Friend or Foe is a gripping, historical fiction novel about World War II. It is written by Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse (now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg). It is published …
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Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo
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Dyslexia in different languages – Part 2
As seen in Part 1 of Dyslexia in different languages, dyslexia can be very different across languages because of their underlying structure. In this post we look at dyslexia in the following four languages: Polish, …
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Dyslexia in different languages
Genetically influenced peculiarities in the brain anatomy, present in a minority of people, get in the way of a certain kind of information processing. This could be a problem, if a particular writing system strongly …
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Dora’s Animation: William Shakespeare Biography
Schools can limit creativity, however, when the rigidness of the school system is softened and children are allowed to create freely, they can truly take you by surprise. By giving pupils simple guidelines, then letting them …
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Free resources to teach spelling words with a ‘ce’ pattern ‘soft c’ sound
Learn how to spell words with a ‘soft c’ sound and ‘ce’ spelling pattern, with this fun engaging lesson. I used the spelling words found on the Twinkl PlanIt unit, but came up with a …
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Grammar practice made easy
Are you revising for a grammar test? Is your child revising for a grammar test and you don’t know how to help? Are you a teacher and are unsure if a word is a particular …
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Journalistic Writing
One of the writing genres covered in Year 6 is journalistic writing. Journalistic writing is a type of non-fiction writing where children create newspaper or magazine articles and report on real or imagined events. When teaching …
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Happy Birthday, Oliver Moon – A book review
The Oliver Moon books, published by Usborne and written by Sue Mongredien are very popular amongst primary school children. They are easy to read, with fun stories children love. Read on for a book review, …
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Robinson Crusoe Display
Historical narratives can be tough for kids to comprehend as they are written in an old-fashioned style and use vocabulary that has seized to exist. By breaking them down and analysing them bit by bit, …
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The Tyger: poem by William Blake
Year 6 were introduced to “The Tyger” poem by William Blake and were mesmerised by it. There is no doubt that this piece of literature is immortal and still burns bright with today’s youth. 🐯 …
