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A secure understanding of how to use different tenses is essential if children are to make good progress in writing...
Explore how a simple game can help children make leaps of literacy progress...
Discover how this simple planning technique can help children with inspiration, sequencing and more...
Engage KS1 and KS2 pupils with New Year resources that build oracy, reflection, goal-setting and writing skills...
End children’s confusion over words that sound the same but have a different meaning, with these clever strategies for Years 2-6...
Successful writers know how to create convincing and memorable characters - and here's how they do it...
It’s a term children first meet in Year 2 – and understanding it will take their writing to the next level...
Teach children the key features and conventions of an important - but potentially tricky - writing genre...
Try this simple and effective strategy for helping young children write more powerful stories...
Careful story planning doesn't mean children have to squash their creativity – quite the opposite, in fact...
Discover how conjunctions boost KS2 writing, with tips and resources to help pupils use them confidently...
KS2 teacher Sarah Farrell explores key Year 4 English skills and shares top resources to make grammar, reading and writing lessons engaging...
Get pupils discovering winter’s wonders – from writing hibernation poems to learning about the solstice – without leaving your warm...
Pupils may be more used to pinging a DM than penning a missive – but they still need the skills required for the latter...
Ensure children's writing holds firm by building a deep understanding of how ideas can be joined together...
Can you afford to miss out? Read on to discover the best persuasive writing technique tips ever, absolutely free!
Help children move towards greater depth with this guide to understanding and teaching the key cohesive device that is the adverbial...
Draw on your pupils' imaginations to help them paint a picture with their words...
Explore Anti-Bullying Week resources for EYFS, KS1 and KS2 to promote kindness, empathy and positive friendships...
Explore World Kindness Day resources and activities to help pupils develop empathy, friendship skills and kindness across all key stages...
Explore our age-appropriate Remembrance Day activities to help pupils reflect on history and the sacrifices of others...
Explore Bonfire Night in the classroom with our ready-to-use activities and resources for EYFS, KS1 and KS2...
No matter how convenient it is to tap out a text, the epistolary art is still a valuable skill for children to learn to improve writing...
Bring Halloween thrills into your classroom with these curriculum-linked KS1 and KS2 worksheets – spooky stories, magical potions and...
Explore a range of Diwali classroom activities for EYFS through to UKS2, with hands-on ideas and resources to bring the festival’s...
It’s a notoriously (and perhaps surprisingly) challenging topic – but it's time to take the fear out of teaching fronted adverbials...
Perfectly punctuating dialogue is something that can trip up even experienced editors – but this quick guide should help pupils get it...
As non-fiction text types go, news articles provide opportunities to develop a whole range of key writing skills...
Unlock the joy of poetry in your classroom with practical tips, engaging techniques and KS1–KS2 resources that make teaching verse...
The effective use of descriptive language is key for greater depth writing – so here's how to help pupils bring their ideas to life with...
Support children as they get their facts straight, with this guide to presenting information clearly and accurately...
Revisit the features required for an effective first person recount...
Understanding what makes a good compound sentence is an essential skill to help young writers make progress...
It's a tough word to spell – but a hugely useful rhetorical device for the greater depth writing toolkit in KS1 and KS2...
Support children towards greater depth writing by teaching the responsible use of powerful language...
To help children learn about sentence types, here are some top tips for identifying and using commands...
Use these strategies and resources to give children the tools they need to create powerful settings for their descriptive writing...
Bring Rosh Hashanah to life in your classroom with activities that help children explore its meaning, traditions and symbols...
Building a brilliant vocabulary can be an exciting process of exploration and discovery - so let's present it that way to our pupils...
When it comes to growing children's vocabularies, exposure to challenging texts is only part of the picture...
Help every Key Stage 2 student learn when away from school with these tips, activity ideas and more...
With around 10,000 new children's titles published every year, how can teachers choose the best for their classroom?
Inspire sophisticated stories with these cross-curricular creative writing tips to get children's imaginations active...
Make sure you are fully prepared to show your best side, should the inspectors decide to investigate writing in your school...
The ability to use speech clearly and with confidence is crucial for successful literacy outcomes
Waiting for 'the call'? Make sure you're ready to demonstrate intent, implementation and impact for your school's reading curriculum...
From limericks to sonnets and everything in between - poetry has so much to offer for primary school...
Brush up your subject knowledge with this comprehensive guide to vocabulary categories
A rich vocabulary is a key marker of successful academic outcomes - so how can teachers help every child develop one?
Well-formed, clear handwriting doesn't just look good - it's an indicator of improved outcomes, well beyond the end of KS2...
Celebrate World Book Day, the annual event championing reading for pleasure, with these easy, no-stress activity ideas and resources...
Follow this advice to make sure you are encouraging every pupil to produce their very best written work possible
Sound advice to make sure the KS1 Teacher Assessment Framework is working for you and your pupils – as well as those pesky Powers That...
Few things have a more positive impact on children's outcomes than how often they read for pleasure - so here's how to encourage it...
Nine simple strategies to support pupils in mastering CEWs, SSWs and other non-standard spelling challenges!
Can primary school children really make sense of the Bard? Absolutely...
Give every student the skills they need to become a master speller, from day one!
Give your Key Stage 2 students the key skills they need to get the most out of any text...
Open the door to more-fluent writing from your pupils
Take pupils FROM confusion TO confidence in nine easy steps
Ensure success in those end of KS2 assessments, with resources and strategies for better text analysis
Help pupils in Year 4 and onwards to identify, use and understand the different ways we can modify a noun...
Improve reading comprehension skills and develop more sophisticated writing by exploring etymology with your pupils...
Help children write at greater depth, with language choices that really grab readers' attention
If you were hoping to improve your teaching, understanding this often perplexing verb mood would be a great place to start...
Teach possession and contraction well from the start, and you could prevent a lifetime of punctuation mark confusion for your pupils...
Adding rhetorical flourishes will help children achieve greater depth writing – but only if they know why they’re doing it...
Use these smart strategies to turn a challenging grammar topic into something that’s, well, relatively simple!
By the end of Year 5, children need to be able to identify and use modal verbs - but can you?
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