Blog Education
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Top home education books and resources
Since 2018/19 the amount of children in home education has risen by 80%* making the need for educational resources for the home more important than ever.
Check out our top recommendations for home education books and…
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How to keep kids excited about reading when World Book Day is over
World Book Day may be over for another year but keeping your children buzzing about books is essential if they are to build a reading habit. So, what measures can you take to ensure your children are raring to read?
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Reading for Remembrance
In this guest post, Sophie Lawes, Education Officer at the Royal British Legion reflects on how fiction can be used to support your teaching of remembrance.
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Reflections on the teaching of reading
In this guest blog post, Maddie Towne, a Year 6 Teacher and English Lead at Fossebrook Primary School reflects on her experiences of the teaching of reading.
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Scholastic Reading Audit: Key issues and trends in the teaching of reading
Five years ago, Scholastic published the Scholastic Reading Audit, a free tool to support schools in the teaching and leading of reading. Our 2021-2022 summary report is now…
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Introducing the Daily Reading Lesson
Scholastic launched the Scholastic Reading Audit five years ago, a comprehensive tool designed to support primary school teachers and leaders in teaching children to read. Over the years, we have seen some truly brilliant…
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What to Look Out For This March
March is an exciting month in the Scholastic calendar. With World Book Day just days away and some fantastic new books coming out this month, we have a lot to celebrate! We’re rounding up just a few of the things you can…
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Reading fluency: science and art to help students blossom
Advice for teachers on the use of fluency to improve pupils’ reading from Professor Tim Rasinski from Kent State University, Ohio.
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Guided reading: What’s in a name?
Advice for teachers on the practice of guided reading, by Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin from the UCL Institute of Education.
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Fostering readers for life with Little Wandle Letters & Sounds Revised, and Scholastic Book Bag Readers
Early reading expert, Charlotte Raby, from Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised explains how their Department for Education approved systematic synthetic phonics programme helps to foster a lifelong love of reading.
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Scholastic Reading Audit – 2021 Update
Four years ago, Scholastic published the Scholastic Reading Audit, a free tool to support schools in the teaching and leading of reading. Now fully updated for 2021, find out…
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Join us for a new series of Reading CPD workshops this autumn
Join us for a new programme of virtual CPD workshops to support your English curriculum. Hosted by a team of leading literacy experts, the live workshops will take place on Wednesdays at 3.45pm throughout the 2021-2022…
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Set for Life: Reading for social emotional learning
For teachers and parents, books are one of the most valuable tools to help foster children’s social and emotional skills. Discover how you can use texts to help students understand others, develop empathy, see themselves…