Rachel Saunders

To be recognised with the HarperCollins UKLA Reading for Pleasure Experienced Teacher Award is such an honour. I’m so proud — and so grateful to do a job I truly love. @OpenUni_RfP @MLBookshop @TeresaCremin @clpe1 @DarrenM1974

Thrilled to be featured in English 4-11 magazine talking about our involvement in the CLiPPA Awards last year! A fabulous experience for our pupils 🌟 @The_UKLA @NATEfeed @EnglishAssoc @TeresaCremin @debbiet99313391 @clpe1 @MLBookshop

A huge thank you to @LisJardine and @Literacy_Trust for inviting us to take part in another fabulous Author Project. 99 UKS2 pupils were thrilled to see their work published and proudly performed their stories in front of parents and peers. @MLBookshop @OpenUni_RfP @TeresaCremin

A fantastic #WorldBookDay at ML celebrating our love for reading! Our librarians led assembly, we cosied up for bedtime stories in our PJs with parents and Year 1 visited Manningham Library to watch Christopher Nibble. @OpenUni_RfP @MLBookshop @TeresaCremin

Assistant Headteacher Rachel Saunders shares how inclusive, carefully chosen texts have transformed writer identity at Miriam Lord Primary,helping pupils see themselves as authors and poets. Read more: clpe.org.uk/blog/power-rea…

My two little “authors” are hard at work 😍. Next bestseller pending… @OpenUni_RfP @MLBookshop @sarahjagger76 @TeresaCremin @debbiet99313391 @clpe1

UK Bookfest: Huge Pop-Up Book Sale (50,000+ Books): World Book Day Sale: Bradford: 26th February to 5th March 2026 itsoninbradford.co.uk/events/uk-book…

A recent TES article reports on the evidence presented by Professor Teresa Cremin CBE and Dr Helen Hendry to the House of Commons Education Committee on the decline in children’s Reading for Pleasure. Read the full TES coverage: tes.com/magazine/news/…

A Sunday morning well spent collecting 420 books in preparation for @WorldBookDayUK 📚. Thank you @TheWorksStores for your help! @MLBookshop @OpenUni_RfP @debbiet99313391 @TeresaCremin

So proud of our wonderful school. @MLBookshop @sarahjagger76 @clpe1 @OpenUni_RfP @TeresaCremin @debbiet99313391 @kashleyenglish thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/25787199.…

We attended a fabulous workshop with @LisJardine organised by @Literacy_Trust this morning at our local library 📚✨ Part one of three - and pupils will be writing their own books! So inspiring. @clpe1 @TeresaCremin @debbiet99313391 @kashleyenglish @sarahjagger76

Delightful new book ! 📕 @MacmillanKidsUK - perfect for early years - board book - invites joining in and even re- enactment! 👏👏👏@WandleEnglish @JCEnglishHub @MrsRLSaunders @OpenUni_RfP

Our co-Director, @TeresaCremin has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours list announced by the King. Teresa's work with @OpenUni_RfP in building a reading community is truly inspiring. Read @OpenUniversity news post for more: 👉👉👉👉ow.ly/9FX150XNEfq

So excited to receive a CBE for services to education in this New Year Honours List! This is really great recognition of the many folk who develop young people as readers and writers👏👏👏 This award belongs to all of us ⭐️⭐️⭐️

@TeresaCremin @StWEnglishHub @JCEnglishHub @BooksForKeeps @scottishbktrust @_Reading_Rocks_ @LoveReadinguk @ReadingWise @thereaderorg @redgierob @lsenglishhub Brilliant! 🤩 so very well deserved. Congratulations 🥳

@TeresaCremin @OpenUni_RfP @kashleyenglish @debbiet99313391 @MLBookshop I absolutely will 💓

@MrsRLSaunders @OpenUni_RfP @kashleyenglish @debbiet99313391 @MLBookshop Fabulous Rachel I do hope you’ll turn this into an EOP? Reading role models matter. 👏👏👏 and of course this enables relationships among the adults to grow 😀

It’s not just our teachers who read at Miriam Lord. Here is Mrs Thompson, our school receptionist, selecting her next book from the Teacher Collection along with her Book Bingo Card. #readingrolemodel @OpenUni_RfP @TeresaCremin @kashleyenglish @debbiet99313391 @MLBookshop

Our Christmas book blanket📚 Over 450 books laid out for pupils to browse, choose, wrap and gift to another pupil. Nothing beats the Gift of Reading. @OpenUni_RfP @MLBookshop @TeresaCremin @debbiet99313391 @kashleyenglish

Here is our final bookshop newsletter of the year. We hope you all have a lovely holiday and we look forward to your continued support in the new year. @OpenUni_RfP

Truly touching feedback: a colleague read stories from the Teacher Collection with her dad during his final days. A reminder of the comfort and connection found in stories and in reading for pleasure.✨📚 @OpenUni_RfP @TeresaCremin @kashleyenglish @debbiet99313391 @MLBookshop

Excited for The Gift of Reading! Pupils will explore their reading identity, learn about a peer’s preferences, then choose, wrap & gift them a book from the giant book blanket. Connecting every child through books📚 @OpenUni_RfP @TeresaCremin @debbiet99313391 @kashleyenglish