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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
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Mr D
Mar 27, 2022
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...
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Mr D
Mar 13, 2021
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...
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Mr D
Nov 14, 2020
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...
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Mr D
Jul 14, 2020
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...
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Mr D
Dec 27, 2019
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...
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Mr D
Nov 17, 2019
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...
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Mr D
Aug 12, 2019
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...
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Mr D
Apr 28, 2019
Maths Vocabulary (contextualised)
I work in a large primary school consisting of children from all sorts of backgrounds and cultures right in the heart of Nottingham. In...
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Mr D
Apr 7, 2019
Book Knowledge Organisers (Updated)
Originally, this article was written shortly after we had produced a range of editable geography and history knowledge organisers (which...
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Mr D
Mar 26, 2019
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...
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Mr D
Feb 21, 2019
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...
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Mr D
Oct 7, 2018
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...
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Mr D
Sep 15, 2018
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...
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Mr D
Jun 4, 2018
Dear Diary,
Last year, I looked into a range of possible 'Home/School Reading Diaries' for children in school. Ours was internally produced and in...
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Mr D
Apr 30, 2018
A Reading (Reconsidered) Spine for Primary Schools
Without a shadow of doubt, the last few years have seen some truly wonderful children's books being released. From Sky Song to Squirrels...
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Mr D
Feb 2, 2018
Teaching Fluency in Whole Class Reading
How many times have we all said, “Read it with a little more expression,” to one of the children in class who is robotically decoding...
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Mr D
Jan 28, 2018
Using Lyrics to Support Reading Comprehension
Some Reading Thoughts As a Year 6 teacher, I've been thinking long and hard about teaching reading (especially since the SATS tests have...
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