Literacy

Policies Primary Resources 

12 Tips To Engage Reluctant Readers

18th October 201818th October 2018 Laura George 1463 Views 1 Comment Author, book club, book tasting, Drop Everything And Read, Harry Potter, libraries, Literacy, reluctant readers, speaking and listening

Reading Time: 4 minutes How can we motivate children to read?

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Students Teaching and Learning Technology 

#1MinCPD: Supporting Dyslexia Learners

3rd October 20184th October 2018 Hanna Beech 1077 Views 2 Comments #1minCPD, #dyslexiaawarenessweek, calculate, dictionary, Dyslexia, ICT, iPad, Literacy, Maths, Reading, SEN, Special Educational Needs, Spelling, Writing

Reading Time: 1 minute How can you give dyslexia learners independence in the classroom?

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Mental Health Parenting Resources 

Literacy And Life Expectancy

8th September 20187th September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 967 Views 1 Comment Alain de Botton, Assembly, Functionally Illiterate, Gurdjieff, Hanif Kureshi, Jeanette Winterson, Life Expectancy, Literacy, Middle Class, National Literacy Trust, Nietzsche, Osho, Poverty, Sophie's World, The British Class Survey, The National Literacy Trust, Upper Class, Working Class

Reading Time: 4 minutes What are you doing to raise the profile of literacy in your everyday life?

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Curriculum Review 

5 Videos To Encourage Active Learning

2nd May 201818th May 2018 Holly Gardner 1763 Views active learning, BBC, Competition, dancing, Fred the Red, free resources, Grammar, Literacy, Manchester United, Maths, measurement, numeracy, Premier League, Product Review, Punctuation, singing, Super Movers, times tables, Videos

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can you get your students active whilst learning?

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Parenting Podcasts Students 

Podcast 15: How Can We Increase Children’s Vocabulary?

21st April 201812th November 2018 Iesha Small 1232 Views 1 Comment #100vote, #BETT2018, #TTkit100Women, English, Entrepreneur, illustrations, Literacy, mrs wordsmith, Podcast, Reading, Sofia Fenichell, vocabulary, women

Reading Time: 1 minute How can we increase children’s vocabulary?

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CPD Teaching and Learning 

#1MinCPD: Encouraging Reading

18th April 20185th May 2018 Hanna Beech 1588 Views 0 Comments #1minCPD, authors, Creativity, empathy, fiction, Fun, learning investment, Literacy, non-fiction, Reading, vocabulary, Writing

Reading Time: 1 minute How can we encourage a love of reading in our pupils?

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CPD Primary Teaching and Learning 

#1MinCPD: Steady Sentences

28th March 20185th May 2018 Hanna Beech 1344 Views 0 Comments #1minCPD, editing, emerging writers, Literacy, Primary, sentence starters, steady sentences, vocabulary, Writing

Reading Time: 1 minute How can we help emerging writers?

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Assessment Teaching and Learning 

Whole Class Guided Reading: More Ideas

10th March 20182nd April 2018 Hollie Anderton 6510 Views 2 Comments Alison Dawkins, Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time (DIRT), Differentiation, editing, guided reading, Jo Payne, Literacy, Lois Lowry, reading carousel, Solomon Kingsnorth, vocabulary, whole-class guided reading (WCGR)

Reading Time: 4 minutes Have you tried whole class guided reading yet?

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Parenting Seasonal Students 

5 Activities for World Book Day

27th February 20186th March 2018 Christina Brown 1978 Views 0 Comments book cover, Competition, Creativity, film, Library, Literacy, performance, poetry, Reading, speaking and listening, World Book Day, Writing

Reading Time: 3 minutes What can you do for World Book Day?

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Policies Politics Students 

The Real Disadvantage Gap In Our Schools

21st January 201821st January 2018 @TeacherToolkit 4300 Views 0 Comments @Edu_Historian, achievement, Algebra, attainment gap, Disadvantaged, Family, Home, Jack Schneider, Learning, Literacy, Magritte, Massachusetts, Money, poor, Progress, Pupil Premium, Reading, rich, scores, social mobility, socio-economic, Sommerville, Tests, the nook

Reading Time: 5 minutes Does having a family culture and structure at home, which aligns to the values of a school, equate to success?

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CPD 

CPD Picks of The Week

11th January 201814th January 2018 Holly Gardner 1367 Views 0 Comments Amanda Spielman, Anne Longfield, ASCL, banners, Blue Monday, caffeine, Change4Life, Children's Commissioner, Consortium for Research in Deaf Education (CRIDE), Cyberbullying, Damian Hinds, deaf children, digital literacy, gaming addiction, guided reading, happiness, healthy eating, Killian Mullan, Literacy, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Podcast, Public Health England, snacking, Suella Fernandes, sugar, technology, Textbooks, The World Health Organisation, Toby Young, Verbal Feedback, Waitrose, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you want to beat those blue Mondays and bust some educational myths?

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CPD Teaching and Learning 

#1MinCPD: Guided Reading Questions

10th January 20188th January 2018 Hanna Beech 1649 Views 2 Comments #1minCPD, debate, English, guided reading, Harry Potter, Homework, Literacy, Modelling, pause, pose, Questioning, speaking and listening

Reading Time: 1 minute What is the pause and pose reading strategy?

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Parenting Teaching and Learning 

Teaching Reading to Children With Autism

9th January 20182nd April 2018 Ethan Miller 5617 Views 3 Comments Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, InstagramBlog, Lesson planning, Literacy, multi-sensory, Neurodevelopment disorder, Parents, picture books, Reading, Reading and Autism, SEN, special interest

Reading Time: 4 minutes How can we help autistic learners with reading?

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Blogging Publication Resources 

21 Books That Have Influenced Thinking

22nd December 201725th December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4984 Views 0 Comments Alain de Botton, Benjamin Hoff, blogs, Chip Heath, Chris Guillebeau, Dan Heath, David Price, David Price OBE, Doug Lemov, Dr Tim O'Brien, Dr. Debra Kidd, Education, Jelmer Evers, Jessica Lahey, Joel Comm, leadership, Literacy, Lucy Crehan, Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, Randy Pausch, Reading, Richard Bach, Richard Gerver, Robert Cialdini, Schools, teacher, teaching, Tom Hodgkinson

Reading Time: 5 minutes What books have influenced you this year?

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Primary Teaching and Learning 

How Can We Engage Children In Reading?

15th November 20176th March 2018 Anna Wells 5510 Views 0 Comments children's literature, community, Competition, guided reading, Literacy, Premier League Reading Stars, Reading

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we encourage children to read a book in a world of distractions? 

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Teaching and Learning 

How To Revolutionise Guided Reading

10th November 20176th March 2018 Hollie Anderton 23777 Views 17 Comments Alison Dawkins, Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time (DIRT), guided reading, Jo Payne, Literacy, reading carousel, Solomon Kingsnorth, vocabulary, whole-class guided reading (WCGR)

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is whole-class guided reading?

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CPD NQTs 

CPD Picks Of The Week

5th October 20175th October 2017 Holly Gardner 1877 Views 0 Comments #ukedchat, Assemblies, BBC Education, CPD, Differentiation, GL Assessment, Literacy, news, NQTs, Parents, planning, Resilience, STEM, Teaching and Learning, The Guardian

Reading Time: 2 minutes Do you make enough time for your own development?

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