This Morning I Met a Whale by Michael Morpurgo is a delight in itself, but the opportunities it provides to explore with children not only environmental issues but also the wider question of their ...

This worksheet features writing prompts to help pupils create a persuasive poster promoting the benefits of recycling. It comes from the OUP primary literacy resource series Project X Origins. The ...

Whole-class reading works best, in my experience, when it’s built around a structured comprehension framework. I use the VIPERS reading approach – vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, ...

Once GCSE results day has been and gone, what are the key issues and outcomes that school staff should reflect on during an ...

The Incredible Book Eating Boy is an amazing gem from the hand and mind of the supremely original Oliver Jeffers. It will help children to work up an appetite for reading that will continue to nourish ...

Speech ‘I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.’ Martin Luther King Jr ...

Teaching writing in Y6, I have learned many things about children: they have brilliant imaginations; they are capable of understanding complex concepts; once they learn about that semi-colon, they ...

Literary Devices defines alliteration as: “A stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.” Does alliteration have to use the ...

In many stories – especially adventures – characters discover an exciting new place and experience a sense of wonder. When writing a fantasy setting, the only limits are those of the writer’s ...

Explore the complexity of being human, emotions and empathy with Katherine Applegate’s moving book, The One and Only Ivan. This PDF is full of cross-curricular activities related to the book. Every ...

It’s more important than ever to use European Day of Languages to reinvigorate students’ attitudes to MFL and remind them exactly why learning another language is so amazing. At the moment, only ...

The NHS describes challenging behaviour as behaviour that puts students or those around them “at risk, or leads to a poorer quality of life”. It can cause teachers to lose significant amounts of ...