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Catapult: re-engaging, inspiring and motivating your students

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020Oxford English Team 1 Comment
Catapult: support for students below age-related expectations

For almost 6 months students have lived a range of experiences, positive and negative, during the lockdown period. English is not a linear subject and is taught by building upon what is already understood, by securing and reinforcing key skills and concepts in a range of contexts and through a variety of texts, says Katie […]

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Bridging the word gap

September 18, 2018September 24, 2018Oxford English Team

  I suspect that when they read ‘ Why Closing the Word Gap Matters: Oxford Language Report ’, many teachers nodded in agreement but also, perhaps felt a little depressed by the picture it painted. The fact that many children arrive in school with limited vocabularies compared to their peers is well-known to early years teachers and that this gap persists through secondary school […]

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