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A field guide to reading fluency: a reader's digest of our work to date

Blog
29 Jun 2021
Martin Galway offers a comprehensive overview of reading fluency and some extensive pointers to further reading.
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As easy as A B fluenCy!

Blog
02 Feb 2017
Penny Slater, Education Development and Partnership Lead (Primary English Specialist) shares some class-based exploration of reading fluency.
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KS1 Reading Fluency Project: text selection guidance – Years 1 and 2

Blog
11 Mar 2020
Kathy Roe shares some marvellous text suggestions for use on the KS1 reading Fluency Project.
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KS2 Reading Fluency project: text selection guidance – Years 3 & 4

Blog
23 Feb 2020
Selecting texts with the power to turn around a reluctant and struggling lower key stage 2 reader can be a challenge. These top-notch texts have been tried and tested and are sure to hit the spot!
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KS2 Reading Fluency Project: text selection guidance

Blog
05 Feb 2020
Reading fluency - selecting texts with the power to turn around a reluctant upper key stage 2 reader can be a challenge... 
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Repeat after me: the HFL KS2 reading fluency project works… works… works!

Blog
27 Apr 2018
Reading fluency project - With a wealth of experience from working with a diverse range of pupils from a wide range of schools, we are now in an even better position to share more findings from this innovative project.
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What’s all this talk about subitising? Why is it an essential foundation for counting?

Blog
20 Oct 2020
Deborah Mulroney reflects on whether we are giving subitising enough attention in our provision. What is it? Why is it so important?
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What’s your governor superpower?

Blog
20 Jul 2022
It’s a well-worn adage that not all superheroes wear capes but as we come to the end of another unrelenting year for school governors it’s clear you are the unsung heroes who work voluntarily and tirelessly for your schools and are as stretched as any other profession as you grapple with all the challenges schools are faced with.
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Why are Early Years practitioners not talking to young children about racism?

Blog
21 Mar 2022
Why it is important to adopt an anti-racist approach to teaching in the Early Years.
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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…