Looking forward to facilitating a Talking about Texts Matters workshop at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social and National Literacy Trust conference next week! literacytrust.org.uk/events/prima... We’ll be mardling about mags and music! @jonbiddle.bsky.social do join us!
Teresa Cremin
@teresacremin.bsky.social
Professor of Education (Literacy), The Open University. Fellow EA, RSA and AcSS. Committed to social justice and reading for pleasure. RfP Website: https://ourfp.org Own profile: https://www.open.ac.uk/people/tmc242
Wow ! Such a rich, fun and authentic session with Nate Lessore today and 2000 Young people! @kashleyenglish.bsky.social
Last call for our Reconnecting Teens and Texts Conference - March 6th- Milton Keynes. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/overcoming... It’ll be an inspiring day! We have just 5 tickets left! @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social @rootedinreading.bsky.social
Last call for our Reconnecting Teens and Texts Conference - March 6th- Milton Keynes. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/overcoming... It’ll be an inspiring day! We have just 5 tickets left! @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social @rootedinreading.bsky.social
I’m really proud to have worked on this new podcast series with @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social. We worked with teachers and school leaders to discuss what taking a strategic approach to World Book Day looks like.
"We can't make children read for pleasure... but we can entice, invite, model, engage..." @teresacremin.bsky.social It was interesting to listen to the Education Select Committee session on the decline in the number of children reading for pleasure.
This is why we slowed down our phonics learning and built in a school wide reading for pleasure programme (thank you @teresacremin.bsky.social and team). CLPE has helped us to shift away from atomised grammar and we have 'every place is a reading place' nooks and crannies all over. Our kids ❤️ books.
From the full report: "Despite the regular comprehension HQIM use and focus...in 67% of the lessons, teachers and students engaged in work (i.e., instruction, engagement, and activity) that only facilitated students’ surface-level understanding of texts." www.sri.com/wp-content/u...
‘If a drug boasted such benefits [as the arts] governments would be pouring billions into it. Instead, funding has been slashed across the culture sector.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
👏 Huge congratulations to @teresacremin.bsky.social on being awarded a CBE for services to education in the 2026 King’s New Year Honours List. Any Little Wandle members who have attended her Reading for Pleasure sessions will know just how well deserved this is.
With the National Year of Reading now here, a few people have asked if I'm running the online 'Building a Classroom Reading Community' session again. Doing it twice, on Sun 11th Jan and on Mon 12th Jan. Sun 11th Jan eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977168230... Mon 12th Jan eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977168128...
So delighted to share I’ve been awarded a CBE in the King’s New Year’s Honours List! Very much a shared honour- so many folk nurture #readingforpleasure - making a difference to today’s young people. @barbarableiman.bsky.social @karlduke8.bsky.social @whatsfsaid.bsky.social @misterbodd.bsky.social
Do join us on Tuesday for this free seminar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-to-r... it’ll be useful! @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @debrakidd.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social @jonny-walker.bsky.social @raesnape.bsky.social @primarychamp.bsky.social @benniekara.bsky.social please share! All welcome!
Write to Read: Motivating and Engaging Literacy Learners
Centre for Literacy and Social Justice Seminar
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Do join us at this free research and practice seminar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-to-r... @jonnybid.bsky.social @edfinch.bsky.social @firststory.bsky.social @minilebowski.bsky.social
Do join us at this free research and practice seminar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-to-r... @jonnybid.bsky.social @edfinch.bsky.social @firststory.bsky.social @minilebowski.bsky.social
How can schools and families inspire kids to love reading again? 🤔Join Prof. @teresacremin.bsky.social as she dives into the social side of reading—how connections with characters, peers, and teachers keep kids turning pages. Tune in! 📖💡 #psychologyintheclassroom changingstatesofmind.com/podcast
A sustained decline in children’s enjoyment in both reading and writing represents a global concern. This book uses the results of a three-year study to nurture young people’s engagement as readers and writers. spr.ly/63326Aju5A @teresacremin.bsky.social @drsjhulston.bsky.social
Reading and Writing for Pleasure: An Evidence-Informed Framework for Practice
Reading and writing for pleasure represent issues of global concern and interest in policy, research and practice, underpinned by evidence illustrating their importance for young people’s academic, social and emotional experiences and outcomes. In the face of a sustained decline in children’s enjoyment in both reading and writing, this highly significant book presents findings from a three-year study of research and practice that nurtures young people’s engagement as readers and writers. T
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For those who haven’t yet seen it the review is out! www.gov.uk/government/p... Primary recomm.’s include Oracy Framework -Grammar test revised - higher profile for drama and citizenship ed + @jonnybid.bsky.social @jonny-walker.bsky.social @primaryenglish.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social
Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report
The conclusions and recommendations of the independent review of the curriculum, assessment and qualifications system in England.
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Studies by @openuni-rfp.bsky.social, led by Professor @teresacremin.bsky.social, show that What on Earth! Magazine boosts children's engagement with reading in the classroom, including with reluctant readers 🎓 🔗 Read the full reports for each phase here: www.whatonearthmag.com/research
Excellent report on volitional reading by @teresacremin.bsky.social & others. A must-read for all teachers & senior leaders across the Key Stages. cdn.ourfp.org/wp-content/u....
Delighted this edition is now out with 64 contributors!! @primaryenglish.bsky.social @primaryteachew.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @openuni-rfp.bsky.social @rogmcdonald.bsky.social Built to last with classroom teachers voices too!
This short paper about the decline in volitional reading is definitely worth ten minutes of your time. "In an ecosystem which supports volitional reading, young people flourish and encourage each other as readers and learners." @teresacremin.bsky.social shorturl.at/PquEf
I’ve had the privilege of being able to read this- it was such a treat to subjects I don’t usually have time to explore. For those in training, and those who are not! bsky.app/profile/tere...
Delighted this edition is now out with 64 contributors!! @primaryenglish.bsky.social @primaryteachew.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @openuni-rfp.bsky.social @rogmcdonald.bsky.social Built to last with classroom teachers voices too!
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
Delighted this edition is now out with 64 contributors!! @primaryenglish.bsky.social @primaryteachew.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @openuni-rfp.bsky.social @rogmcdonald.bsky.social Built to last with classroom teachers voices too!
Delighted this edition is now out with 64 contributors!! @primaryenglish.bsky.social @primaryteachew.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @openuni-rfp.bsky.social @rogmcdonald.bsky.social Built to last with classroom teachers voices too!
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
Do share - The Summer Reading Challenge launches 🚀 today! At your local library! 📚 @jonnybid.bsky.social @whatsfsaid.bsky.social @smithsmm.bsky.social @rcharlesworth.bsky.social
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!
Wonderful keynote on non fiction reading - embodied and imagined by the brilliant Anezka Kuzmicova at @uklitassociation.bsky.social conference today! @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @debbiethomas.bsky.social
At @uklitassociation.bsky.social conference. 👏🏽 Fantastic 3 day event -lots to choose from: symposiums, workshops,research report & expert practice sessions, keynote from eg @teresacremin.bsky.social + look 👀 publications - incl on teenage reading; decline of volitional reading~well worth a read ! ⬇️