Tag: education
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Planning for the Needs of More Able Pupils
Whether or not you agree with the term ‘more able’ or prefer to think of these pupils as ‘high potential’ (or whether you prefer not to label children at all – after all, don’t all children have high potential?), you will inevitably encounter many mixed ability classes in your time teaching Literacy at primary school.…
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Hosting a ‘Book Tasting’
I initially saw the idea back in April when Tom Riston, a year 4 teacher at Wroxham Primary School, posted a picture on Twitter (@Year4_TWS). His photo really caught my eye and sent my imagination into overdrive. Tom had also blogged about his inspiring book tasting experience and this gave me all the information I needed to set…
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Building a Literate School
Here is my CPD review from the CLPE’s incredible Building a Literate School Conference. It was a one day Literacy conference held on 2nd March 2018 in Bristol with a focus on developing a whole school ethos for quality English provision. Download the PDF version here: CPD MINI REVIEW – Building a Literate School. For more conference…