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How to revise A Level Required Practicals

April 22, 2024December 4, 2024Oxford Science Team
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Revision of the A Level Required Practicals probably feels like a daunting task, but in reality most of the hard work is done. The ideas for revision below aim to give you some support with that final hurdle of doing your best in the end of course exam papers! Tip 1: Understand the A Level […]

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Helping you and your children prepare for the phonics screening check

April 15, 2024April 25, 2025Oxford Primary
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Get your Year 1 students ready for the phonics screening check(PSC) with confidence using the Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS). Our blog shares top tips for consolidating code knowledge, providing reading opportunities, and targeted teaching interventions. Say goodbye to testing anxiety and hello to PSC success with ELS.

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Help your children become confident readers for the Phonics Screening Check

March 18, 2024December 4, 2024Oxford Primary
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A round-up of key Read Write Inc. Phonics resources available to you to support your children for the Phonics Screening Check preparations, perfect for extra practice both in the classroom and at home.

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11-16 science: making the most of Year 9

February 19, 2024December 4, 2024Oxford Science Team
Oxford Smart Activate

Strictly speaking, Key Stage 3 lasts for three years: spanning Years 7 to 9. But over the last decade, an increasing number of schools have switched to offering a two- or two and a half-year KS3 programme. This has allowed schools to redress the difficulty of covering the lengthy GCSE specification content in only Years […]

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Making GCSE Science relevant

February 8, 2024February 9, 2024Oxford Science Team
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A quick search to find and compare the figures for young people taking STEM subjects at further and higher education paints a somewhat ambiguous picture. On the one hand, the DfE suggests record numbers of young people are being accepted onto STEM undergraduate courses1; significantly up from similar figures a decade ago. On the other […]

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Reducing cognitive load in Oxford Smart Activate

February 2, 2024December 4, 2024Oxford Science Team
Oxford Smart Activate

Cognitive load relates to the amount of information that a person can hold in their working memory at any one time. During learning, information is held in your working memory until it has been processed enough to transfer into your larger capacity long-term memory. If new information is not transferred, it will most likely be […]

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Why junior reading fluency really matters

January 25, 2024December 4, 2024Oxford Primary
Find out why junior reading fluency matters in the third installment of our Fluency series

Explore why junior reading fluency matters and how to build it effectively. Learn why fluency is crucial for comprehension and SAT success, with practical tips and resources from Oxford Primary to support junior readers’ progress. 📚🔍

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Unmasking fluency: debunking the myths 

January 25, 2024December 4, 2024Oxford Primary
Unmasking Fluency: Debunking the Myths in the Second Blog of the Fluency Series

🔍 Uncover the truth behind fluency as we dissect common myths in the second installment of our Fluency Series, debunking them with the latest research along the way! 📚💡

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Why is everyone talking about fluency? 

January 25, 2024December 4, 2024Oxford Primary
Why is everyone talking about fluency? First blog in the Fluency series

Explore reading fluency and its role in fostering independent fluent readers post-phonics in the first installment of our Fluency series. 📖💡 Including teacher tips and recommended Oxford Primary resources to support reading fluency.

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Climate change is Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2023

January 16, 2024December 4, 2024Oxford Education
Oxford Children's Word of the Year 2023: Climate change

Climate change is Children’s Word of the Year according to Oxford University Press (OUP). A third of children chose climate change (33 per cent) as their word of the year, narrowly followed by war (31 per cent) and almost a quarter choosing coronation (24 per cent). The research, which surveyed opinions from over 5,000 children […]

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