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Reading at Key Stage 1 – What might we do and how might we do it?

Blog
29 Sep 2020
Kathy Roe shares some strategies for supporting children with reading in Key Stage 1.
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New reading fluency guidance materials produced in collaboration with the Education Endowment Foundation

Blog
07 Jun 2022
Two new tools designed to support practitioners in developing pupils’ reading fluency, created by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) in collaboration with HFL Education.
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An introduction to ESSENTIALspelling

Blog
10 Jun 2021
Michelle Nicholson introduces ESSENTIALspelling, an exciting new resource from HFL Education.
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Introducing environmental issues to children

Blog
14 Jul 2021
This is our moment. We cannot turn back time. But we can grow trees, green our cities, re-wild our gardens, change our diets and clean up rivers and coasts. We are the generation that can make peace with nature. Let’s get active, not anxious. Let’s be bold, not timid #Generationrestoration
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Five ways for children to connect with nature

Blog
01 Jun 2021
Engaging ideas to encourage children to explore and connect with nature.
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Five books for linking science and English

Blog
04 Mar 2020
There are so many fantastic books to support the teaching of science. Here are five which are among my current favourites.
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Linking science and English for impact – developing standards of writing and science across the school

Blog
28 Nov 2018
Jane Andrews and Charlotte Jackson discusses linking science and English for impact: developing standards of writing and science across the school.
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Do I have to write it up?

Blog
19 Oct 2018
Charlotte Jackson, teaching and learning adviser for science, reflects on why children do not need to be writing up full investigations.
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Forget the geese-a-laying! Six festive computing activities

Blog
06 Dec 2019
It’s that time of year again, and whilst many children’s priorities may not be those of computational thinking skills and creative ICT, there are plenty of fun, seasonal computing activities we can run in class.
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How the National Centre for Computing Education can help your school

Blog
19 Mar 2019
The National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) is a DfE funded organisation that aims to support the teaching of computing in primary and secondary schools across England. Through a range of online and face-to-face CPD and support from local area computing hub schools, the NCCE is working to increase teacher confidence in computing and drive up participation and attainment in GCSE and A Level computer science.