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How to improve imaginative writing
How can you enable children to produce more imaginative writing in just a few weeks? Giving them a sentence structure to focus on daily certainly helps.
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Time to play with the language
What is the most effective way of teaching parts of speech and punctuation?
Imagine taking each individual element of the KS2 SPaG agenda and building a creative activity with which all the children in the class could become involved. What would the result be?
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Why puzzle?
Most people will admit to liking puzzles of one type or another, be they word games, number games, or physical puzzles such as a Rubik’s cube.
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What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
The latest two books in the Boost Spelling Skills series have gone to the printers. I am looking forward to seeing printed copies in a couple of weeks.
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What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
We’re 30 years old – so we’d like to give you a present! I’ve just realised that it was 30 years ago this month that we brought out our first book, How to be Brilliant at Writing Stories.
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What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
This week was the Independent Publishers Guild’s Conference. I learnt about developments in artificial intelligence, social media and supply chain solutions.
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What’s new at Brilliant Publications?
Brilliant Publications has adapted well to the pressures on school budgets. It increased its range of formats and series and renewed its focus on value for money.
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What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
I know lots of you are on half term, so I thought I’d keep this week’s newsletter light and start with a humorous story. How is a sailboat like a cow?
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How can comics help with reading comprehension?
How can comics help with reading comprehension? Many students find it difficult to remember what happened in a book and in what order.
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Activities that will appeal to boys
How to encourage boys to engage in their learning. There’s no doubt that some class activities appeal more to boys than to girls. Not exclusively so, of course, but in general terms.…
