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...

Whilst scrolling through my Twitter feed a few weeks ago, I noticed a fantastic poster showing the locations of book settings across the...

Last year, I looked into a range of possible 'Home/School Reading Diaries' for children in school. Ours was internally produced and in...

Without a shadow of doubt, the last few years have seen some truly wonderful children's books being released. From Sky Song to Squirrels...

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...