In the 2014 National Curriculum, the need for pupils to have an ‘acquisition and command of vocabulary’ was a key statement. The role this would play in their learning and development was clear, but 5 years on how many of Read more…
Here at The Literacy Company, we find nothing more satisfying than discovering a cracking new book. Our latest review ‘Tin’, the debut novel by Padraig Kenny, has been a firm favourite in our office for while now and we thought Read more…
We stumbled across ‘Wisp: A Story of Hope’, a truly stunning picture book, by chance while gathering together resources for our SMSC units of work on the theme of Refugees. Among the books we chose, Wisp stands out like a Read more…
With a curriculum packed full of valuable content and pressures on primary schools to deliver on ever more challenging targets in end of key stage testing, the teaching of SMSC and British Values is often an area that is squeezed Read more…
We had been speaking to Head of School at Wolverham, Jenni Ogden, in our previous post about her experience of Pathways to Write and the mastery approach to writing her school have been piloting for us. Not only have Wolverham Read more…
We were delighted when this latest book by Benji Davies arrived on our doorstep. We are big fans of his previous work (The Storm Whale and The Storm Whale in Winter), having used and shared them many times on our Read more…
It’s a busy Monday morning at Wolverham Primary School and Head of School, Jenni Ogden, has given up some of her valuable time to talk with us about Pathways to Write and how they have used it to develop their Read more…
Welcome to our new-look blog. We aim to share inspiring resources, ideas for teaching English and provide useful information regarding changes and updates to assessment and curriculum. We hope you find it useful. Christine & Sian “You seemed so far Read more…
