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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.

Theresa Clements looks in detail at how Shaun Tan's highly acclaimed graphic novel can resonate at a whole school level.

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

Download our free Phonics Screening Check analysis tool for the 2019 PSC words.

Key to success: cover less; practise more.

Teach about diversity and tolerance through looking at family types.

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.

Would you bee-lieve it! Penny Slater reflects on how to increase children’s confidence in accessing non-fiction texts.

Thinking about the skill of reading that we are nurturing, if we pause long enough we could become quite overwhelmed by the responsibility of it all!

In need of inspiration? Join us on a journey to see how one group of Hertfordshire junior schools reignited a passion for reading and writing.