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...

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...

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...

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

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

As we all work towards the dreaded SATs let us not forget some important things.

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

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...