notebook Notions.' Read all about it here.
ambapress.com.au/blogs/amba-p...
ambapress.com.au/blogs/amba-p...
Coming Soon: Notebook Notions by Alan J Wright
– Amba Press
We're thrilled to announce the upcoming release of Notebook Notions: Using a Writer's Notebook to Harvest Ideas and Transform Your Teaching by acclaimed educator and poet Alan j Wright – a book that i...
ambapress.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Amba Press Blog Announcement. Upcoming release- 'Notebook Notions.' Read all about it here.
ambapress.com.au/blogs/amba-p...
ambapress.com.au/blogs/amba-p...
Amba Press Blog Announcement. Upcoming release- 'Notebook Notions.' Read all about it here.
ambapress.com.au/blogs/amba-p...
ambapress.com.au/blogs/amba-p...
Coming Soon: Notebook Notions by Alan J Wright
– Amba Press
We're thrilled to announce the upcoming release of Notebook Notions: Using a Writer's Notebook to Harvest Ideas and Transform Your Teaching by acclaimed educator and poet Alan j Wright – a book that i...
ambapress.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Amba Press Blog Announcement. Upcoming release- 'Notebook Notions.' Read all about it here.
ambapress.com.au/blogs/amba-p...
ambapress.com.au/blogs/amba-p...
Motes
So busy in a beam of light
The motes, they float and dance
And inwardly I feel like them
In my early morning trance
Beams of light that mesmerize
Specks of dust in lines
I stare at them for ages
In search of hidden signs.
#morningpoem
So busy in a beam of light
The motes, they float and dance
And inwardly I feel like them
In my early morning trance
Beams of light that mesmerize
Specks of dust in lines
I stare at them for ages
In search of hidden signs.
#morningpoem
December 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Motes
So busy in a beam of light
The motes, they float and dance
And inwardly I feel like them
In my early morning trance
Beams of light that mesmerize
Specks of dust in lines
I stare at them for ages
In search of hidden signs.
#morningpoem
So busy in a beam of light
The motes, they float and dance
And inwardly I feel like them
In my early morning trance
Beams of light that mesmerize
Specks of dust in lines
I stare at them for ages
In search of hidden signs.
#morningpoem
Reposted by Alan j Wright
Available in January 2026. My latest poetry anthology, 'The Shortest Way Home -short form verse.' A preview...
#poetry #shortpoems #poems #anthology
#poetry #shortpoems #poems #anthology
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Available in January 2026. My latest poetry anthology, 'The Shortest Way Home -short form verse.' A preview...
#poetry #shortpoems #poems #anthology
#poetry #shortpoems #poems #anthology
Reposted by Alan j Wright
POETRY FRIDAY This week I'm harvesting haiku in a small notebook. It's calming and contemplative and delivers just the right vibes. Check out my bounty.
alanjwrightpoetrypizzazz.blogspot.com/2025/12/harv...
#poetryfriday #haiku #poetry #writersnotebook
alanjwrightpoetrypizzazz.blogspot.com/2025/12/harv...
#poetryfriday #haiku #poetry #writersnotebook
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
POETRY FRIDAY This week I'm harvesting haiku in a small notebook. It's calming and contemplative and delivers just the right vibes. Check out my bounty.
alanjwrightpoetrypizzazz.blogspot.com/2025/12/harv...
#poetryfriday #haiku #poetry #writersnotebook
alanjwrightpoetrypizzazz.blogspot.com/2025/12/harv...
#poetryfriday #haiku #poetry #writersnotebook
Reposted by Alan j Wright
From the Photo Archives. Silhoetted Surfers on Legian beach , Bali
December 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
From the Photo Archives. Silhoetted Surfers on Legian beach , Bali
Professor Dominic Wyse reviews England's approach to teaching reading and its adherenceto to the use of synthetic systematic phonics.
theconversation.com/englands-syn...
theconversation.com/englands-syn...
England’s synthetic phonics approach is not working for children who struggle to read
The proportion of children in England who struggle to read has remained at a similar level for many years.
theconversation.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Professor Dominic Wyse reviews England's approach to teaching reading and its adherenceto to the use of synthetic systematic phonics.
theconversation.com/englands-syn...
theconversation.com/englands-syn...
From The Photo Archives. Storm in Mornington Harbour.
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
From The Photo Archives. Storm in Mornington Harbour.
From the Photo Archives. Silhoetted Surfers on Legian beach , Bali
December 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
From the Photo Archives. Silhoetted Surfers on Legian beach , Bali
POETRY FRIDAY This week I'm harvesting haiku in a small notebook. It's calming and contemplative and delivers just the right vibes. Check out my bounty.
alanjwrightpoetrypizzazz.blogspot.com/2025/12/harv...
#poetryfriday #haiku #poetry #writersnotebook
alanjwrightpoetrypizzazz.blogspot.com/2025/12/harv...
#poetryfriday #haiku #poetry #writersnotebook
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
POETRY FRIDAY This week I'm harvesting haiku in a small notebook. It's calming and contemplative and delivers just the right vibes. Check out my bounty.
alanjwrightpoetrypizzazz.blogspot.com/2025/12/harv...
#poetryfriday #haiku #poetry #writersnotebook
alanjwrightpoetrypizzazz.blogspot.com/2025/12/harv...
#poetryfriday #haiku #poetry #writersnotebook
Available in January 2026. My latest poetry anthology, 'The Shortest Way Home -short form verse.' A preview...
#poetry #shortpoems #poems #anthology
#poetry #shortpoems #poems #anthology
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Available in January 2026. My latest poetry anthology, 'The Shortest Way Home -short form verse.' A preview...
#poetry #shortpoems #poems #anthology
#poetry #shortpoems #poems #anthology
The poet speaks to me in the moment my eyes fall upon these words:
'The dream of my life
Is to lie down by a slow river
And stare at the light in the trees
To learn something by being nothing
A little while, but the rich
Lens of attention.'
Mary Oliver
From 'Entering The Kingdom
'The dream of my life
Is to lie down by a slow river
And stare at the light in the trees
To learn something by being nothing
A little while, but the rich
Lens of attention.'
Mary Oliver
From 'Entering The Kingdom
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The poet speaks to me in the moment my eyes fall upon these words:
'The dream of my life
Is to lie down by a slow river
And stare at the light in the trees
To learn something by being nothing
A little while, but the rich
Lens of attention.'
Mary Oliver
From 'Entering The Kingdom
'The dream of my life
Is to lie down by a slow river
And stare at the light in the trees
To learn something by being nothing
A little while, but the rich
Lens of attention.'
Mary Oliver
From 'Entering The Kingdom
Reposted by Alan j Wright
A person who never reads only lives one life. Give children books so they may live a thousand lives.
Oh that's right, it's almost Christmas!
Oh that's right, it's almost Christmas!
December 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A person who never reads only lives one life. Give children books so they may live a thousand lives.
Oh that's right, it's almost Christmas!
Oh that's right, it's almost Christmas!
Reposted by Alan j Wright
Paint Sample Poetry:
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Paint Sample Poetry:
Reposted by Alan j Wright
Excited to share this news regarding my upcoming book, 'Notebook Notions-Using a writers notebook to harvest ideas and transform your teaching.' Find out more here:
livinglifetwice-alwrite.blogspot.com/2025/12/note...
livinglifetwice-alwrite.blogspot.com/2025/12/note...
Notebook Notions-Coming Soon
A blog about how teachers can more effectively teach writing and improve student engagement. The focus is on HOW to write, not WHAT to write.
livinglifetwice-alwrite.blogspot.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Excited to share this news regarding my upcoming book, 'Notebook Notions-Using a writers notebook to harvest ideas and transform your teaching.' Find out more here:
livinglifetwice-alwrite.blogspot.com/2025/12/note...
livinglifetwice-alwrite.blogspot.com/2025/12/note...
Reposted by Alan j Wright
I find myself grinning, clapping, cheering...
‘By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician or the salesman or the charlatan.’
Joseph Brodsky
‘By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician or the salesman or the charlatan.’
Joseph Brodsky
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I find myself grinning, clapping, cheering...
‘By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician or the salesman or the charlatan.’
Joseph Brodsky
‘By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician or the salesman or the charlatan.’
Joseph Brodsky
December 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I find myself grinning, clapping, cheering...
‘By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician or the salesman or the charlatan.’
Joseph Brodsky
‘By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician or the salesman or the charlatan.’
Joseph Brodsky
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I find myself grinning, clapping, cheering...
‘By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician or the salesman or the charlatan.’
Joseph Brodsky
‘By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician or the salesman or the charlatan.’
Joseph Brodsky
What a glorious silence exists in that precise moment a chain saw stops roaring.
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
What a glorious silence exists in that precise moment a chain saw stops roaring.
Reposted by Alan j Wright
Isn't it amazing that we can learn to be more effective writers and more effective teachers of writing by closely reading the words of writers we have never met. Such an enduring and generous gift to a reader.
Alan j Wright
Alan j Wright
December 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Isn't it amazing that we can learn to be more effective writers and more effective teachers of writing by closely reading the words of writers we have never met. Such an enduring and generous gift to a reader.
Alan j Wright
Alan j Wright
Reposted by Alan j Wright
December 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM