Reading For Pleasure

Over the past few months, we've been thinking about ways to involve all our staff (meaning SLT, support staff and office staff, as well ...

Children who are encouraged to read and who have books suggested to them by their peers are significantly more likely to enjoy reading and s...

I knew my previous class as readers extremely well, mainly because I'd been fortunate enough to have worked with them for almost two a...

A couple of weeks ago my class decided that, rather than receiving yet another election leaflet through their letterbox, the residents of...

This is a wonderful idea I've pinched from @Elsie2110 on Twitter. It's a great way for the children to record what they read over t...

Poetry has been the poor relation in the teaching of English at primary schools for as long as I can remember. In the staffroom, you might o...

Last week, ten-year-old Gracie, a girl in my class and one of the most passionate readers I've ever been fortunate enough to teach, want...