As we wind down to the end of the year, SATs 2020 looms on the horizon beckoning to Year 6 teachers to strategise and prepare come January. For many of us, i...

As a child, I had the privilege of growing up surrounded by books that celebrated my culture and identity. Jamaican schools of both primary and secondary sta...

We are at the beginning of a new school year and some of us are getting to know the children we hope to build into even more confident learners. With this du...

While walking around the room observing a year 6 cohort take the 2019 reading test, I read over their shoulders and glimpsed at the text types, questions and...

Bright I's has had a very successful start since its establishing in August 2019. But like all teachers, I have taken the time to reflect on what works and w...

Sequencing a text is often challenging for early readers as they start to access a wider range of reading. The 1c cognitive domain asks children to identify ...

The teaching of reading continues to be a much explored subject, however the question remains: To program or not to program? A good comprehension and phonics...

As we all work towards the dreaded SATs let us not forget some important things. 1. SATs is not just a year 6 responsibility no matter how much you might thi...

After reaching out to professionals on social media about CPD opportunities in reading - as you do in this millennial age- I was introduced by school improve...

It's been a while since I have blogged but now I am back. Sounds a bit cryptic but to be honest, taking a break is often necessary to clear the mind and reju...

It is often a challenge within the group reading model to identify the depth of understanding of each pupil particularly when it comes to descriptive narrati...

Let's face it. Vocabulary cannot be taught in isolation. We can get caught up in teaching all the tough words we see in a text but how effective is this when...

Often I have observed teachers sweating profusely over a text trying to develop questions to match the Bloom's Taxonomy approach to ensure they are ticking o...