Remote Learning: lightening the load

Find out here about the new resources for remote learning from the HfL Early Years team.

Formative assessment while remote teaching

Revisiting a formative assessment video resource from the Digital Classroom Toolkit for this new period of remote teaching

Fluency: the bridge from phonics to comprehension

A summary of the session with Professor Tim Rasinski, hosted by Herts for Learning - 17th November 2020.

Celebrating the unique child – the HfL Early Years conference 2021

Make some time to take a step back and to focus on what really matters in early years.

Reception ESSENTIALmaths: what it is, the impact so far and a spring term training opportunity

Looking to enhance provision for maths in Reception? Exciting spring term opportunity - Reception ESSENTIALmaths planning and training package.

Where is the overlap between learning at home and online learning?

The terms remote learning, online learning and home learning are currently used to mean similar things. So, where is the overlap?

KS3 (Year 7) Reading Fluency Project: text selection guidance

Guidance for choosing the right texts to engage and enthuse Year 7 pupils taking part in the HFL KS3 Reading Fluency Project.

What’s all this talk about subitising? Why is it an essential foundation for counting?

Deborah Mulroney reflects on whether we are giving subitising enough attention in our provision. What is it? Why is it so important?

BHM - The context, two books and a rallying cry

Writing this blog as someone who has worked closely with schools on anti-racism and race equality for many years and who has a mixed heritage daughter...

Supporting bilingual learners in the Early Years

Some top tips for helping children who are learning English as an additional language to settle in to your setting and to make great progress.