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Do Essays Have To Be Stressful?

No, says Stuart Marsden who explains how Claro software can help build confidence and skills

18 Jun

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Transported By The Power Of Sound

Alyssa Bonic discusses how now>press>play’s immersive audio Experiences build children’s resilience, creativity and empathy while strengthening their communication skills

18 Jun

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Putting An End To Writing Anxiety With Clicker Tools

Anxiety has held back many children during lockdown and has reduced their writing confidence. Clicker can help..

13 Feb

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Sir Linkalot is on a quest to improve children’s spelling in lockdown

Andy Salmon has revolutionised the way children learn spellings with his fun memory techniques

20 Oct

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The Clicker Story – a quarter of a century supporting literacy

Clicker, the child-friendly word processor created by Crick Software, is often referred to as ‘the gold standard’ of literacy software. John Crick tells us how it all began

9 Oct

Literacy

Editor’s note: What does it mean to be digitally literate?

There seems to be a common belief and general consensus of sorts that young people, these ‘digital natives’, have a higher level of digital ability than the people teaching them. This stereotype of older people not being able to keep up with the times has been around for generations and has very little to do […]

12 Aug

Literacy

Three Ways to Improve Our Disagreements

Resolving subjective differences can be challenging, but being able to think deeply about complex issues and communicate why we think a certain way is an important skill for students to develop. Steven Campbell-Harris shares some approaches to move beyond intuitive responses to difficult questions.

26 Mar

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The Unexpected Power of Reading Conferences

Engaged readers tend to talk about what they’re reading and discuss how they relate to it. Jori Krulder shows how to engage and inspire an authentic love of reading through one-to-one conferences with students.

26 Mar

Literacy

Boosting Access to Reading Resources

Sue Ball and Stella Thebridge of the Association of Senior Children’s and Education Librarians show how public libraries and Schools Library Services can help schools promote a love of reading.

6 Feb

Literacy

Closing the Literacy Gap with Early Years Music

Auditory skills are crucial to the development of literacy in young children. Sue Newman shows how a new training programme is showing parents and teachers how to bring music to every day activities for vulnerable young people.

4 Dec

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Most recent

Do Essays Have To Be Stressful?

Transported By The Power Of Sound

Putting An End To Writing Anxiety With Clicker Tools

Sir Linkalot is on a quest to improve children’s spelling in lockdown

The Clicker Story – a quarter of a century supporting literacy

Editor’s note: What does it mean to be digitally literate?

Three Ways to Improve Our Disagreements

The Unexpected Power of Reading Conferences

Boosting Access to Reading Resources

Closing the Literacy Gap with Early Years Music

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