Nicole Holyoake
@Ms_Holyoake
English teacher, Reading and Literacy lesson Lead at KA, Kempston. BEd, NPQML
A labour of love and finally done! A timeline of books from the Stone Age all the way through to 21st century! #books #edutwitter 📚

Hi @grok, who was the most famous person to visit my profile? It does not need to be a mutual connection, don't tag them, just say who it was.
👻FINAL FINAL CALL FOR #HORROR WRITERS👻 The Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers’ Prize for 2025 closes TONIGHT at 23:59! 💀If you've got a horror story, follow the below link and submit! 💀Writers should be from underrepresented backgrounds and previously unpublished…
If anyone out there would be willing to buy some books and bits for our school library as a gift to us, here is our Amazon wish list. We would be grateful for any donations ☺️ 📚 📕 amzn.eu/9S45WfA
Frank McMahon appointed me as an ECT 34 years ago. He retired 20 years ago today. When our old school was demolished recently, I managed to rescue Frank’s lecturn. Thanks to @KCADTDepartment & @KAKempston pupils, we refurbished it & today, they were re-united after 20 years ❤️
If you were the kind person in my signing queue that gifted your copy of SOULMATES to the girl that wanted one but couldn’t afford it at @NYALitFest yesterday please DM so I can send you a free signed copy! I was chatting to another reader at the time and missed you! Pls retweet!
And that’s a wrap! My first full year since my disc herniations 💪🏻 I am in need of a week of sleep 💤 then I can relax and enjoy some down time! Happy Summer holidays ☀️
I have two copies of The Visualiser Handbook to give away. This is for busy teachers who need concise clarity to make live modelling an effect part of their practice ASAP. To enter, follow, like and retweet this post and I will draw winners at random on the 18th July.
What a career! What a player! 😍 👏🏻 My forever netball hero 🏐
closing things out in style 🐐 Watch every game live on Kayo Sports, Foxtel and Binge.
A lovely evening. Thanks @phouseKA @ChilternLT #REND @MrsB_FCCT




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🤣 My tradition of buying ducks for my form class continues 🦆

Why are so many #KS2 & #KS3 students falling behind in reading — and what can we do about it? 📉📖 This blog breaks down key barriers & shares evidence-based strategies, book picks, and real classroom solutions that work.🙌 #ReadingGap 🔗 ow.ly/pq6T50VKyS2
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📚Secondary School Librarians! WIN 7 #AlexRider #GraphicNovels for your library — perfect for KS3+ & #ReluctantReaders👀 To enter: ✅Like ✅Follow ✅Tag a colleague! Bonus: RT & tag us! Donated by @BadgerLearning 🗓️Enter by 8 July #LibraryGiveaway #AlexRider
Summer of Sherlock isn't just the Sherlock Society. It's all things kid lit. We want to put some firecrackers in your TBR pile. Share this and you're entered for a chance to win the first 5 City Spies books. Find more summer sleuthing fun at SherlockSociety.net. @SimonKIDS
What a fantastic sports day! Well done @_KA_PE 👏🏻 Lots of happy staff and students, all getting involved.




Ts & Cs: bit.ly/44rKC5U We also have a free library of resources about Alex's books and life: bookclubsinschools.org/alex-wheatle/ #ReadingForPleasure #RfP 2/2
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Alex Wheatle MBE (1963-2025) was our charity's patron. Thanks to @HachetteKids & @BarringtonStoke we have 10 sets of seven of Alex's brilliant books to give away to UK school libraries. To enter, follow us and share this post. Closing date: 18 July. #ReadingForPleasure 1/2
“Some students and teachers will come to accept the notion that automaticity and fluency are ends in themselves and not means to the ultimate goal- a thoughtful response to a text. Instead, fluency must take its rightful place amongst many other cognitive processes that affect…
Always worth a reshare at this time of the year. It’s free and full of amazing stories written by teachers 📕 📖 ✍️
A few years ago I was part of a project where teachers across the country wrote responses to prompts very similar to AQA GCSE language paper 1 Q5. This is my story :) all the stories are available for free here: tes.com/teaching-resou… #englishlanguage #gcse #writing