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Julia is a qualified and experienced Every Child a Reader teacher, who is passionate about bringing families and communities together through shared reading. This website is Julia’s quest for clarity of direction. She is seeking a future where young and old bond through books, where relationships are strengthened through shared reading, where obstacles to literacy are removed, and where reading becomes irresistible.
(Summer, 2003)
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Education inequality: A heartfelt cry on the rough, steep road to ‘Every child achieving and thriving’
(TRIGGER WARNING: There are some BIG feelings here. No trantrums, but plenty of tears…) In her speech on the schools’ white paper on Monday 23rd February 2026, the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, acknowledged the facts: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/bridget-phillipsons-speech-on-the-schools-white-paper An eye-opening journey to work About 4 years ago, a single morning’s commute opened a window to the lived…
Keep readingA sage on the stage or a guide by your side: If you were learning to read, who would you choose?
I am fascinated by the part relationships play in the complex process – the skill and the will – of learning to read. If you retraced your personal reading journey, who would you find signposting the way for your reading development and your enjoyment of books? You may have forgotten the contributors who helped direct…
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Read Aloud, Ledbury!
The ✨FREE✨ ‘Read Aloud, Ledbury!‘ group meets at Ledbury Library every Friday from 11:30 am – 12:45 pm (to fit in with the 476 Ledbury-Hereford bus service). Everyone is welcome and there’s no pressure to read aloud.
“Our reading group is a Friday afternoon pleasure.
The diversity of poetry and stories is interesting and mentally stimulating.
You can listen to the reading and relax.”
(A review from a group member)
(Friday 20th June 2025)
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