Let’s say you’ve got a class full of students who are strong readers. You give them a text that you … More
Category: Literacy
A Progression Model for Physics Sentences
Because my trust uses comparative judgement, I’ve got a tonne of writing by pupils from the start of Key Stage … More
What Counts as a High Quality Text in a Primary Science Classroom?
We should be reading more high quality books to children, but which books should we choose? Literacy books, blogs and … More
Exploring the World’s Most Successful Primary Science Curricula: Post #1 Saxony
In November, the DfE published their curriculum and assessment report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/curriculum-and-assessment-review-final-report. As a result, many of us are thinking about … More
Using AI For Generating Literacy Feedback in KS3 Science
At my trust, we have used comparative judgement for 8 years. We use NoMoreMarking both for the national tasks, but … More
Does Phonics Have a Place in High School?
Summary This blog shows how secondary teachers can use simple tools from the phonics teachers’ toolkit to support older students … More
Born Listening? Why Listening Is Hard and How to Help Your Students Listen and Understand Better.
This blog is about the forgotten half of oracy: not talking but listening. Listening is often described as the Cinderella … More
Wait! Time!
Wait-Time ticks all the boxes: it’s easy to describe, easy to implement and it just makes sense. In case you … More
The Simple View of Reading
Less Simple than it Looks The Simple View formula presented by Gough and Tunmer in 1986 is presented as a … More
Good Enough Comprehension
Or not quite good enough… I’m a decent reader, but I find recipes hard to follow. The trouble is that … More
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