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What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
As it is 14th February next week, here’s a little French Valentine’s Day poem for you!
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For the more able
What are the most effective ways of stretching the minds of more able children at KS2? More able children are as varied in their individual attributes as everyone else in the class. Therefore a wide range of approaches and activities is needed to provide them with the stimulus that they need in school.
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What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
The author of our Cracking Creative Writing books has sent me some wonderful brain games he thought would be great additions to my newsletter. I thought so too.
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Music is the food of knowledge
Just as young children learn the language they hear around them in infancy, so there is a similar inborn inclination to respond to music. Children of course realise that they feel good…
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Creative Writing: Cracked
What is the most effective way of giving children the confidence to explore and experiment with their writing? The aim is something that we can all aspire to making creative writing an…
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Teaching phonics to aid pronunciation
I am in the group of pupils who (a while ago now!) did not have grammar and punctuation taught in their English lessons. This made learning other languages quite a challenge. Clare…
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La Chandeleur, Pancake Day: free French teaching resource
Do your pupils know that France has already had ‘Pancake day’ on 2nd February? Do they know why it is celebrated then?
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What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
How do we commission artwork? We like to use a variety of illustration styles in our books so that they look fresh and different. Having said that, we are very fortunate to…
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Spanish from Year 3 to 6
The key to successfully teaching Spanish from Year 3 to 6 is the use of three relevant senses. The children need to hear, see, and say the words.
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Why do we enjoy singing and dancing?
… because it creates an emotional response. Did you manage to join Catherine Cantin and Joe Dale with their webinar on Singing and Dancing in the Primary MFL Classroom? If you were…
