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What does reading fluency look like in KS1?

Blog
04 May 2023
An exploration of what reading fluency practice looks like in key stage 1, and why it is necessary. 
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HFL KS3 Reading Fluency Project: a practitioner’s perspective

Blog
02 Nov 2021
This blog explores the impact of the KS3 Reading Fluency Project on the attainment and the enjoyment of lower-attaining readers.
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HFL KS3 Reading Fluency Project: a practice-based review

Blog
08 Feb 2022
Follow one KS3 practitioner’s quest to find the holy grail of reading interventions: could her search be over?
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KS3 (Year 7) Reading Fluency Project: text selection guidance

Blog
08 Feb 2022
Follow one KS3 practitioner’s quest to find the holy grail of reading interventions: could her search be over?
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Year 1 can’t record, can they?

Blog
04 Jan 2018
Achieving manageable and meaningful maths recording in Year 1.
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Getting it write in KS1

Blog
03 Jul 2019
The truth is that writing is hard. What’s more, teaching it is even harder! key to success in key stage 1 is cover less, practise more.
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Reflections from analysis of the 2019 KS2 reading SATs: part 2

Blog
04 Sep 2019
In this series of blogs, Penny Slater takes an in-depth look at the 2019 reading SATs paper and draws out some key points for reflection.
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All hail Macbeth!

Blog
23 Mar 2018
In this blog, Kathy Roe shares how one school brought the drama of Shakespeare's Macbeth to vivid life - through drama and writing - drawing upon HfL's Detailed English Plans. 
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Steps to spelling: track back to leap forward

Blog
27 Mar 2018
How to identify and address gaps in learning so that children are helped to become confident, increasingly accurate spellers.  This blog includes a free, helpful lesson outline. 
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Ten top tips for core subject leaders

Blog
27 Aug 2019
Kirsten Snook reflects on what makes the biggest differences to increasingly busy subject leaders with increasingly tight budgets.