I’m currently big on graphic organisers. It’s the way that graphic organisers make it easier for children to articulate their understanding that I particularly like. But also, it’s the way that a really good graphic organiser lends itself to a multitude of educational requirements. The Frayer model (sometimes called the Frayer diagram) is one such graphic organiser.

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.

The first in a series of posts about putting the playfulness into vocabulary learning.

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.

In which I outline a range of approaches to help you promote a love of reading in your school. An essential read for teachers looking to improve: reading aloud, children’s engagement with reading, staff knowledge and love of children’s literature and much, much more.

A short article introducing our hugely popular KS2 question prompts for the Reading Content Domains. A must-read article for teachers looking to develop questioning to meet the requirements of the KS2 SATs.

Wordplay is a great way to grow vocabulary. In this article we look at riddles and how they can improve language learning in your classroom.

In this post I consider the place of wordplay in building children’s vocabularies.

A round up of grammar articles and advice from the Primary English website.

A collection of ideas for using dice to support the teaching of grammar.

Quick and easy ideas to support teaching and learning about commas and clauses.

Quick and easy ideas to support teaching and learning about commas in lists.

Quick and easy tips to support teaching and learning about possessive apostrophes.

Quick and easy tips to support teaching and learning about inverted commas.

Quick and easy tips for teaching and learning about question marks.

Quick and easy tips for teaching and learning about capital letters and full stops.

An article proposing that boredom is a good thing; a source of creativity. Told from the perspective of someone who has, at times, been phenomenally bored.