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Caroline Bilton

@bilton_c

Content Specialist (Literacy) with EEF @EducEndowFoundn. Primary class teacher of 30 years, assistant head and English lead. Reading matters 📖📚

Joined December 2012
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Learning opportunities are everywhere! This animation from ⁦@EducEndowFoundn⁩ is to support families see the learning in anything...especially when it’s fish fingers for tea! youtu.be/wZ-4JPQRvHc
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BBC Culture@BBC_Culture3 Aug 2020
"The great thing about reading is that it turns human experience into a kind of object that you can look at and turn over," says @MichaelRosenYes #TextualHealing
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Seven Stories@7Stories3 Aug 2020
This week's #publisherinfocus is @lantanapub who publish inclusive children's books celebrating diversity, social equality & environmental sustainability. They believe all children deserve to see themselves in the books they read & we couldn't agree more. lantanapublishing.com

Lantana Publishing | Inclusive Children’s Books

Lantana Publishing is an award-winning independent children’s book publisher UK creating inclusive, thoughtful stories that celebrate diversity, empathy, and connection.

lantanapublishing.com
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EEF@EducEndowFoundn3 Aug 2020
NOW RECRUITING We're looking for primary schools to join an EEF-funded trial of Flexible Phonics. The project aims to train Reception teachers to optimise and complement their existing phonics teaching. Find out more: bit.ly/32nI2PU
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Mathew Tobin@Mat_at_Brookes29 Jul 2020
In amending and improving my module on Literature in the Primary School I keep returning to the @EducEndowFoundn Recommendations. I do think this useful poster will go a long way to encourage richer, critical discourses between students' on the links between theory and practice.
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EEF@EducEndowFoundn27 Jul 2020
'Meta-Analysis of Impact of Reading Interventions for Students in the Primary Grades' - review of 33 studies, mean effect size +0.39: bit.ly/3g0oRQ3 (Via Best Evidence in Brief: bit.ly/2ZU47E6)
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Trust this - it's good advice!
EEF (@EducEndowFoundn) profile pictureEEF@EducEndowFoundn25 Jul 2020
Reading opportunities are everywhere. You can make anything a learning experience for your child, just follow the TRUST ideas to talk about anything your child enjoys reading: eef.li/vx4q7h Now with translations in Bengali, Lithuanian, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu.
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EEF@EducEndowFoundn25 Jul 2020
Reading opportunities are everywhere. You can make anything a learning experience for your child, just follow the TRUST ideas to talk about anything your child enjoys reading: eef.li/vx4q7h Now with translations in Bengali, Lithuanian, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu.
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EEF@EducEndowFoundn24 Jul 2020
NEW: Supporting reading at home - we have made several of our resources available in Polish, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, and Lithuanian. Here, for example, is '7 Top Tips to Support Reading at Home' in Bengali. Find them all here: eef.li/vx4q7h
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Excellent blog and vlog here on how to support and develop classroom talk by @hydeh_rose from @StMattResearch school, drawing on Robin Alexander's new book 'A dialogic teaching companion' researchschool.org.uk/stmatt… youtube.com/watch?v=eMJ9bBRU…
How to Support Classroom Talk - Part 1

How to Support Classroom Talk - Part 1

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Love these! Reading is a gift that we give to our children 📚 @clpe1
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Seven Stories@7Stories17 Jul 2020
We love to see children enjoying books & creative activities with their families. This week’s #StoryKitchen book Chapatti Moon by @pippagoodhart has been used to inspire families to make their own chapattis & curry thanks to @thefoodnation. #SomethingtoSmileAbout @BlueStoneConsor
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EEF@EducEndowFoundn16 Jul 2020
"Our ideas and activities are easy to build into your daily routine." The BBC's #TinyHappyPeople has been designed to develop children’s language and communication skills, based on expert advice and evidence. Find out more here: bbc.in/2Ovk5xX
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Tes magazine@tes15 Jul 2020
New research from the @OxUniPress finds teachers across primary and secondary are worried about the impact Covid school closures will have on vocabulary development tes.com/news/coronavirus-sch…
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EEF@EducEndowFoundn15 Jul 2020
Our final EEF News Alert of the school year was sent to its 36,000+ subscribers today - including this end-of-term message from our chief executive, @BeckyFrancis7. You can read it here: mailchi.mp/eefoundation/news… Subscribe, free, here: eef.li/news-alerts
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Sonia@son1bun13 Jul 2020
Guilty as charged! 🥰😳📚😳🥰
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Jellytot@sergeantjulie13 Jul 2020
Replying to @chemDrK @EducEndowFoundn @bilton_c
Just watched this after being sent the link from a reading project I’m part of. Your enthusiasm and passion for reading positively leaps out from the screen @bilton_c ! Thank you so much, can’t wait to share this with colleagues next term 🤩
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Let's widen what counts as reading... 🧶Join the #CircleOfReading and share your #ReadingforPleasure choices beyond fiction!🧶 RT and share! #ReadingTogether @TeresaCremin
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EEF@EducEndowFoundn13 Jul 2020
NEW BLOG: Getting transition right - four practical, evidence-based strategies to support pupils moving from Year 6 to Year 7 EEF's @kirsten_mould - a serving school leader and SENCo - highlights some of the provision her school is putting in place: eef.li/89FkUi
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How can reading for pleasure support students' social and emotional needs as they return to school? NEW blog from @StMattResearch brings the @EducEndowFoundn's SEL guidance report to life by looking at the example of reading for pleasure. Read here: buff.ly/3gSPiYb
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