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Ks1 & Ks2 class cooking sessions
What a very busy but fantastic week I have just had. I spent almost the whole week cooking with the amazing children at Reepham Primary School in Norfolk. In the run...
A Story Of Diwali – The Festival Of Light
It’s just under a month until Diwali, and if you’re starting to think about planning your lessons and gathering resources then you might want to take a look at...
Dyslexia Teaching Resources
This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week and so we decided to create a few resources aimed at helping people who confuse certain letters and numbers. They were designed by ou...
Dealing with Noisy Children: How to Lower the Noise Level in Your House
Children are one of the greatest joys in life, and one of the most beautiful miracles of life. However, these little wonders are often too loud, too happy – they are yo...
Storytelling Awards
After the event comes the feedback. This year has seen the institution of a new set of awards – the British Awards for Storytelling Excellence, or BASE for short. The 2...
Inaugural ‘phonics reading check’ results published
In my last post I discussed the need for a well-trained early years workforce in order to close the gap in ‘school readiness’ between children from poorer backgrounds...
The importance of a well-educated workforce in early years settings
An interesting report was published recently examining social mobility and in particular the significant gap in ‘school readiness’ between the wealthiest and poorest...
The Importance of Maths Games at KS1
Incorporating Maths into the KS1 timetable is no easy task. With so many aspects and areas of maths to build in, it’s easy for a particular subject to get left behind....
Revised EYFS teaching resources
Over the summer we had so many messages from people who really love the resources in our observation and assessment section asking us if we will be updating them t...
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