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Closing the word gap – developing a consistent whole school approach

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020Oxford English Team

Sarah Eggleton: Continuing from the previous blog – ‘Closing the word gap – introducing a whole school approach’ this blog will explain how we moved from staff delivering key words in lessons to enabling teachers and students to engage with and interrogate vocabulary to get a genuine deep understanding of it.  What we wanted to […]

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Inspiration Station

May 18, 2015May 25, 2017Oxford Childrens

Christopher Edge tells us about the inspiration behind his new book  How to Write Your Best Story Ever!   A bank-robbing banana being chased by a police pigeon, an accident-prone spy with the nickname Double Oh No!, a crime-fighting baby who googles for clues… These are just a few of the fantastic ideas that children have come up with when I’ve visited […]

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A Haunted Idea

September 26, 2013May 25, 2017Oxford Childrens 1 Comment

 William Hussey, author of Haunted , talks about where ideas come from… ‘Where do you get your ideas?’ That’s the question writers dread most, because, you see, often it’s as much a mystery to us as to anyone! How does the first spark of a story ignite? I believe that the writer’s unconscious mind does most of […]

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