Lynda Graham
@lyndajgraham.bsky.social
Croydon NEU Committee. UKLA Book Awards team
Primary schools are hit by strikes over 'toxic bullying culture' insidecroydon.com/2026/07/15/p...
Primary schools are hit by strikes over ‘toxic bullying culture’
There were lively lines of GMB and NEU pickets outside both entrances to St Joseph’s Nursery, Infant and Junior schools off Crown Dale in Upper Norwood this morning. Teachers and school support sta…
insidecroydon.com
Primary schools closed by strikes over 'toxic bullying culture' insidecroydon.com/2026/07/15/p... #Croydon #Bullying @neunion.bsky.social @gmblondonregion.bsky.social @gmbsouthern.bsky.social
Primary schools closed by strikes over ‘toxic bullying culture’
There were lively lines of GMB and NEU pickets outside both entrances to St Joseph’s Nursery, Infant and Junior schools off Crown Dale in Upper Norwood this morning. Teachers and school support sta…
insidecroydon.com
UKLA Members, repost to be in with a chance of winning this month's #lucky13 A funny and sublimely ridiculous pacifist story about playground squabbling and peace – and a first children’s book from a bestselling author and world-renowned French illustrator. 5 signed copies are up for grabs!
The winner of this year's UKLA Book Award in the Info 3-14+ Category is... Frog - Written by Isabel Thomas and illustrated by Daniel Egnéus! #kidslit #bookawards #nationalyearofreading #goallin2026 #ukla26
The winner of this year's UKLA Book Award in the 3-6+ Category is... Don't Think of Tigers - Written and illustrated by Alex Latimer #kidslit #bookawards #nationalyearofreading #goallin2026 #ukla26
The winner of this year's UKLA Book Award in the 7-10+ Category is... Reek - Written by Alastair Chisholm and illustrated by George Caltsoudas #kidslit #bookawards #nationalyearofreading #goallin2026 #ukla26
The winner of this year's UKLA Book Award in the 11-14+ Category is... Wolf Siren - Written by Beth O'Brien #kidslit #bookawards #nationalyearofreading #goallin2026 #ukla26
Your 2026 UKLA Book Award Winners and Shadowers' Choice Winners are here! Which is your favourite? Read the press release to find out more about the titles and awards process here: buff.ly/T23BX9w
GIVEAWAY TIME! UKLA Members, repost to be in with a chance of winning this month's #lucky13 From the brilliant @mattgoodfellowpoet, the bestselling author of The Final Year comes Six Weeks - a story of love, loss, family, repair and hope. 5 signed copies are up for grabs!
Old housemates, old school friends, family members, - they even asked a local launderette for an itinerary of what I've had washed! All this from billionaire owned media because they don't want a party to continue growing that challenges power & wealth. Join.greenparty.org.uk
Thank you to our wonderful teacher judges who brought such passion and insight to our #UKLABookAwards final panel in Glasgow today: six hours of the very best discussions about our brilliant shortlisted books and what they have meant to both teachers and children! @uklitassociation.bsky.social
GIVEAWAY TIME! Excuse earlier's preview of next month's Lucky 13th. This month's is... The Shipwreck Atlas: an immersive, expert, accessible guide through 50+ shipwrecks lost to the treacherous seven seas. UKLA Members, repost to be in with a chance of winning a copy!
It's ex-teacher v 'technocrat' in Mayor debate on education insidecroydon.com/2026/05/04/i... #Croydon #Education #LocalElections @neunion.bsky.social
It’s ex-teacher v ‘technocrat’ in Mayor debate on education
The National Education Union in Croydon sent a set of questions to the leading mayoral candidates standing for election this Thursday. Disappointingly, as far as the NEU branch secretary, Joe Flynn…
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Four face cybercrime charges over Croydon selection scandal insidecroydon.com/2026/04/21/f... #Croydon #Anonyvoter #VoteRigging #Fix #TheFraud @josiahmortimer.bsky.social @direthoughts.com
Four face cybercrime charges over Croydon selection scandal
A former councillor close to Tony Newman and Simon Hall and a friend of cabinet minister Steve Reed are among those due in court next month following a lengthy police investigation. By STEVEN DOWNE…
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Fantastic offer from @uklitassociation.bsky.social UKLA members - RT now to be in with a chance!
UKLA@uklitassociation.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis month's #lucky13th giveaway is... Patrick Ness' PIPER AT THE GATES OF DUSK, the first in a new trilogy set in New World, twenty years after the groundbreaking YA trilogy; Chaos Walking. Members, reshare this post to win! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #nationalyearofreading2026 #goallin2026
This month's #lucky13th giveaway is... Patrick Ness' PIPER AT THE GATES OF DUSK, the first in a new trilogy set in New World, twenty years after the groundbreaking YA trilogy; Chaos Walking. Members, reshare this post to win! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #nationalyearofreading2026 #goallin2026
Class sizes in England are among the highest in Europe, putting huge pressure on staff and reducing the support pupils receive. Have your say in our online indicative ballot on pay, funding and workload. 🗳️ Vote now 👉 NEUActivate.com #SaveEducation
The writing lives of working-class children writing4pleasure.com/the-writing-...
The writing lives of working-class children
download this article ‘We can’t give children rich lives, but we can give them the lens to appreciate the richness that is already there’ – Lucy Calkins The writing lives of working-cla…
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Experienced teachers are leaving in their droves and not being replaced. We believe children deserve a minimum level of education at all times – including enough teachers. Vote now in online indicative ballot for fair pay and properly funded schools. 👉 NEUActivate.com #SaveEducation
This afternoon at #NEU2026 Zack Polanski, leader of The Green Party, spoke out about the cost of living crisis and its impact on schools. He also spoke of the incredible Together Alliance march and committed the Greens to reverse the real-terms cuts in school budgets. Read more 👇
"Mr Polanski added: “We have a plan to tax the extreme wealth being hoarded in this country. “We need to make sure that money can flow around the economy to where it’s really needed, like our schools.” www.theargus.co.uk/news/2598196...
Education in the UK has been pushed to the brink, Zack Polanski tells conference
Education in the UK has been pushed to the brink, the leader of the Greens has said, as he pledged his party would provide more money for schools by…
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1) Encourage pupils to enter the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition, part of @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social. Open to young writers age 19 and under and the theme, inspired by GLASGOW BOYS by Margaret McDonald, is a place you love or someone you know very well branfordboaseaward.org.uk/hbwc/
I was a longlist judge for the picturebook category. I can guarantee all those are absolutely brilliant…
UKLA@uklitassociation.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe time has come to bring you the 2026 UKLA Book Awards Shortlist! This year's list features a range of accessible and inclusive titles that really encourage reading for pleasure. Find out more here: ukla.org/ukla-book-aw... #kidslit #bookawards
The time has come to bring you the 2026 UKLA Book Awards Shortlist! This year's list features a range of accessible and inclusive titles that really encourage reading for pleasure. Find out more here: ukla.org/ukla-book-aw... #kidslit #bookawards
Excited to be in Glasgow for our @uklitassociation.bsky.social Book Awards shortlisting meeting - looking forward to some impassioned debates with all our brilliant teacher judges! @lyndajgraham.bsky.social @lockwoodcm.bsky.social @joyisreading.bsky.social
A wonderful afternoon of passionate discussion and debate about books, whittling down our longlists of 20 for each category to shortlists of 6 - the very best form of CPD! Look out for our shortlist announcements on Tuesday 24th March! @uklitassociation.bsky.social
