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Martin Galway

@martingalway.bsky.social
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Head of Professional Learning and Partnerships at National Literacy Trust. Primary Ed. Reading/writing/language development & all the brilliant ways they interact. Also cinema. And books.

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 19/09/2026
Laura Slattery: My favourite band are splitting up. It’s almost time to let them go
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Laura Slattery: My favourite band are splitting up. It’s almost time to let them go
Saint Etienne, who bring their farewell tour to Dublin next week, have been my glittering soundtrack for growing up and wanting to sail away
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Martin Galway @martingalway.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Overloaded with reflections and learnings from yesterday’s conference - but lookng forward to gathering thoughts/sharing thanks. Good place to start: @louiestowell.bsky.social thank you so much - the panel session was stacked with illuminating thought & your notes are such a gift. So grateful!
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National Literacy Trust @literacytrust.org.uk · 20/03/2026
Choice is radical 📢 @sharnajackson.com is closing #PrimCon2026 with a powerful address on the future of reading and literacy #NationalYearOfReading2026
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Let's kill "comics are a gateway to reading" dead please?
A two panel comic of Loki from A Bad God's Guide to Being Good. In the first panel he's looking breezy and innocent and holding up a book. He's saying, "I think it's great that children read prose novels." In the second panel, he's looking more mischievous and saying, "It's a perfectly GATEWAY to comics."
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RR @rlrossi64.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Some tips here that can and should be universally applied in all classrooms, yet I’ve seen similarly worded “tips” set out as Section F provision in EHCPs.
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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
DfE White Paper 26 - Literacy and Oracy overview. Key implications (that I’ve gauged from my understanding of it) Hope it’s of use!
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DamsonEd @damsoned.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I am writing. Pivoting. My journey until now, otherwise called Why I am Retired. meganjanedixon.co.uk/2026/01/02/p...
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Pivoting
In November 2024, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. A nasty, sneaky, fast growing type of breast cancer: stage 3, grade 3, locally invasive triple negative breast cancer for those who know about …
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
They're here: the longlists for the #Carnegies2026. 19 books are on the longlist for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, including 5 past winners. Is your favourite here? Which of these books would you choose for the shortlist? @CarnegieMedals #booksky booksforkeeps.co.uk/carnegie-med...
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The Carnegies @carnegiemedals.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Announcing the longlist for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Illustration!🏅🎨 Featuring lively colours and immersive mediums, these 19 works beautifully portray themes of identity, relationships, nature, and life’s journey. 📚🌟 carnegies.co.uk/2026-longlists-anno…
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National Literacy Trust @literacytrust.org.uk · 02/02/2026
How can multimodal texts engage reluctant readers - from classroom to curriculum? This #NationalYearOfReading2026, join us at @britishlibrary.bsky.social for strategies to build the will & skill to read. Book now: loom.ly/XlJocCc
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Martin Galway @martingalway.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Not to be missed/not long to book: *Reconstructing Reading: translating research into powerful practice* Hear from Timothy Shanahan, Jan Hasbrouck, Young-Suk Grace Kim, Kate Cain, Kate Nation & more. See video below for full lineup. Full info/bookings: literacytrust.org.uk/events/recon...
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I’ve been lucky enough to read this and it is BRILLIANT. Heartily recommend 💖
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DamsonEd @damsoned.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Calling all ITE/ECTs and those involved. This is a £10 BARGAIN. bsky.app/profile/word...
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Dr Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Very much recommend this event- I have the book and it’s wonderful. Darren and Karen are both incredibly knowledgeable about children’s books and address the issue of diversity critically and in much depth well beyond representation.
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Martin Galway @martingalway.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
How do we build a diverse curriculum that addresses harmful material in historical literature? Join @literacy_trust @rapclassroom @ksandsoconnor @connor_allen92 for FREE CPD – and take away a FREE copy of ‘Beyond the Secret Garden’ 📆10 July 📍Cardiff Book now: literacytrust.org.uk/events/creat...
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Creating Inclusive Libraries and Curricula | National Literacy Trust
Join our conference in Cardiff that will share approaches to cultivate and deepen conversations around ethnicity, race and intersectionality through children’s literature in libraries.
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Martin Galway @martingalway.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Random question and then some: anyone know Alnmouth well enough to recommend places to meet and work? Ideal midway spot between me (Chesterfield) and key colleague (Glasgow)…with added natural beauty as a bonus.
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Mat Tobin @mattobin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Extended to 27_06. A great chance to win some fantastic books. Do pass on the news: @smithsmm.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social @rcharlesworth.bsky.social @mariannedoherty.bsky.social @martingalway.bsky.social @literacy-trust.bsky.social @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social @booksforkeeps.bsky.social
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The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
No School Library? You can apply now for Libraries for Primaries – a fully funded programme from the National Literacy Trust bringing 500 FREE books, library furniture, staff training & more to eligible primary schools ⭐ Apply here: buff.ly/YzOSVOs
Libraries for Primaries, Transform your school's reading spaces for free! FREE books, FREE library furniture, FREE teacher training.
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
We are very sad to hear of the death of Aidan Chambers. A full obituary will be published shortly, in the meantime, here's a link to our 2001 Authorgraph in which he discusses his writing with Geoff Fox #KidLit #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/auth...
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Dan Wuori @danwuori.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Even before they enter the world, your baby is listening. Research suggests that our senses activate between 24-26 weeks of gestation, with the sound of our mothers’ heartbeats and voices among the very first things we experience as humans. 🧵
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Lisa Pettifer 🌈 @lisa7pettifer.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
For secondary teachers of reading… that’s all secondary teachers then
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Martin Galway @martingalway.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Looking to gather a small network of primaries to work with me in researching techniques for maximising the links between reading and writing. Ideally year 4/5 and some year 6 and ideally Chesterfield/Sheffield area or close proximity. Shares greatly appreciated.
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Bob Cox @openingdoors.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
@itlworldwide.bsky.social @crownhousepub.bsky.social @hallsvillesch.bsky.social @juliesargent.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @theliteracyleader.bsky.social @agentapostrophe.bsky.social @martingalway.bsky.social @dlmartin85.bsky.social 👇
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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Thank you to @martingalway.bsky.social for hosting such a wonderful event. As @tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social declared so proudly at the opening of the conference, 'Creativity is bubbling under the cracks of the pavement in Bradford'. My visit to the City of Culture was brief but wonderful. 🌟
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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I had a brilliant time day with the National Literacy Trust. Fantastic conference organised by @martingalway.bsky.social Tracey Brabin, Jeffrey Boakye, Matt Goodfellow, Jonny Walker and many more. A thread right through about literacy as a tool for social justice and the right to authentic voices.
Maddy!Martin!Jonny!Imran!
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b small publishing @bsmallpublishing.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
So excited to be here at the National Literacy Trust Primary Conference 2025! If you're here today, stop by our stand and say hello 👋 #PrimConf25
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
💬 Most teachers say speech and language skills have deteriorated and made teaching more difficult over the past four years, according to a survey by @glassessment.bsky.social
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Worsening language skills make teaching more difficult, study finds
Nearly half of primary teachers say more pupils are struggling to communicate at the expected level for their age
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Martin Galway @martingalway.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Looking for audiobook recommendations for a brief spell of recovery. Ideally warm/funny or dark/spooky? Professional reads and weighty fiction sorted. Any entertaining & well produced recs very much appreciated.
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Martin Galway @martingalway.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
What’s known as a chronic fib.
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English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Wonderful endorsements for a wonderful book. Relevant to all teachers at all stages @darrenchetty.bsky.social @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social www.englishandmedia.co.uk/publications...
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Martin Galway @martingalway.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
So excited to launch our new programme tomorrow. 22 Bradford primaries, working w. children in Y2 over next 3 years - longitudinal exploration of reading/writing interrelation, drawing upon local cultural venues, reading fluency instruction. carefully sequenced teaching sequences for writing.
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Matthew Courtney @mattcourtney.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I’m really looking forward to @darrenchetty.bsky.social leading a webinar for the Wandle English Hub on Monday 27th January Tickets are fully-funded and can be booked here: www.wandleenglishhub.org.uk/training-cpd
Beyond the Secret Garden:
Racially Minoritised People in
British Children's Books
with
Dr. Darren
Chetty
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Liz Pemberton @lizpemtbnm.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Always this!
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Martin Galway @martingalway.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Heard from one of the very best teachers I have ever worked with, today, having to leave their new job after one term because of a deeply toxic leadership culture. These kinds of stories never get less shocking. Their loss, but the damage done is significant.
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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Autistic abuse case must never happen again, says No 10 “Responding to the videos, No 10 said the DfE was looking at strengthening the guidance on the use of seclusion in specialist schools and would set out more information "as soon as possible". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Autistic abuse case must never happen again, says No 10
CCTV shown to the BBC shows children being thrown to the floor in padded rooms at special needs school.
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James Durran @jdurran.bsky.social · 14/08/2024
I've been working a bit on modelling, as a key element of effective #adaptive_teaching, so here is a new blog post collating some thoughts on how it can be planned for. #EduSky #UKEd #UKEDU
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Modelling and how to plan for it
The current focus on ‘adaptive teaching’ has meant that the craft (or art) of teacher modelling has rightly been foregrounded, as a crucial mechanism for making learning accessible. Interestingly, whe...
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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I'm seeing a LOT of people née to the platform this morning. Which is BRILLIANT. Welcome. Here's a thread of a few tips. None of them my idea and I'm sure you see lots of other threads like this. Hope it helps.
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a sign that says welcome on it with feathers flying in the background
ALT: a sign that says welcome on it with feathers flying in the background
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Charlotte Hacking @charliehacking.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Absolutely this, loud and clear from @emmaturner75.bsky.social. This was at the heart of the binned 2009 curriculum review, but hope it will be taken note of in the current review. Thank you for writing this.
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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
My latest writing - a piece for TES on age and stage informed practice.
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
National Literacy Trust report "the situation is “a particular crisis” for secondary school students: the fall in reading enjoyment was more pronounced for young people aged 11 to 14 and 14 to 16 than for those aged 8 to 11."
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Martin Galway @martingalway.bsky.social · 10/10/2024
6 months post-move to Derbyshire, new bookcase in place at last and remaining boxes of books unpacked. Stuff of childhood dreams.
Bookcase with ladder.
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Stephen Connor @sconnor7.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
Trying to engage parents in our reading a little more so have started an Instagram just for that purpose. New books, book-lists, updates about class reads, recommendations etc. plus a weekly ‘author in focus’ bit…first up, Tom Percival (music to be added later)
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Lucy Banks @lucybanks.bsky.social · 12/09/2024
Listening to parliamentary debate re. new strategy for public libraries. I welcome the renewed call for a national data-set, ensuring every child is a library member, and emphasising libraries’ value. Libraries are the unsung heroes within communities- their future security should be prioritised.
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Caroline Fielding @cazapr1.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
I attended the workshop led by a colleague from YLG & the Head of Global Learning London: "Reflecting on equality in the stories we read" about how we can represent all of our community (local and wider) in our library collections, with some fab examples of high quality texts #InclusiveLibraries
Postcard: "What does community mean to you?"
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Lucy Banks @lucybanks.bsky.social · 08/09/2024
I attended the National Literacy Trust’s #inclusivelibraries conference on Friday. It was inspiring - exploring the importance of celebrating identity, the role libraries play in promoting inclusivity (and where we need to further develop), supporting diverse communities and welcoming new arrivals.
Conference room with speaker, Jeffrey Boakye, talking to the audience about identity.Conference room with author Nazneen Ahmed Pathak talking about the role of libraries in her life.
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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
Lovely to see posts on here from the #InclusiveLibraries conference (and a hashtag in use - something I’d been looking out for). Have added it to the list.
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Library conferences on BlueSky
A list of library and information science conferences, with links to their hashtags on the social media platform BlueSky.
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Caroline Fielding @cazapr1.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
Jeffrey Boakye is *such* a wonderful speaker, I gave up trying to write soundbites because I wouldn't do it justice #InclusiveLibraries ...I am the worst live tweeter 😅
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