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Spooky stories: Things that go bump in the night
So, it’s Halloween. The time of the year when it’s legitimate to knock on the doors of strangers and demand they hand over the goodies or risk a trick.It may not sound like it, but I do quite like...
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#FocusOnReading No.6 – Phonics
You know that feeling of waiting for the bus? You wait for ages and then two arrive at the same time! Here at Primary English HQ we’ve had a similar experience with phonics training over the past few...
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#FocusOnReading No.7 – Hearing children read
This week’s blog post has been written with teaching assistants in mind. Read on for 10 tips on how to get the most from hearing children read aloud. Are you sitting comfortably? Where do you like to...
View Article#FocusOnReading No 9 – The Round Up
With the autumn term drawing to a close, it seems timely to reflect on the Primary English Autumn 2014 #FocusOnReading. The highlight of our #FocusOnReading came early in October with our reading...
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RIP Assessment Focuses. Hello content domains
In this short blog post, I introduce the updated Primary English suite of materials for reading. From September 2015 onwards, the new national curriculum has been taught in all year groups across the...
View ArticleBeautiful Book Quotes
Drawing children’s attention to beautiful books is all part of promoting a love of reading and is essential if you’re aiming to create a reading school. In this blog post we take some of those...
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The 2016 KS2 Reading SAT has long gone but the repercussions of ‘that paper’ are still being felt in Y6 classrooms across the land. There has been much written about the paper and I’m not going to add...
View ArticlePromoting a whole school love of reading
A school I work with has asked me to help them promote a love of reading that spans beyond World Book Day. Now there’s nothing wrong with World Book Day; in fact, there’s a lot that’s right about...
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Graphic Organisers – the Freyer Model
I’m currently big on Graphic Organisers. It’s the way that graphic organisers make it easier for children to articulate their understanding that I particularly like. But also, it’s the way that a...
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What’s the big idea? Identify themes in texts
In this article, I take a brief look at supporting children to identify themes in texts. The National Curriculum asks that children in Year 5 and Year 6 identify and discuss themes and conventions in...
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