7 ways to enthuse students to learn English
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Wondering how to engage your students in their literacy and comprehension lessons? Let us show you how!
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Reading for me Reviews
Monday, 10 October 2022
Check out some fantastic reviews of our new Reading for me series
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Help your students master spelling with The Spelling Box
Thursday, 20 January 2022
The Spelling Box is the perfect resource to help your students master spelling. Find out why now!
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How to read for meaning
Tuesday, 11 January 2022
Find out ways to help your children read for meaning in this blog!
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Free comprehension resource pack
Monday, 20 December 2021
Download and try with your students today!
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Free Comprehension through cloze sample
Monday, 18 October 2021
Download our free sample pack and use it with your classroom today!
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How to help children improve their writing skills
Monday, 20 September 2021
If you’re stuck on how to help your child improve their writing skills, we’ve got some fun and useful ideas for you!
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Teachers review 'The Comprehension strategies box'
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Want to see what all the fuss is about? Check out these stellar teacher reviews of the Comprehension Strategies Box!
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How to prep for a spelling bee
Thursday, 22 April 2021
Got a student who's interested in competing in the spelling bee? We've got advice for you!
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Make every week Book Week! How to inspire a love of reading
Monday, 19 October 2020
Actionable, easy and fun tips for inspiring a love of reading in primary-aged children.
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Book Week 2020 teaching ideas
Monday, 19 October 2020
Bring Book Week to life with these exciting ideas, activities and resources.
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Connect Knowledge to Comprehension with a Predicting Strategy
Monday, 19 October 2020
Learn everything you need to know about the 'Predicting' reading comprehension strategy!
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How children can master persuasive writing
Wednesday, 09 September 2020
Teach your children to write persuasively with these tips!
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Free spelling pack
Monday, 31 August 2020
Enjoy a free downloadable spelling pack—available for lower, middle and upper primary.
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English games for the classroom and home
Monday, 31 August 2020
Make English so much fun with these educational activities for primary-aged children, kids will forget they’re learning!
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Building students' confidence with English skills practice
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Building students' confidence with English skills practice
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Does practice really make perfect? The importance of practising English skills
Monday, 19 August 2019
'Practice makes mastery' can mean a whole lot more to teachers than the English proverb ever could.
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Consolidate and practise English skills
Friday, 16 August 2019
The Literacy and Numeracy learning progressions are broken down into elements and sub-elements.
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12 reasons why students need regular grammar practice
Thursday, 15 August 2019
Some favourite GIFs to help demonstrate the importance of grammar.
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Trial our 'Writing prompts' boxes today!
Monday, 15 July 2019
Download and trial these great resources in your classroom!
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Apps for engaging students in writing
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Apps to download and use in your classroom to encourage a love of writing.
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Teaching Christmas across the Curriculum
Thursday, 15 November 2018
Ideas to weave festive fun through different curriculum areas.
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Are you sounding it out correctly?
Sunday, 07 October 2018
The difference between 'continuous' and 'stop' sounds, and the importance of children learning these.
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Phonological and phonemic awareness skills
Thursday, 02 August 2018
Tools to help students acquire the basic phonological and phonemic awareness skills needed for higher skills.
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Body-coda blending
Tuesday, 24 July 2018
How to help students with different learning styles tackle the skill of blending.
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Teaching strategies for writing
Monday, 11 June 2018
Help your students improve and enrich their writing at the sentence level.
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A cross-curricular approach to Chinese New Year
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
In 2018, the official Chinese New Year celebrations will commence on 16 February and continue through to 2 March. Many
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English and Maths NAPLAN practice tests
Friday, 09 February 2018
NAPLAN testing seems to be a source of dread for teachers & students. But there are ways to make preparation easier.
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Handwriting: using a whole-school approach
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
A whole-school approach is vital to maintaining a consistent approach to the teaching and learning of handwriting from
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Enhancing fluency through English skills
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Being a proficient communicator is an essential skill for survival, to ‘get ahead’ in a career or simply to socialise.
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Freebie Friday: Handwriting today
Friday, 28 July 2017
Research shows handwriting assists with the preparation for early literacy, increases creativity and productivity, impr
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The need for the explicit teaching of handwriting
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
The explicit teaching of handwriting is a topic that has polarised the teaching profession for decades.
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Freebie Friday: Limerick competition
Friday, 12 May 2017
Happy Limerick Day, everyone! Who doesn't love a cheeky little limerick to put a smile on your face? We certainly do! B
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Mind movies and comprehension
Tuesday, 09 May 2017
One would assume that children naturally create images in their mind when reading a story, but this is not always the
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The importance of stories
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Oral storytelling is, and has been, a major communication tool across many cultures for centuries. With the introductio
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Assessing English through poetry
Friday, 24 March 2017
Poetry really is an art form that is underappreciated by students—and has been for decades. Is it because poetry is see
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The power of poetry
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
During a recent discussion with my colleagues, the subject of poetry arose, and the many benefits of its use in educat
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It's all about the context!
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
A recently-read article contains the following quote: ‘Without a strong background in basic skills like decoding and vo
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Exciting aids to develop English skills
Thursday, 09 February 2017
How excited are the students in your class when you tell them you are going to read them a story? Quietness reigns and
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Freebie Friday - Literacy and Numeracy Week
Friday, 02 September 2016
To help celebrate literacy and numeracy, this week's Freebie Friday giveaway is a 'Parts of speech' poster.
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Freebie Friday - Teaching the Olympic Games with cross-curricular activities
Friday, 29 July 2016
Who's excited to watch the Olympic Torch Relay and the spectacular opening ceremony to mark the commencement of the Oly
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Freebie Friday - Hands-on grammar and editing activities
Friday, 22 July 2016
The English language can be a challenge for anyone to learn; even more so for young students beginning to tackle the wo
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Freebie Friday - Early finishers
Friday, 08 July 2016
For this week's Freebie Friday we are giving you two language-based word search activities.
