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Books are for life, not just World Book Day!

Blog
07 Feb 2023
World Book Day is a highlight on any school's calendar, and, when celebrated as part of a school’s intrinsic reading for pleasure culture, it’s the perfect cherry on the cake to celebrate the joy of books.  Here are some ideas and top tips to help schools promote a love of reading on World Book Day... and every day!
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World Book Day: promoting inclusion and nurturing a sense of belonging by reflecting SEND needs in our book choices

Blog
06 Mar 2024
With World Book Day approaching, we encourage you to think about how you can use this event to promote inclusion.
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World Book Day: find the maths hiding on your bookshelf!

Blog
24 Feb 2021
Celebrating World Book Day? Here, we share some maths that may be hiding on your bookshelf within some well-known children’s books…
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A to Z of mathematical magic for World Book Day 2023

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21 Feb 2023
Ahead of World Book Day 2023, Rachael Brown explores an A to Z of texts to spark mathematical magic!  
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Using World Book Day as a springboard to re-ignite reading for pleasure

Blog
05 Mar 2025
Let’s consider how to use World Book Day to reignite our thinking about reading for pleasure and to support developing our children into lifelong lovers of reading.
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Books to share on International Day of Families

Blog
09 May 2023
On this International Day of Families, May 15th 2023, explore what family means to the children in your class through the use of diverse, high-quality literature recommended by the Primary English team. 
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Empathy Day: Read all about it!

Blog
21 May 2024
Empathy Lab’s Empathy Day 2024 will soon be here. Marie Lowen explores why schools should join in.
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Creative ways to teach multiplication and division with beadstrings: One Hundred Hungry Ants activities

Blog
11 Feb 2025
Discover engaging multiplication and division activities using beadstrings and One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J Pinczes. Fun learning in primary maths for World Book Day.
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EdTech in schools

Our specialist EdTech advisers at HFL Education have a wealth of knowledge and experience to help you to identify the right education technology solutions for your school or academy.
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HFL Reading Fluency Project

Learn about our evidence-based reading fluency programmes. Discover how impactful our CPD and teacher training programmes for reading fluency have been for teachers and children across the UK.