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The One Show did a feature on National Thank a Teacher Day, in which David Walliams visited a primary school to read a story and celebrate teaching staff.

For Thank a Teacher Day 2021, Newsround asked the public what they were grateful for this past year and created a montage of thank you messages for teachers.

The hard work and dedication of teachers was highlighted on the BBC Breakfast sofa, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker pointing out that today was National Thank a Teacher Day.

Teaching Awards Trustee Priya Lakhani OBE appeared on BBC News for National Thank a Teacher Day 2021.

Zoe Ball read out thank you messages from the public on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show and encouraged listeners to get in touch to mention their teachers on National Thank a Teacher Day 2021.

A feature on The Pearson National Teaching Awards Silver Winner announcements also included mention of Thank a Teacher Day 2021.

Tes ran a series of articles regarding Thank a Teacher Day 2021, including this piece which gathered together some of the best messages shared on the day.

Thank a Teacher Day 2021 was mentioned in the House of Lords debate on ‘Education: Recovery Package and Catch-up Programme’.

The clip showcases a number of  2020 Thank a Teacher videos and called on viewers to check out the campaign online and thank their own teachers.

Clip begins at 12:03 – Lord Watson of Invergowrie

Lord Watson of Invergowrie, Shadow Spokesperson (Education) highlighted the campaign and thanked teachers during Oral Questions.

Five News interviewed Stephanie and Mayama Jabateh about her favourite teacher, and showed Mayama’s song thanking Ms Brennan. The piece also spoke to two teachers who have been teaching online, and featured a number of Thank a Teacher clips.

Initial mention at 2:02 and then full clip begins at 19:58.

The presenters announced that it was National Thank a Teacher Day at the start of the show and asked people to send in stories of their favourite teachers. They also featured Boo Edleston, a headteacher in Nantwich, who was thanked by Michael Ball, Alex Jones, and local families, staff, and community members.

The Sun ran an online piece ahead of Thank a Teacher Day featuring a number of selected clips, as well as a print piece on the day featuring the poem from Grace Bilantz.

Schools Week featured the campaign on the front page of their 1 May edition, and ran a column promoting the campaign and encouraging families to thank their teachers.

First News included a feature on their front page ahead of Thank a Teacher Day to encourage young people to check out the campaign and thank their teachers.

The Week Junior featured the campaign ahead of Thank a Teacher Day, encouraging young people to consider whether they were missing a particular teacher, or to think of a teacher who had helped them before.