I’ve been using Reading Reconsidered (Lemov, Driggs, Woolway) a lot with my year 6 class recently. It is an excellent … More

@johntomsett For those of us on the front line of Key Stage 2 testing reform – children, parents and teachers … More

I thought I had blogged about my favourite “quick and easy reading activity for science classes” before, but it seems … More

Learning science in a classroom is an anomaly. Once school is over, it is very unusual for professionals or citizens … More

I pre-ordered my copy of Reading Reconsidered by Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs and Erica Woolway back in October. It arrived … More

Not a blog post: just a selection of my adaptations of great archaic texts. Where Are The Children’s Adaptations of … More

(image from handresearch.com. I searched ‘literacy’ and ‘ratio.’ I thought I would share). I came across the term “ratio” for learning … More

Robert Hooke’s Micrographia is a wonderful text. The extract above describing the discovery of cells is a unique insight into … More