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25^th Sep 2025

Top 10 Literacy Resources for Key Stage One

To save you time, we've gathered 10 of the best literacy resources currently available for KS1 in the UK; covering phonics, comprehension, writing, and reading for pleasure.

15^th Sep 2025

Adaptive Oracy Activities for EYFS

We have listed 7 activities for your EYFS literacy lessons which focus on oracy and adaptive teaching.

10^th Sep 2025

The Importance of The Foundation Stage in Developing Literacy Skills

The Foundation Stage builds early literacy, fostering confidence, creativity, and a lifelong love of reading and writing through rich, playful learning.

6^th Sep 2025

The Oracy Crisis: How Mighty Writer Answers the Call of the 'We Need to Talk' Report

In March 2024, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) released its landmark report, "We need to talk: The case for oracy in the classroom". This vital document highlights a growing crisis in children's spoken language skills—an "oracy gap" that has widened post-pandemic and is profoundly impacting educational attainment, social mobility, and emotional wellbeing.

1^st Sep 2025

Supporting All Learners: Early Identification and Assessment in EYFS

Every child’s learning journey is unique, shaped by early experiences that lay the foundation for future literacy. Their initial encounters with learning create a distinctive path that influences how they absorb knowledge. Recognising these early differences allows teachers to celebrate and support individual learning needs.

25^th Aug 2025

Engaging Tactile Activities to Boost Vocabulary and Speaking Skills

Vocabulary and speaking skills are the fundamental building blocks for literacy, enabling Early Years and KS1 learners to communicate effectively from an early age.

22^nd Aug 2025

Phonics Hopscotch: Outdoor Literacy Lesson Plan

This lesson is designed to combine the benefits of outdoor activity with engaging phonics practice.

15^th Aug 2025

The Magic of Literacy: More Than Just Reading and Writing

Literacy is much more than simply reading and writing; it is a multidimensional skill that forms the foundation for learning.

12^th Aug 2025

Under the Sea Phonics Adventure: Dive into Blends, Diagraphs, and Initial Sounds

Dive into an underwater adventure that brings phonics to life! Engage your pupils with an under the sea-themed hunt designed for year one.

8^th Aug 2025

3 Sentence Building Games for KS1 Literacy

This blog explores interactive sentence-building games that transform the way primary pupils engage with literacy.

5^th Aug 2025

Splash into summer: KS1 literacy lesson plan

A fun, summer beach-themed lesson plan for your KS1 classes!

1^st Aug 2025

Literacy Lesson Plan: Water Word Play in the Tuff Tray

This lesson aims to offer young primary school pupils a fun and interactive approach to literacy by engaging them in water play while they develop their phonics and word-building skills.

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