Matthew Courtney
@mattcourtney.bsky.social
👨🏻🏫 Director of Wandle Learning Partnership
🚀 Interested in Reading for Pleasure and children’s poetry
🚀 Interested in Reading for Pleasure and children’s poetry
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New Editorial Issue out now! 'Curriculum in Professional Practice: AI and the human dimensions of curriculum' edited by @gracehealy.bsky.social, @mattcourtney.bsky.social & @hermionepaddle.bsky.social is now available containing 3 articles. Click here to view: doi.org/10.1002/curj...
October 6, 2026 at 5:15 AM
New Editorial Issue out now! 'Curriculum in Professional Practice: AI and the human dimensions of curriculum' edited by @gracehealy.bsky.social, @mattcourtney.bsky.social & @hermionepaddle.bsky.social is now available containing 3 articles. Click here to view: doi.org/10.1002/curj...
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We've worked with Wandle English Hub to create Sharing Stories at Home, new resources helping teachers to host engaging and practical workshops about shared reading for families in Reception.
Here's Matthew Courtney from Wandle English Hub to explain how we went about it!
👉 https://bit.ly/4cWz7IC
Here's Matthew Courtney from Wandle English Hub to explain how we went about it!
👉 https://bit.ly/4cWz7IC
September 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
We've worked with Wandle English Hub to create Sharing Stories at Home, new resources helping teachers to host engaging and practical workshops about shared reading for families in Reception.
Here's Matthew Courtney from Wandle English Hub to explain how we went about it!
👉 https://bit.ly/4cWz7IC
Here's Matthew Courtney from Wandle English Hub to explain how we went about it!
👉 https://bit.ly/4cWz7IC
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ATTENTION TEACHERS! Would you like to have a poet in your school, but struggling for cash? You can apply for a £500 grant, courtesy of Tower Poetry Schools Grant. Info here: www.chch.ox.ac.uk/tower-poetry... Please check out my website to book me: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk. Pls share! #EduSky #BookSky
Tower Poetry Schools Grants
www.chch.ox.ac.uk
September 16, 2026 at 3:19 PM
ATTENTION TEACHERS! Would you like to have a poet in your school, but struggling for cash? You can apply for a £500 grant, courtesy of Tower Poetry Schools Grant. Info here: www.chch.ox.ac.uk/tower-poetry... Please check out my website to book me: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk. Pls share! #EduSky #BookSky
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📚 We know the transition to school is a critical time for reading enjoyment.
Our Sharing Stories at Home workshops for families - created in partnership with Wandle English Hub - are now available, helping you to support reading for pleasure among your newest pupils 👇
https://bit.ly/4xVS7zx
Our Sharing Stories at Home workshops for families - created in partnership with Wandle English Hub - are now available, helping you to support reading for pleasure among your newest pupils 👇
https://bit.ly/4xVS7zx
September 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
📚 We know the transition to school is a critical time for reading enjoyment.
Our Sharing Stories at Home workshops for families - created in partnership with Wandle English Hub - are now available, helping you to support reading for pleasure among your newest pupils 👇
https://bit.ly/4xVS7zx
Our Sharing Stories at Home workshops for families - created in partnership with Wandle English Hub - are now available, helping you to support reading for pleasure among your newest pupils 👇
https://bit.ly/4xVS7zx
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In our recent webinar, @mattcourtney.bsky.social from Wandle English Hub shared strategies to support families with reading as children start school.
Find out why starting school is such a critical moment for reading enjoyment in our new evidence-informed guide. https://bit.ly/4gIsPys
Find out why starting school is such a critical moment for reading enjoyment in our new evidence-informed guide. https://bit.ly/4gIsPys
August 24, 2026 at 4:12 PM
In our recent webinar, @mattcourtney.bsky.social from Wandle English Hub shared strategies to support families with reading as children start school.
Find out why starting school is such a critical moment for reading enjoyment in our new evidence-informed guide. https://bit.ly/4gIsPys
Find out why starting school is such a critical moment for reading enjoyment in our new evidence-informed guide. https://bit.ly/4gIsPys
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My 2026-27 overview of picturebook assembly suggestions is now ready. I've continued to focus on empathy and inclusion, linking the book selections to significant dates across the year.
I really hope it's useful. The link can be found here: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
I really hope it's useful. The link can be found here: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
August 25, 2026 at 1:04 PM
My 2026-27 overview of picturebook assembly suggestions is now ready. I've continued to focus on empathy and inclusion, linking the book selections to significant dates across the year.
I really hope it's useful. The link can be found here: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
I really hope it's useful. The link can be found here: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
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In our recent webinar, we heard from @mattcourtney.bsky.social at Wandle English Hub, with practical strategies to support reading as children start school.
Find out why starting school is such a critical moment for reading enjoyment in our new evidence-informed guide. https://bit.ly/4aXulK0
Find out why starting school is such a critical moment for reading enjoyment in our new evidence-informed guide. https://bit.ly/4aXulK0
July 19, 2026 at 9:01 AM
In our recent webinar, we heard from @mattcourtney.bsky.social at Wandle English Hub, with practical strategies to support reading as children start school.
Find out why starting school is such a critical moment for reading enjoyment in our new evidence-informed guide. https://bit.ly/4aXulK0
Find out why starting school is such a critical moment for reading enjoyment in our new evidence-informed guide. https://bit.ly/4aXulK0
I’m looking forward to speaking at this @booktrust.org.uk webinar on starting school
📣 One week to go!
Join BookTrust and expert speakers on 2 July to discover our latest research and hear practical tips for sustaining a reading habit as children join primary school.
Sign up now: https://bit.ly/4g3SYbc
Join BookTrust and expert speakers on 2 July to discover our latest research and hear practical tips for sustaining a reading habit as children join primary school.
Sign up now: https://bit.ly/4g3SYbc
June 24, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I’m looking forward to speaking at this @booktrust.org.uk webinar on starting school
We are excited to be expanding our English Hub team.
We are recruiting a Deputy English Hub Lead. If you’re passionate about literacy in the Reception year have a look at this opportunity: mynewterm.com/jobs/1577773...
We are recruiting a Deputy English Hub Lead. If you’re passionate about literacy in the Reception year have a look at this opportunity: mynewterm.com/jobs/1577773...
April 27, 2026 at 4:48 PM
We are excited to be expanding our English Hub team.
We are recruiting a Deputy English Hub Lead. If you’re passionate about literacy in the Reception year have a look at this opportunity: mynewterm.com/jobs/1577773...
We are recruiting a Deputy English Hub Lead. If you’re passionate about literacy in the Reception year have a look at this opportunity: mynewterm.com/jobs/1577773...
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🚨New Editorial alert: 'Curriculum in professional practice: Perspectives on curriculum reform and inclusive practices' by @gracehealy.bsky.social, @mattcourtney.bsky.social & @hermionepaddle.bsky.social Click here to read: bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
March 18, 2026 at 12:57 PM
🚨New Editorial alert: 'Curriculum in professional practice: Perspectives on curriculum reform and inclusive practices' by @gracehealy.bsky.social, @mattcourtney.bsky.social & @hermionepaddle.bsky.social Click here to read: bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Happy World Book Day! I’m really pleased to share a blog post co-written with Kate Sayer and @debbiethomas.bsky.social, published on the DfE Teaching Blog today.
March 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Happy World Book Day! I’m really pleased to share a blog post co-written with Kate Sayer and @debbiethomas.bsky.social, published on the DfE Teaching Blog today.
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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
February 25, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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
At Wandle English Hub, we loved working with World Book Day and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social on this podcast series 🎧📚
Looking for how you can support reading for fun in your setting?
In our new podcast series, we explore how research, practice and partnership can embed World Book Day into a powerful Reading for Pleasure strategy.
Find out more here - https://ow.ly/8tAS50YkiPT
In our new podcast series, we explore how research, practice and partnership can embed World Book Day into a powerful Reading for Pleasure strategy.
Find out more here - https://ow.ly/8tAS50YkiPT
February 24, 2026 at 12:35 PM
At Wandle English Hub, we loved working with World Book Day and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social on this podcast series 🎧📚
We’re growing our English Hub team!
📚If you’re based in London and passionate about Reading for Pleasure, reading, writing and language development do have a look at these part-time secondment roles.
www.wandleenglishhub.org.uk/who-we-are/j...
📚If you’re based in London and passionate about Reading for Pleasure, reading, writing and language development do have a look at these part-time secondment roles.
www.wandleenglishhub.org.uk/who-we-are/j...
February 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We’re growing our English Hub team!
📚If you’re based in London and passionate about Reading for Pleasure, reading, writing and language development do have a look at these part-time secondment roles.
www.wandleenglishhub.org.uk/who-we-are/j...
📚If you’re based in London and passionate about Reading for Pleasure, reading, writing and language development do have a look at these part-time secondment roles.
www.wandleenglishhub.org.uk/who-we-are/j...
"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.
It was interesting to listen to the Education Select Committee session on the decline in the number of children reading for pleasure.
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
"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.
It was interesting to listen to the Education Select Committee session on the decline in the number of children reading for pleasure.
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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 worked with teachers and school leaders to discuss what taking a strategic approach to World Book Day looks like.
January 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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 worked with teachers and school leaders to discuss what taking a strategic approach to World Book Day looks like.
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Thank you to all those primary teachers filling this in for us! If you are involved with KS2, we'd love to hear from you! Please share @ruthswailes.bsky.social @uklitassociation.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social @writingrocks.bsky.social
Are you a KS2 teacher? We're adding an extra dimension to our survey of poetry at KS3 by asking some KS2 teachers to respond to one question. Please could you take 2 mins to click this link & answer the question? Huge thanks! www.surveymonkey.com/r/MapKS2Coll...
Mapping Poetry: A Question for Primary Colleagues
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
www.surveymonkey.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Thank you to all those primary teachers filling this in for us! If you are involved with KS2, we'd love to hear from you! Please share @ruthswailes.bsky.social @uklitassociation.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social @writingrocks.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 worked with teachers and school leaders to discuss what taking a strategic approach to World Book Day looks like.
January 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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 worked with teachers and school leaders to discuss what taking a strategic approach to World Book Day looks like.
Today I opened a delivery of 60 children’s poetry books and I’m not sure how I am meant to get any work done this week
January 26, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Today I opened a delivery of 60 children’s poetry books and I’m not sure how I am meant to get any work done this week
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The survey is closing on Fri 30th Jan, so get your response in before that of you’re a secondary English teacher and want your views to be counted!
PHENOMENAL response to this from English teachers so far! We'd love to have even more, so keep those responses coming. We'll be able to offer a really good picture of what's happening & what English teachers feel about the teaching of poetry in secondary schools.
English teacher? 5 mins to spare? Your view is essential!
How is poetry being taught in secondary schools today?
We’re mapping the national picture in England & will report on it.
5 minute survey: tinyurl.com/238cz6mu
Supported by Christ Church's Tower Poetry Development Grant
How is poetry being taught in secondary schools today?
We’re mapping the national picture in England & will report on it.
5 minute survey: tinyurl.com/238cz6mu
Supported by Christ Church's Tower Poetry Development Grant
January 22, 2026 at 5:15 PM
The survey is closing on Fri 30th Jan, so get your response in before that of you’re a secondary English teacher and want your views to be counted!
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HOORAY! It's the National Year of Reading so we're launching our largest ever London Primary Schools Programme, over 22,000 places FREE for state schools from Twickenham Stadium to Tower Hamlets. Celebrating the National Year of Reading every year since 2015! www.barneskidslitfest.org/schools/
January 14, 2026 at 6:57 PM
HOORAY! It's the National Year of Reading so we're launching our largest ever London Primary Schools Programme, over 22,000 places FREE for state schools from Twickenham Stadium to Tower Hamlets. Celebrating the National Year of Reading every year since 2015! www.barneskidslitfest.org/schools/
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"THE BIG GREEN BOOKS 500 CLUB"
I started this last July.
Thanks to you, we've been able to send £500 of books to two schools.
We're now close to the next £500 (thanks!).
If you're a school and you could do with £500 of books, check this out.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
I started this last July.
Thanks to you, we've been able to send £500 of books to two schools.
We're now close to the next £500 (thanks!).
If you're a school and you could do with £500 of books, check this out.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
January 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
"THE BIG GREEN BOOKS 500 CLUB"
I started this last July.
Thanks to you, we've been able to send £500 of books to two schools.
We're now close to the next £500 (thanks!).
If you're a school and you could do with £500 of books, check this out.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
I started this last July.
Thanks to you, we've been able to send £500 of books to two schools.
We're now close to the next £500 (thanks!).
If you're a school and you could do with £500 of books, check this out.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
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📣 Competition alert!
Our brilliant #WriterInResidence Matt Goodfellow has launched his poetry competition for children - and his favourite entries will win a signed bundle of his books!
Enter by Friday 30 January - more details here👇
https://bit.ly/3Khwki9
Our brilliant #WriterInResidence Matt Goodfellow has launched his poetry competition for children - and his favourite entries will win a signed bundle of his books!
Enter by Friday 30 January - more details here👇
https://bit.ly/3Khwki9
Writer in Residence Matt Goodfellow announces his poetry competition
Send in your poems to win a bundle of signed books!
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December 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
📣 Competition alert!
Our brilliant #WriterInResidence Matt Goodfellow has launched his poetry competition for children - and his favourite entries will win a signed bundle of his books!
Enter by Friday 30 January - more details here👇
https://bit.ly/3Khwki9
Our brilliant #WriterInResidence Matt Goodfellow has launched his poetry competition for children - and his favourite entries will win a signed bundle of his books!
Enter by Friday 30 January - more details here👇
https://bit.ly/3Khwki9