Having written songs which link to science, literacy and maths, focused on lyrics as a way into reading comprehension and used music...

I work in a large primary school consisting of children from all sorts of backgrounds and cultures right in the heart of Nottingham. In...

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...

Last year, we asked teachers, authors and researchers to help us create a KS1 and KS2 reading spine based on Doug Lemov's 'Reading...

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...

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...

Slow Writing The new curriculum has placed editing and re-drafting at the heart of writing and this is no bad thing. Those who rush a...

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...

Some Reading Thoughts As a Year 6 teacher, I've been thinking long and hard about teaching reading (especially since the SATS tests have...