Make Instruction Writing Fun in KS1

Instruction writing teaches children to think carefully and literally. In contrast to other writing activities where we encourage their minds to wander.

Brainstorming Activities for Primary Pupils

The hardest part of any task is getting started.

We all know the feeling.

10 Tips For Teaching Imaginative Writing to Your Primary Class

“The world is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” – William Butler Yeats.

Five Stories to Encourage Friendship In Your Classroom (Anti-Bullying Week 11th - 15th Nov)

From 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’.

Writing Worries Away: Literacy Lessons for Anxious Children

Literacy can be an excellent tool to help pupils release their burdens.

Five Awesome Girls In Children's Literature - International Day of The Girl Child

On the 11th of October, the world will observe International Day of the Girl Child. Here are our five favourite girls in children’s literature.

Pack A Punch With These Primary Punctuation Games

Getting to grips with punctuation often involves a lot of correction, which nobody – teacher or pupil – particularly relishes. However, help is at hand!

The Five Best Short Stories For KS1 Retelling Activities

Asking your primary class to retell a story has a host of benefits, here are our 5 favourite short stories for KS1 retelling activities!

Make KS1 Writing Fun With Our Top Tips

“The most difficult thing about writing; is writing the first line.” - Amit Kalantri.

Whether you’re an author on your tenth novel, or a six-year-old tentatively hovering their pencil, it’s certainly true that those first lines are the hardest.

The Three Most Challenging Aspects of Primary School Testing

Despite 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.

4 Top Tips For Using Writing Prompts In Primary Classes

“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.

Teaching Children to Write Opening Sentences

“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.