Holding on to writing for pleasure in the drive to address gaps

With the current emphasis on assessment and closing the gaps, it is important that we don’t lose the ambition to develop children who write for...

Pick your yellow brick road

Let’s look forward, not back. Charlie Harber explores how to empower children to succeed in mathematics and the pathways HfL have to offer.

Ten ways in which digital technology can support schools in a post-Covid world

We are all hoping that the major disruption to schools caused by Covid is coming to an end, but a balanced use of education technology can continue to...

Shared reading of the lockdown kind: delivering parent/carer support sessions remotely

Reflections on the delivery of parental support sessions for reading using remote learning platforms.

Keep calm and carry on teaching

Reconnect with your children, re-establish classroom culture, learning behaviours and reactivate and assess prior learning to enable and secure...

Returning to school, March 2021

Practical advice for all Early Year practitioners to support with the transition back to school in March 2021 with a focus on wellbeing.

Thoughts about getting back on track in English in 2021

Penny Slater considers what the best approach might be for supporting children to get back on track in English.

Is it really possible to get back on track in English in 2021?

Lorraine Hemmens, Deputy Head Teacher at Hertingfordbury Cowper C of E Primary School, provides an honest review of the Herts for Learning Back on...

World Book Day 2021: find the maths hiding on your bookshelf!

Celebrating World Book Day? Here, we share some maths that may be hiding on your bookshelf within some well-known children’s books…

Are your Year 5s ready for a maths challenge?

Join us for the Year 5 maths challenge 2021 where teams will put their communication, reasoning and decision-making skills to the test.