Once GCSE results day has been and gone, what are the key issues and outcomes that school staff should reflect on during an ...

11-plus exam prep can build valuable skills but shouldn't come at the expense of nurturing curiosity, resilience and ...

Whole-class reading works best, in my experience, when it’s built around a structured comprehension framework. I use the VIPERS reading approach – vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, ...

It’s the stuff of teachers’ anxiety nightmares. You’ve arrived in the classroom, nothing is planned, the books have gone missing, the pupils are jumping from desk to desk and you awake in an emotional ...

At our school, we’re always looking for new ways to integrate creativity into the curriculum. One of the projects we keep coming back to is blackout poetry. Blackout poetry is a fantastic method to ...

In many stories – especially adventures – characters discover an exciting new place and experience a sense of wonder. When writing a fantasy setting, the only limits are those of the writer’s ...

Literary Devices defines alliteration as: “A stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.” Does alliteration have to use the ...

I challenge you to start researching the local history of your area with your pupils and not get hooked. My passion was ignited while teaching at a village school on the edge of Bradford. I discovered ...

Performing the text allows students to find their own voice within Shakespeare’s language. However, it can be intimidating if they think there is a ‘right’ way to do this. One way to overcome learners ...

This Morning I Met a Whale by Michael Morpurgo is a delight in itself, but the opportunities it provides to explore with children not only environmental issues but also the wider question of their ...

Looking for some easy Father’s Day activities for Early Years or primary? We’ve got you covered! Rather than going down the generic route of a store-bought card, get your pupils crafting to create one ...

Through books, children can comfortably confront the many faces of fear. In Black Dog by Levi Pinfold, that face is ferocious and furry… What is Black Dog by Levi Pinfold about? The Hope family wakes ...