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Celebrate World Poetry Day with lions in the garden!
Download ‘Lions in the Garden’ for World Poetry Day. You will also get a mixture of short and long question types linked to the reading content domains to try.
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What is a bookworm?
I am the definition of a bookworm – I always have at least one book on the go and a large stack waiting to be read…
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Confident, able, motivated
What is the single most effective way of encouraging children to enjoy and benefit from writing creatively?
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How to boost confidence
Strategies are our short cuts to solutions. Once we feel we have strategies in place for each new eventuality, we invariably feel happier and more confident.
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Confident readers / good readers…
It is undeniably true that good readers are normally confident readers. While of course confident readers are invariably good readers. So which one does one seek to boost first?
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The value of being real
Books containing high quality authentic fiction extracts or non-fiction passages. Introduce the skills needed for KS2 SATs and 11+ Reading Comprehension papers.
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The best way in
Less able students can find studying a book in preparation for GCSE exams daunting as they find reading a whole book challenging.
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Who ever thinks of this?
By working on sentence structures in a lively and interesting way for 15 minutes a day, pupils will gain immediate positive feedback from their success.
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Give me a title
Some children will respond to “What is a Butterphant?” with images and ideas flashing into their minds. Others may respond – “I don’t know what to write”. Frustrating.
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Be original, but follow the rules
How can we teach children to follow the rules of English, and be creative at the same time? Creativity can appear simple, but is actually rather complicated.
