Asking children to find the meaning of words using a dictionary and then using those words in their own written sentences is a useful way to learn more about words. But if we’re to ensure children maintain interest in word learning, it is worth considering other approaches to vocabulary building. With this in mind we’ve listed some techniques you may want to add to your vocabulary focussed reading lessons

Want to know more about close reading? This short article tells you more…

If you’re looking for books on the theme of going Back to School, this selection is just the thing. With fabulous recommendations and links to other content on the Primary English website, it’s here to help you launch the new year in a bookishly good way!

In this article children’s literature expert, Joy Court, gives us her recommendations for books on the theme of evolution.

Once upon an ordinary a day an ordinary teacher was looking for an ordinary book to read with her ordinary children during their ordinary guided reading lesson, when..she stumbled across a quite extraordinary book indeed: Once Upon an Ordinary School Day by Colin McNaughton and Satoshi Kitamura.