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Brainstorming Activities For Primary Pupils
22nd Nov 2019The hardest part of any task is getting started.
We all know the feeling.
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10 Tips For Teaching Imaginative Writing to Your Primary Class
26th Oct 2019“The world is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” – William Butler Yeats.
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Anti-Bullying Week (11th - 15th Nov): Five Stories to Encourage Friendship In Your Classroom
17th Oct 2019From name-calling to physical altercations, bullying is far from a new phenomenon – but that doesn’t mean we should regard it as ‘part of growing up’.
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Writing Worries Away: Literacy Lessons for Anxious Children
24th Sep 2019Literacy can be an excellent tool to help pupils release their burdens.
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International Day of The Girl Child (11th October) - Five Awesome Girls In Children’s Literature
18th Sep 2019On the 11th of October, the world will observe International Day of the Girl Child. Here are our five favourite girls in children’s literature.
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Pack A Punch With These Primary Punctuation Games
21st Aug 2019Getting to grips with punctuation often involves a lot of correction, which nobody – teacher or pupil – particularly relishes. However, help is at hand!
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The Five Best Short Stories For KS1 Retelling Activities
18th Aug 2019Asking your primary class to retell a story has a host of benefits.
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Make KS1 Writing Fun With Our Top Tips
19th Jul 2019“The most difficult thing about writing; is writing the first line.” - Amit Kalantri.
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The Three Most Challenging Aspects of Primary School Testing
10th Jul 2019Despite its difficulties, teaching is a great job. However, there are some aspects to the role that simply aren’t designed to be fun – and testing is one of them.
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4 Top Tips For Using Writing Prompts In Primary Classes
27th Jun 2019“Don’t you know who I am?”
“Yes. I just don’t care.”
Nope, it’s not the first ten seconds of your lesson from hell – but one of many creative writing prompts that you may uncover with a little basic Googling.
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Teaching Children To Write Opening Sentences
19th Jun 2019“The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world.” – The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, by Barbara Robinson.
The very first line in a book can almost tell a story in itself.
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Inspire Your KS2 Pupils With Our Narrative Writing Checklist
12th Jun 2019Whether we read them ourselves or have them read to us, enjoying a story is one of life’s simple pleasures. However, when it comes to writing one, it can seem very complicated indeed.
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