Holly Dyson
@eduwordsmith.bsky.social
Navigating motherhood after infertility. Teacher and leader. 📖
Stevenson burnt his manuscript.
Shelley reimagined Frankenstein.
Tolkien reshaped Gollum.
Fitzgerald retitled Gatsby.
Angelou chronicled her life across seven books.
You can start again.
Shelley reimagined Frankenstein.
Tolkien reshaped Gollum.
Fitzgerald retitled Gatsby.
Angelou chronicled her life across seven books.
You can start again.
July 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Stevenson burnt his manuscript.
Shelley reimagined Frankenstein.
Tolkien reshaped Gollum.
Fitzgerald retitled Gatsby.
Angelou chronicled her life across seven books.
You can start again.
Shelley reimagined Frankenstein.
Tolkien reshaped Gollum.
Fitzgerald retitled Gatsby.
Angelou chronicled her life across seven books.
You can start again.
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Agree or disagree, educator @eduwordsmith.bsky.social and Miss Black's Ss have the tools they need to express their opinions!
Check it out:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/j70fe...
Check it out:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/j70fe...
April 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Agree or disagree, educator @eduwordsmith.bsky.social and Miss Black's Ss have the tools they need to express their opinions!
Check it out:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/j70fe...
Check it out:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/j70fe...
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Calling all educators! For research purposes and my general curiosity, what planning tools, strategies or methods do you find most effective when helping students plan their writing? 🤔 #writing #teaching #education #edubluesky
April 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Calling all educators! For research purposes and my general curiosity, what planning tools, strategies or methods do you find most effective when helping students plan their writing? 🤔 #writing #teaching #education #edubluesky
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Just because pupils can’t decode, it doesn’t mean they can’t access demanding texts.
‘That will be too hard for my class!’ is often the response when I’m making the case for providing pupils in primary and secondary with interesting demanding texts.
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‘That will be too hard for my class!’ is often the response when I’m making the case for providing pupils in primary and secondary with interesting demanding texts.
/1
April 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Just because pupils can’t decode, it doesn’t mean they can’t access demanding texts.
‘That will be too hard for my class!’ is often the response when I’m making the case for providing pupils in primary and secondary with interesting demanding texts.
/1
‘That will be too hard for my class!’ is often the response when I’m making the case for providing pupils in primary and secondary with interesting demanding texts.
/1
Calling all educators! For research purposes and my general curiosity, what planning tools, strategies or methods do you find most effective when helping students plan their writing? 🤔 #writing #teaching #education #edubluesky
April 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Calling all educators! For research purposes and my general curiosity, what planning tools, strategies or methods do you find most effective when helping students plan their writing? 🤔 #writing #teaching #education #edubluesky
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Nursery Child comes in from the garden: “A leaf has fallen off a tree but, that’s all right, we can fix it onto another tree. One without a leaf”
Me: “Oh?”
Child: “Another tree will look after it & the leaf will grow”
Me: “On a new tree!”
Child: “That’s how they grow so big…they help each other”
Me: “Oh?”
Child: “Another tree will look after it & the leaf will grow”
Me: “On a new tree!”
Child: “That’s how they grow so big…they help each other”
February 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Nursery Child comes in from the garden: “A leaf has fallen off a tree but, that’s all right, we can fix it onto another tree. One without a leaf”
Me: “Oh?”
Child: “Another tree will look after it & the leaf will grow”
Me: “On a new tree!”
Child: “That’s how they grow so big…they help each other”
Me: “Oh?”
Child: “Another tree will look after it & the leaf will grow”
Me: “On a new tree!”
Child: “That’s how they grow so big…they help each other”
The progress from mark-making to sentences is incredible. Putting this display together reminded me of the amazing milestones children achieve on their writing journey from EYFS to Year 2!
#writing #education #showcase #display #learningenvironment
#writing #education #showcase #display #learningenvironment
February 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The progress from mark-making to sentences is incredible. Putting this display together reminded me of the amazing milestones children achieve on their writing journey from EYFS to Year 2!
#writing #education #showcase #display #learningenvironment
#writing #education #showcase #display #learningenvironment
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The reviews have started to come in for The Diverse Curriculum and I’m so excited that I want to give a copy away to one lovely person/school! If you’d like a copy, repost, follow and introduce yourself. I will draw names out of a hat in one week precisely!
January 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The reviews have started to come in for The Diverse Curriculum and I’m so excited that I want to give a copy away to one lovely person/school! If you’d like a copy, repost, follow and introduce yourself. I will draw names out of a hat in one week precisely!
Good evening everyone! We've been focusing on adaptive teaching and how we develop scaffolds across subjects. In the spirit of the old #Edutwitter, I wanted to share them. If you find them useful, feel free to download them here. 📝👇 tinyurl.com/3p2f4nnn #education #pedagogy #resources #teaching
January 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Good evening everyone! We've been focusing on adaptive teaching and how we develop scaffolds across subjects. In the spirit of the old #Edutwitter, I wanted to share them. If you find them useful, feel free to download them here. 📝👇 tinyurl.com/3p2f4nnn #education #pedagogy #resources #teaching
"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." - Maya Angelou
Using a child-centric approach to engage our readers with colour and themes in lower key stage two. Supporting our school librarians to organise and act as the custodians of our shelves. 🌈 #reading #readingcommunity
Using a child-centric approach to engage our readers with colour and themes in lower key stage two. Supporting our school librarians to organise and act as the custodians of our shelves. 🌈 #reading #readingcommunity
January 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." - Maya Angelou
Using a child-centric approach to engage our readers with colour and themes in lower key stage two. Supporting our school librarians to organise and act as the custodians of our shelves. 🌈 #reading #readingcommunity
Using a child-centric approach to engage our readers with colour and themes in lower key stage two. Supporting our school librarians to organise and act as the custodians of our shelves. 🌈 #reading #readingcommunity
Great article in the @rspb.bsky.social magazine. One to save and share for inspiring young philanthropists in schools. @aneeshwar.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Great article in the @rspb.bsky.social magazine. One to save and share for inspiring young philanthropists in schools. @aneeshwar.bsky.social
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“I have too many books”
-judgemental
-boring
-implies impulse-control issues
“The books... they have me.”
- mysterious
- occult
- implies you are at the mercy of a library of books that have gained sentience and are holding you hostage
#readingcommunity
-judgemental
-boring
-implies impulse-control issues
“The books... they have me.”
- mysterious
- occult
- implies you are at the mercy of a library of books that have gained sentience and are holding you hostage
#readingcommunity
December 7, 2024 at 1:58 PM
“I have too many books”
-judgemental
-boring
-implies impulse-control issues
“The books... they have me.”
- mysterious
- occult
- implies you are at the mercy of a library of books that have gained sentience and are holding you hostage
#readingcommunity
-judgemental
-boring
-implies impulse-control issues
“The books... they have me.”
- mysterious
- occult
- implies you are at the mercy of a library of books that have gained sentience and are holding you hostage
#readingcommunity
Spotted today on the shelves of WH Smith and Sainsburys. Many texts struggling for shelf space, underrepresented against the wall of celeb to author pipeline. Lots of familiar staples that are becoming stuck in the nostalgia pendulum. @theclpe.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Spotted today on the shelves of WH Smith and Sainsburys. Many texts struggling for shelf space, underrepresented against the wall of celeb to author pipeline. Lots of familiar staples that are becoming stuck in the nostalgia pendulum. @theclpe.bsky.social
Had to send one of my hearing aids off for repair today. Both need to be sent but I asked to keep one. I have had several colds this half-term and my hearing has taken a huge dip. I've always struggled with my hearing in my role but this last week has been tough.
November 30, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Had to send one of my hearing aids off for repair today. Both need to be sent but I asked to keep one. I have had several colds this half-term and my hearing has taken a huge dip. I've always struggled with my hearing in my role but this last week has been tough.
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Birth to 5 matters is such a great document and it’s wonderful to see the DFE actively sharing it and promoting its use.
This is an excellent reflection on how those in the sector can work together in the best interests of children. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This is an excellent reflection on how those in the sector can work together in the best interests of children. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The development of Birth to Five Matters guidance: reflections on the critical agency and collective advocacy of an English early childhood coalition
In 2019, the English government embarked upon revision to the statutory Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) document and to associated non-statutory guidance. At the time, concerns were raised that...
www.tandfonline.com
November 30, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Birth to 5 matters is such a great document and it’s wonderful to see the DFE actively sharing it and promoting its use.
This is an excellent reflection on how those in the sector can work together in the best interests of children. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This is an excellent reflection on how those in the sector can work together in the best interests of children. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you read anything today, let it be this: a reminder that we cannot reflect realities when many narratives distort or obscure lived experience. Inclusive narratives don't just foster empathy, they affirm identity. We need a basic standard requirement for inclusion in literature to turn this tide.
The report shows the number of racially minoritised main characters has dropped by half to 7% in 2023, compared to 14% in 2022.
November 30, 2024 at 11:07 AM
If you read anything today, let it be this: a reminder that we cannot reflect realities when many narratives distort or obscure lived experience. Inclusive narratives don't just foster empathy, they affirm identity. We need a basic standard requirement for inclusion in literature to turn this tide.
Scraping left over royal icing from my child's birthday cake board is not how I pictured my evening but here we are. 😂🎂
a woman in a red dress has frosting on her face .
ALT: a woman in a red dress has frosting on her face .
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November 28, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Scraping left over royal icing from my child's birthday cake board is not how I pictured my evening but here we are. 😂🎂
If I said, "Writing has more faces than the town hall clock!"
What is your immediate response/reference?
What is your immediate response/reference?
November 25, 2024 at 8:42 PM
If I said, "Writing has more faces than the town hall clock!"
What is your immediate response/reference?
What is your immediate response/reference?
Writing one line a day in this diary has become my little daily ritual. A way to pause and reflect after a busy day. 📖🙏
November 23, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Writing one line a day in this diary has become my little daily ritual. A way to pause and reflect after a busy day. 📖🙏
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Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (19th century): one who pays great attention to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.
November 21, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (19th century): one who pays great attention to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.
The Tortured Poets Department. 💙📚
November 18, 2024 at 2:19 PM
The Tortured Poets Department. 💙📚
Speaking Up: Opening Doors with Oracy. mrsdysonlovesreading.wordpress.com/2021/10/20/s...
Speaking up: opening doors with Oracy.
Context Every year Oxford and Cambridge University receive more than 23,000 applications. Applicants will usually hold a royal flush of A* grades in their hands and the blood, sweat and tears that …
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November 17, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Speaking Up: Opening Doors with Oracy. mrsdysonlovesreading.wordpress.com/2021/10/20/s...
Are you listening to me? (Writing this as a wearer of bilateral hearing aids 🤔) mrsdysonlovesreading.wordpress.com/2022/05/03/a...
Are you listening to me?
Is there a difference between listening and hearing? How do we create a classroom and a culture of listeners? How do you know you are being listened to? In and out of class, we may at times find ou…
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November 17, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Are you listening to me? (Writing this as a wearer of bilateral hearing aids 🤔) mrsdysonlovesreading.wordpress.com/2022/05/03/a...
Thank you to everyone who has followed and added me to a community. Here to talk all things English including the '4 Rs'. Passionate about equity in speaking, reading and writing. Avid reader and writer. 📚💙
November 17, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Thank you to everyone who has followed and added me to a community. Here to talk all things English including the '4 Rs'. Passionate about equity in speaking, reading and writing. Avid reader and writer. 📚💙