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Michelle Nicholson analyses the 2024 Key Stage 2 spelling paper and reflects on implications for effective teaching of spelling.

Our new brochure provides details on the range of services and support we offer to schools, academies and settings in Hertfordshire and beyond.

In a recent article for Headteacher Update, Primary English teaching and learning adviser, Michelle Nicholson, revealed how teachers can use reading to develop pupils’ writing skills and shared five of her top tips for supporting the reading-to-writing connection.

Issue 3 of our Term Times magazine lands just in time to welcome in winter! Packed full of interesting articles about issues affecting schools, and a carefully curated selection of training and events.

How can we create a primary geography curriculum that enables children to make progress by building strong knowledge and understanding, whilst developing their ability to work like a geographer?

Congratulations to the incredible teams who took part in the Year 6 maths challenge this autumn!

The humble home corner is no doubt a key feature of your classroom environment – but why is this? Have you stopped to reflect on the value of domestic role-play, how to maximise its impact and the learning that goes on within the space provided?

Begin with curiosity and end with reflection around strategy and metacognition, with collaborative reasoning and problem-solving in between. Develop pupil oracy in your classroom using these free festive maths challenges.

Following the recent surge in its popularity, many users are migrating to Bluesky. And we’ve joined them! We’re delighted to share that HFL Education now has a Bluesky account – we can’t wait to connect with you over there.

We can’t ignore AI, it’s here to stay, and to be honest, it can be very useful.