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Creating the world of a book in a story box Story boxes create special opportunities to revisit children's favourite books. Children can use their box ... 20.02.21
6 Resources Ideal For Home Learning 09.02.21
National Storytelling Week 2021 Stories, in any number of forms, give our brains time to imagine and to become excited and to dream, so alt... 29.01.21
20 of the Most Wonderful Christmas Books Ever! There is no greater pleasure than reading brilliant books with children, and it is even more special and ex... 18.11.20
Decodable phonic books... what and why? In this blog, we explore what is meant by decodable phonic books and how they benefit children as they lear... 22.09.20
Super Sentences - helping with the understanding of sentence construction Giving children time to explore and investigate sentence construction will make them more confident and adv... 21.09.20
Creating a Phonics Toolkit Creating your own phonics kit of all the essential resources you need for your lessons can help save you ti... 17.09.20
Helping with Catch-Up - Writing Inspiration Take a look at this blog for some engaging writing activities to inspire you in your classroom. 16.09.20
We have a gift for you - FREE Early Years Training We know how important Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is for those working in the Early Years. We... 14.09.20
Helping with Catch-Up - Reading Comprehension Every child will have had such a different experience of reading during the last few months. It is going to... 03.09.20
Five Phonic Favourites With phonics learning being a key building block for early reading, children need lots of opportunities to ... 01.09.20
Raising Achievement in Early Reading and Phonics In primary schools, insepectors will always carry out a deep dive in reading, which will include a large fo...
Want to share passion for your subject? Get children reading about it! In schools, we tend to associate the idea of enjoying a good book as part of the English curriculum. Here T...
The impact of Storytime Phonics. "Storytime Phonics gives children exposure to real high quality children's literature."
Weighing it all up! Weight, measure, mass, balance. What's it all about? Year 1 are weighing up their options with our Giant ...
13 ideas to get children reading! The UK Literacy Association share a list of 13 top ideas that will help to raise the profile of reading in ...
Potion making and learning through magic making! TTS Resources in Action gets all magical this week! Sleeping potions, potions to make you fly and even pot...
Mark Making, the magical way! Reception and Year 1 children use the Illuminated Mark Making Boards to get to grips with a whole host of n...
Why do we bother, in this age of digital technology, to write letters in Primary School? When was the last time you received a written letter through the post? It could be argued that the era of ...
Supporting speaking, listening and understanding in EYFS As communication and language is a prime area of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), the importance of...
Practical solutions to tackle the word gap So much has been written about closing the word gap. Recent research states the size of a child’s vocabular...
10 ideas for using recordable devices Many classrooms already have a variety of recordable devices, such as buttons, microphones and cards. Which...
Design a Bee-Bot jacket A quick class project to design a Bee-Bot jacket.
7 cross-curricular outdoor learning activity ideas Why not plan a staff meeting outdoors to explore the possibilities in your school grounds or surrounding ar...
English hubs and extra funding for phonics Have you heard about the new English Hubs? Could your school benefit from extra support and funding in phon...
Can outdoor learning raise standards? The simple answer is YES! Outdoor learning has a myriad of benefits and can actually raise standards across...
How to make an Enchanted Forest themed learning location Follow these easy steps and transform your classroom into an exciting magical learning location with dancin...
A Boy Called Christmas ‘A Boy Called Christmas’ by Matt Haig was first published in 2015 and is essential Christmas reading for 7-...
Tip of the Tongue - Oral Language and Vocabulary Development I am the author of Tip of the Tongue and teacher of a multigrade (mixed-age) class in a disadvantaged area....
Early Years Communication – Your guide to developing Early Language Skills: Speaking (part 3) We have worked with the communication charity I CAN to develop this guide. Speaking is often confused with ...
Early Years Communication - Your guide to developing Early Language Skills – Understanding (part 2) We have worked with the communication charity I CAN to develop this guide to help children understand the s...
Early Years Communication - Your guide to developing Early Language Skills - Listening and Attent... We have worked with the communication charity I CAN to develop this guide on developing good listening and ...
Everyone has at least one good story to tell – what’s yours? The ability to tell a great story is a wonderful skill to have. We all know people who can make us laugh or...
Handwriting – without doing handwriting! Despite the digital age we are in, most writing tasks in primary schools are performed on paper, with a pen...
Pre-writing skills No one runs a marathon without first training their legs to cope with the amount of exercise they will have...
4 ways to support children learning EAL My first experience of working with a child learning English as an Additional Language (EAL) was a lively, ...

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