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Resources for primary aged children
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Practical advice to improve children’s writing skills
How can you make writing enjoyable for children? Stimulate children’s imaginations using interesting and unusual photos as a starting point.
November 28, 2024 -
Creative writing doesn’t have to be boring
What is the most effective way to improve your pupils’ writing? Using a variety of sentence structures results in more imaginative and interesting writing.
November 14, 2024 -
How fluent are your pupils in French?
Acting is a fun way to practise French and promote fluency. Pupils will experience success and develop confidence.
November 7, 2024 -
Confidence is key
Making children more confident in their reading and writing is vital. But what is the most effective way of giving children more confidence in reading and writing?
September 3, 2024 -
The fastest way
Their affinity with rhyme and rhythm means children are more willing than they might otherwise be to repeat phrases they learn, and improve their pronunciation.
July 17, 2024 -
I don’t know what to say
Children can often write without thinking through the details of who, what, where and how. But they still need to learn about using a more structured approach.
July 9, 2024 -
Quel est ton sport préféré ?
These Olympics give you an opportunity to further pupils French vocabulary, sentence building and grammar structures.
June 24, 2024 -
A sense of achievement
What is the most effective way of getting KS1 children to enhance their enjoyment of the activity of creative writing?
June 19, 2024 -
A not to be missed opportunity to learn French
The 2024 Olympics will be held in Paris this July and August. What better way is there to inspire pupils to learn vocabulary for the sports and related topics.
June 4, 2024 -
Maths problem solving is for life
Maths is very much a part of problem solving in our society, from budgeting to calculating football league tables, but it is not seen in this way by children.
May 20, 2024
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