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Resource Round-Up 2022
Once again, across the country, teachers have been tested in new and unpredictable ways throughout 2022. The cost of living crisis has...
Mr D
Dec 18, 2022
701 views


Stop Screaming at Similes (like a Banshee)
Teaching similes shouldn't annoy me, but it does. I recently spent hours planning a lesson with visuals, videos and carefully constructed
Mr D
Aug 28, 2022
1,548 views


D.I.S.C.O. Questions
Welcome to our first guest blog! Behind the many Spurs-obsessed tweets of @SimonGood21, lies a deputy head of a two-form entry Nottingham...
Mr D
Mar 27, 2022
1,181 views


Resource Round-Up 2021
It's that time of year again when we pay homage to the resources that have inspired us over the last year, and what an unbelievable year...
Mr D
Dec 17, 2021
1,757 views


Story Speculations
A while ago, when we were all allowed to have CPD in one room and have face-to-face conversations with each other as professionals (is...
Mr D
Jul 18, 2021
1,288 views


Focus on Fluency
It was a long while ago when we first picked up on the positive benefits of teaching reading fluency in the classroom. In our first post...
Mr D
Mar 13, 2021
9,455 views


Resource Round-Up 2020
2020 has been an incredibly trying year for many of us and teachers have often been thrown to the dogs by factions of the media desperate...
Mr D
Dec 15, 2020
1,241 views


The 'Series of 7' (7 Micro-Rules of Non-Fiction)
This is the final instalment of our 3-part series that has explored some of the key aspects of literature that we believe children should...
Mr D
Nov 14, 2020
1,521 views


The 'Series of 7' (7 Character Archetypes)
In the first blog post of our 'Series of 7' resources, we looked at the 7 Story Types and how they are important in developing a child's...
Mr D
Jul 14, 2020
3,830 views


Music Videos in the Classroom
In the heyday of the 1980s and 1990s, music videos became an integral part of a record label's marketing strategy to sell big single...
Mr D
Jun 14, 2020
766 views


Resource Round-Up 2019
It's been an incredibly busy year with more and more teachers sharing resources, ideas and blog posts than ever before. Regardless of its...
Mr D
Dec 28, 2019
1,235 views


A Knowledge Organiser about Knowledge Organisers!
We have been busy creating a range of 'Knowledge Organisers' for Key Stage Two. However, many teachers have contacted with us recently...
Mr D
Nov 17, 2019
4,122 views


Making the Most of Musicians!
Having written songs which link to science, literacy and maths, focused on lyrics as a way into reading comprehension and used music...
Mr D
Aug 12, 2019
1,343 views


Maths Vocabulary (contextualised)
IÂ work in a large primary school consisting of children from all sorts of backgrounds and cultures right in the heart of Nottingham. In...
Mr D
Apr 28, 2019
1,139 views

Book Knowledge Organisers (Updated)
Originally, this article was written shortly after we had produced a range of editable geography and history knowledge organisers (which...
Mr D
Apr 7, 2019
6,785 views


Read Around the World!
After the popularity of our KS2 U.K. Book Map which we released in the summer, we had quite a few requests to create a 'KS2 World Book...
Mr D
Mar 27, 2019
11,512 views


The 'Series of 7' - (7 Story Types)
Last year, we asked teachers, authors and researchers to help us create a KS1 and KS2 reading spine based on Doug Lemov's 'Reading...
Mr D
Feb 21, 2019
6,211 views


Here's a Turn Up for the Books!
Having taught in Year 6 for many years, I was well aware of the endless simile and alliteration lessons I had hammered into children so...
Mr D
Oct 7, 2018
509 views


Incorporating Disney Songs into Schemes of Work
There have been posts popping up time and time again pointing out the joy and wonder that Disney songs and Disney more generally bring to...
Mr D
Sep 16, 2018
477 views


U.K. Book Map for Children
Whilst scrolling through my Twitter feed a few weeks ago, I noticed a fantastic poster showing the locations of book settings across the...
Mr D
Jul 30, 2018
7,677 views
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