It was fantastic to celebrate 10 years of Premier League Reading Stars this week. PLRS is a scheme which encourages youngsters to read through their love of football. Something I’m right behind. To mark the event, Jim Sells of The National Literacy Trust and I held a workshop with some pupils from Smithy Street Primary [...]
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I recently visited a school in Walsall to talk to the pupils and run a writing workshop. During the writing workshop a pupil produced a piece of Jamie Johnson writing that was so good, I asked if I could publish it on my website. So here it is. Fantastic stuff. Jamie Johnson stepped up to [...]
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On Monday, I’ll be visiting Blenheim High School in Epsom. I’ll be doing three talks and also taking my friend and top coach Oli Karger with me. These sessions are really good fun as we get to talk about football, books and writing and then the pupils get to go out and work on their [...]
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I have just received these fantastic teaching resources based on the JJ books. They have been developed by the Academies Enterprise Trust. Please use them in your lessons and feel free to recommend to other schools. And do let me know how they work! Dan Dan Freedman Final Whistle Dan Freedman World Class GdV Dan [...]
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