Shining a light in the winter months

Winter festivities activities for the primary classroom.

What do we mean when we talk about reading (and writing) fluency?

Martin Galway shares some of the key messages and content from his recent presentation on fluency at this 2019’s ResearchEd national conference.

When writing for learning becomes writing for pleasure

Find out how Hermelin, the Detective Mouse by Mini Grey and HfL planning (available to download) can make children want to write and write and write.

KS2 Spelling: all spelling statements are equal, but some spelling statements are more equal than others.

KS2 Spelling: all spelling statements are equal, but some spelling statements are more equal than others.

Where the wonderful things are: unlocking the potential of picture books in the primary classroom

In this blog, HfL Adviser and Professional Artist Ruth Goodman takes a look at the rich world of children's picture-books in advance of a brand new...

KS2 writing assessment: clarifying cohesion

Penny Slater draws upon this year's Teacher Assessment Exemplification materials for writing to help unpick just what is meant by 'cohesion' in the...