Let me ask you a question: Where do you encounter non-fiction reading in your everyday life? And is this a pleasurable experience or is your use of everyday non-fiction literacy purely out of necessity?

We look at non-fiction in the primary school and consider how it is both a necessity and a pleasure.

A range of practical approaches to support blending and segmenting.

For many years I've been supporting teachers to teach editing and proofreading using the ARMS and CUPS aide memoire as a systematic approach to editing and proofreading. It’s an incredibly simple approach to evaluating, improving and redrafting and one that the teachers I work with have embraced enthusiastically.

Reading has the power to transform lives. In this article, we collate inspirational quotations about the power of books and reading.

Cohesion is one of those aspects of writing that can be hard to pin down. Teachers often describe it as writing that flows and writing that sticks together. But just what is it that gives writing cohesion, and can it even be taught? We share our thoughts and our Cohesion Roadmap to help you ensure cohesion is taught progressively across your school.

Monday can be one of those days where you need a few words of wisdom to get you going…

Scaffolding is an approach to adapting learning so that all pupils can be successful. But what does in look like in primary English lessons?

A really useful article full of links to blogs about reading pedagogies including guided, whole class guided and close reading.