Early Reading Project: findings from the pilot

Rose Blair explores how this flagship project, run jointly by the HfL Early Years and Primary English teams, has doubled the progress of struggling...

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...

All Hail Macbeth!

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...

Testing times ahead: tips for preparing for success in the KS2 reading tests

Following a collective ponder from members of the Herts for Learning English team, we are pleased to offer the following set of tried and tested tips...

Early findings from the KS2 reading fluency project

With 150 pupils across Hertfordshire now involved in HfL’s KS2 Reading Fluency Project, Penny Slater reflects on what has been learned from the...

Primary writing ITAFs: what's new; what's changed; what's gone

Another new school year, another assessment framework – but just how different is it?

researchED 2017 workshop 1: exploring the complexities of reading comprehension difficulties

In the first of a two part blog, Martin Galway shares his thoughts on presenting a pair of workshops (one on grammar and, here, a late-notice addition...

If print be the food of love, read on!

End of summer hols? Survived the motorway? Survived nagging guilt to work on the beach?! Settle back with Kirsten Snook, English Teaching and Learning...

Trusting the texts in guided reading

Alison Dawkins considers how choosing quality books, broadly matched to children’s current reading competencies, can take the stress out of planning...

Celebrating primary writing: Love That Book…and run with it

Martin Galway shares some of the wonderful work carried out by the pupils and staff at Hare Street Primary School, Harlow, inspired by the Love That...