I'll be hosting a 500 Words BBC Live Lesson at 11am on 24 September for primary schools. Tell every teacher you know! #BBC500Words #BBCLiveLessons
September 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I'll be hosting a 500 Words BBC Live Lesson at 11am on 24 September for primary schools. Tell every teacher you know! #BBC500Words #BBCLiveLessons
“A wonderful afternoon with finalists of the #BBC500Words competition at Buckingham Palace this afternoon!” RF
February 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“A wonderful afternoon with finalists of the #BBC500Words competition at Buckingham Palace this afternoon!” RF
Looking forward to catching up the fabulous winners partners of the #BBC500words tomorrow!
@BeanoOfficial
@HeyPobble
@WorldBookDayUK
@oxfordchildrens
@Literacy_Trust
@BeanoOfficial
@HeyPobble
@WorldBookDayUK
@oxfordchildrens
@Literacy_Trust
February 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Looking forward to catching up the fabulous winners partners of the #BBC500words tomorrow!
@BeanoOfficial
@HeyPobble
@WorldBookDayUK
@oxfordchildrens
@Literacy_Trust
@BeanoOfficial
@HeyPobble
@WorldBookDayUK
@oxfordchildrens
@Literacy_Trust
We are so delighted to be one to the partners of #BBC500words Competition.
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-w...
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-w...
February 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We are so delighted to be one to the partners of #BBC500words Competition.
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-w...
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-w...
Big day! 🎉 Happy @WorldBookDayUK 📚✨
Don't forget to tune into a special @BBCTheOneShow at 7pm tonight to see the spectacular final of the @BBCTeach 500 Words Competition at Buckingham Palace and find out the winners! 🤩
#TheOneShow #BBC500Words
Don't forget to tune into a special @BBCTheOneShow at 7pm tonight to see the spectacular final of the @BBCTeach 500 Words Competition at Buckingham Palace and find out the winners! 🤩
#TheOneShow #BBC500Words
March 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Big day! 🎉 Happy @WorldBookDayUK 📚✨
Don't forget to tune into a special @BBCTheOneShow at 7pm tonight to see the spectacular final of the @BBCTeach 500 Words Competition at Buckingham Palace and find out the winners! 🤩
#TheOneShow #BBC500Words
Don't forget to tune into a special @BBCTheOneShow at 7pm tonight to see the spectacular final of the @BBCTeach 500 Words Competition at Buckingham Palace and find out the winners! 🤩
#TheOneShow #BBC500Words
Ready, set, write! 🏃📝 🤩
The #BBC500Words competition is OPEN for entries 🎉
For kids aged 5-11, this is their chance to unleash their imagination and share their stories with the world!
Competition closes 9pm Friday 7 November 2025 📅
Details, terms and privacy notices ➡️ bbc.co.uk/500words
The #BBC500Words competition is OPEN for entries 🎉
For kids aged 5-11, this is their chance to unleash their imagination and share their stories with the world!
Competition closes 9pm Friday 7 November 2025 📅
Details, terms and privacy notices ➡️ bbc.co.uk/500words
September 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ready, set, write! 🏃📝 🤩
The #BBC500Words competition is OPEN for entries 🎉
For kids aged 5-11, this is their chance to unleash their imagination and share their stories with the world!
Competition closes 9pm Friday 7 November 2025 📅
Details, terms and privacy notices ➡️ bbc.co.uk/500words
The #BBC500Words competition is OPEN for entries 🎉
For kids aged 5-11, this is their chance to unleash their imagination and share their stories with the world!
Competition closes 9pm Friday 7 November 2025 📅
Details, terms and privacy notices ➡️ bbc.co.uk/500words
here is what it is! “Once upon a time… The Queen hosted finalists and their families, alongside some special celebrity guests, for the Grand Final of BBC500Words.
The creative writing competition encourages children, 5-11 years old, to write a fictional story - using 500 words or fewer.”
The creative writing competition encourages children, 5-11 years old, to write a fictional story - using 500 words or fewer.”
March 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
here is what it is! “Once upon a time… The Queen hosted finalists and their families, alongside some special celebrity guests, for the Grand Final of BBC500Words.
The creative writing competition encourages children, 5-11 years old, to write a fictional story - using 500 words or fewer.”
The creative writing competition encourages children, 5-11 years old, to write a fictional story - using 500 words or fewer.”
⏰ It's the final countdown! ⏰
Not long left to submit your entries for #BBC500Words, the UK's largest children's story writing competition 🎉✍️
Remember: spelling, punctuation and grammar don't count, it's all about the creativity!
bbc.co.uk/500words.
Not long left to submit your entries for #BBC500Words, the UK's largest children's story writing competition 🎉✍️
Remember: spelling, punctuation and grammar don't count, it's all about the creativity!
bbc.co.uk/500words.
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
⏰ It's the final countdown! ⏰
Not long left to submit your entries for #BBC500Words, the UK's largest children's story writing competition 🎉✍️
Remember: spelling, punctuation and grammar don't count, it's all about the creativity!
bbc.co.uk/500words.
Not long left to submit your entries for #BBC500Words, the UK's largest children's story writing competition 🎉✍️
Remember: spelling, punctuation and grammar don't count, it's all about the creativity!
bbc.co.uk/500words.
📚✨ The Oxford Children's BBC 500 Words Report is here! ✨📚
5-11 year olds are penning tales about everything from Taylor Swift to capybaras, but the real standout? Their curiosity and awareness of the world around them. 🌍
#Kindness #LiteracyMatters #Empathy #primaryschool #BBC500Words
5-11 year olds are penning tales about everything from Taylor Swift to capybaras, but the real standout? Their curiosity and awareness of the world around them. 🌍
#Kindness #LiteracyMatters #Empathy #primaryschool #BBC500Words
March 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📚✨ The Oxford Children's BBC 500 Words Report is here! ✨📚
5-11 year olds are penning tales about everything from Taylor Swift to capybaras, but the real standout? Their curiosity and awareness of the world around them. 🌍
#Kindness #LiteracyMatters #Empathy #primaryschool #BBC500Words
5-11 year olds are penning tales about everything from Taylor Swift to capybaras, but the real standout? Their curiosity and awareness of the world around them. 🌍
#Kindness #LiteracyMatters #Empathy #primaryschool #BBC500Words
BBC 500 Words Competition launches TODAY!
It’s the UK’s largest writing competition for 5-11-year-olds and a wonderful way to inspire budding young authors! Find out all you need to know here: tinyurl.com/2xcnkfuh
#BBC500Words
It’s the UK’s largest writing competition for 5-11-year-olds and a wonderful way to inspire budding young authors! Find out all you need to know here: tinyurl.com/2xcnkfuh
#BBC500Words
September 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
BBC 500 Words Competition launches TODAY!
It’s the UK’s largest writing competition for 5-11-year-olds and a wonderful way to inspire budding young authors! Find out all you need to know here: tinyurl.com/2xcnkfuh
#BBC500Words
It’s the UK’s largest writing competition for 5-11-year-olds and a wonderful way to inspire budding young authors! Find out all you need to know here: tinyurl.com/2xcnkfuh
#BBC500Words
Continuing my search for #positivity ....
The children who wrote stories for the #BBC500Words project are truly inspiring.
And the six winners of the competition were unbelievably impressive at the presentation hosted by HRH The Queen.
🙂
t.co/7yY7lsC8E2
The children who wrote stories for the #BBC500Words project are truly inspiring.
And the six winners of the competition were unbelievably impressive at the presentation hosted by HRH The Queen.
🙂
t.co/7yY7lsC8E2
March 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Continuing my search for #positivity ....
The children who wrote stories for the #BBC500Words project are truly inspiring.
And the six winners of the competition were unbelievably impressive at the presentation hosted by HRH The Queen.
🙂
t.co/7yY7lsC8E2
The children who wrote stories for the #BBC500Words project are truly inspiring.
And the six winners of the competition were unbelievably impressive at the presentation hosted by HRH The Queen.
🙂
t.co/7yY7lsC8E2
We are so delighted to be one to the partners of #BBC500words Competition.
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-w...
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-w...
February 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
We are so delighted to be one to the partners of #BBC500words Competition.
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-w...
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-w...
Yay! #bbc500words judge's certificate! Fingers crossed my most favourite story makes the final 50 - it was wonderful!
November 22, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Yay! #bbc500words judge's certificate! Fingers crossed my most favourite story makes the final 50 - it was wonderful!
@itsdannyjones.bsky.social and Tom Fletcher will be (alongside Olivia Colman) be part of BBCs "500 words" in March
#BBC500words
#BBC500words
January 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
@itsdannyjones.bsky.social and Tom Fletcher will be (alongside Olivia Colman) be part of BBCs "500 words" in March
#BBC500words
#BBC500words
This week the winners of the BBC 500 Words competition were announced and Oxford University Press released their report revealing the words and themes used in over 43K stories. 🎉📖
Fascinating insight into children’s language! #BBC500Words @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-wo...
Fascinating insight into children’s language! #BBC500Words @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-wo...
Oxford University Press releases their findings of words and themes used in 500 Words stories
Catch up on the headlights from Oxford University Press' report into the words and themes used in stories from the 500 Words 2024/25 competition.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This week the winners of the BBC 500 Words competition were announced and Oxford University Press released their report revealing the words and themes used in over 43K stories. 🎉📖
Fascinating insight into children’s language! #BBC500Words @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-wo...
Fascinating insight into children’s language! #BBC500Words @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-wo...
Godalming library, part of Surrey Libraries, recently hosted an event for local Beavers based on the #BBC500Words competition.
The values of public libraries, 500 Words and the Scouting movement are closely intertwined as the piece below explains.
www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/surrey-...
The values of public libraries, 500 Words and the Scouting movement are closely intertwined as the piece below explains.
www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/surrey-...
October 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Godalming library, part of Surrey Libraries, recently hosted an event for local Beavers based on the #BBC500Words competition.
The values of public libraries, 500 Words and the Scouting movement are closely intertwined as the piece below explains.
www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/surrey-...
The values of public libraries, 500 Words and the Scouting movement are closely intertwined as the piece below explains.
www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/surrey-...
It’s the #BBC500words final at #BuckinghamPalace! Our 50 finalists will be there and #OliviaColeman one of our readers! See you at the Palace, @lennyhenryofficial.bsky.social @malorieblackman.bsky.social @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social
@charliehigson.bsky.social
@bbcone.bsky.social
@charliehigson.bsky.social
@bbcone.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It’s the #BBC500words final at #BuckinghamPalace! Our 50 finalists will be there and #OliviaColeman one of our readers! See you at the Palace, @lennyhenryofficial.bsky.social @malorieblackman.bsky.social @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social
@charliehigson.bsky.social
@bbcone.bsky.social
@charliehigson.bsky.social
@bbcone.bsky.social
As schools prepare to break up for the #summerholiday, #BBC500Words and the #SummerReadingChallenge can help to keep children creatively engaged and enthusiastic about reading and writing over the break - and into the autumn term! Read more: bit.ly/44m32WP @readingagency.bsky.social #booksky #edusky
Keep creative minds active this summer
Summer is almost here! Here are some ideas and initiatives for keeping children creatively engaged over the holiday
bit.ly
July 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
As schools prepare to break up for the #summerholiday, #BBC500Words and the #SummerReadingChallenge can help to keep children creatively engaged and enthusiastic about reading and writing over the break - and into the autumn term! Read more: bit.ly/44m32WP @readingagency.bsky.social #booksky #edusky
Today's the big day! Off to Windsor Castle for the #BBC500words grand finale, hosted by HM the Queen, to celebrate 50 fantastic finalists and their brilliant stories (no longer than 500 words).
February 25, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Today's the big day! Off to Windsor Castle for the #BBC500words grand finale, hosted by HM the Queen, to celebrate 50 fantastic finalists and their brilliant stories (no longer than 500 words).
Thanks for sharing the Oxford Children's BBC 500 Words Language Report! It's fascinating insight into what 5-11 year olds choose to write about and the language they use... we all need more capybaras in our lives! #BBC500Words
March 9, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Thanks for sharing the Oxford Children's BBC 500 Words Language Report! It's fascinating insight into what 5-11 year olds choose to write about and the language they use... we all need more capybaras in our lives! #BBC500Words
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-wo... Spencer didn’t let his #dyslexia stand in the way of him winning the #500Words #competition! #Spelling and #punctuation don’t matter so #teachers, please get your #pupils involved. ⭐✍️ #BBC500Words #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek
Only the #BBC does this. #creativity #writing
Only the #BBC does this. #creativity #writing
Information page: 500 Words 2024
BBC 500 Words 2024/25 is open for entries from Tuesday 24 September - Friday 8 November. Check here for information on who our judges are, competition rules and more.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2024 at 10:16 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-wo... Spencer didn’t let his #dyslexia stand in the way of him winning the #500Words #competition! #Spelling and #punctuation don’t matter so #teachers, please get your #pupils involved. ⭐✍️ #BBC500Words #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek
Only the #BBC does this. #creativity #writing
Only the #BBC does this. #creativity #writing
OUP analysed 46,500 stories submitted to the BBC 500 Words competition in 2025 by children aged 5-11 in the UK. This research offers fascinating insights into the themes children write about and the language they use. #BBC500Words Oxford Children's Language Report: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
March 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
OUP analysed 46,500 stories submitted to the BBC 500 Words competition in 2025 by children aged 5-11 in the UK. This research offers fascinating insights into the themes children write about and the language they use. #BBC500Words Oxford Children's Language Report: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
We're pleased to be hosting a #webinar all about Encouraging Creativity with #BBC500Words on 30 Sept 2025! Hear from the BBC team, as well as #schoollibrarians who have run the competition as a tool to encourage children's creativity. Register now: bit.ly/4kqTOgF 📚 ✍️ #eduskyuk #booksky #education
July 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We're pleased to be hosting a #webinar all about Encouraging Creativity with #BBC500Words on 30 Sept 2025! Hear from the BBC team, as well as #schoollibrarians who have run the competition as a tool to encourage children's creativity. Register now: bit.ly/4kqTOgF 📚 ✍️ #eduskyuk #booksky #education
The UK's largest children's story writing competition is open for entries #BBC500Words! 🎉
Not sure where to start? We've got a treasure trove of exclusive writing advice from all your favourite children's authors to help inspire the budding young creative in your life ✍🔍
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Not sure where to start? We've got a treasure trove of exclusive writing advice from all your favourite children's authors to help inspire the budding young creative in your life ✍🔍
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October 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The UK's largest children's story writing competition is open for entries #BBC500Words! 🎉
Not sure where to start? We've got a treasure trove of exclusive writing advice from all your favourite children's authors to help inspire the budding young creative in your life ✍🔍
buff.ly/pLESvcc
Not sure where to start? We've got a treasure trove of exclusive writing advice from all your favourite children's authors to help inspire the budding young creative in your life ✍🔍
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