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.

A quick walk through expanded noun phrases - what the national curriculum says about them, some of the myths busted and a selection of ideas to teach this important aspect of grammar across Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.

This article introduces the Primary English Progression in Spoken Language document. The resource takes each of the spoken language objectives from the national curriculum and breaks them down into steps for each year from 1 - 6. This article explains more.

You know how hard it is to pull all the strands of literacy together so that everything makes sense. And, you know how important it is to teach this huge range of literacy skills in a context that makes sense to the children. That’s why so many of us choose to use children’s books as the stimulus for our literacy learning. In this article, I open a window on my approach to planning literacy learning with children’s books.

Writing for purpose and audience in order to fill the gaps in children’s writing.

How our fantastic FREE Progression Document can help you plan for narrative writing across KS1 and KS2.

Our hugely popular FREE download guides you through the grammatical features found in authentic non-fiction texts and helps you teach those skills progressively across KS1 and KS2. Read more about it here.