Rachel Clarke Rachel Clarke

Close reading

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

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Books about mums

As we celebrate Mother’s Day this month, our children’s book expert shares her recommended books about mums.

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Back to school books

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!

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Funny books to make you laugh

With the holidays fast approaching I am sure everybody is thinking about how to keep children reading over the summer, so the theme this month is Humour! Funny books are the perfect way to engage children’s interest, which also makes them great read-alouds for an end of the day / end of the term classroom treat.

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Books about Evolution

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

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Once upon an ordinary school day

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.

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