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Queen is Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2022

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023Oxford Education 1 Comment

Queen was chosen by children as their word of the year for 2022, according to research carried out by our department of Children’s Dictionaries & Children’s Language Data. Nearly half (46%) of surveyed children voted for Queen, making this the most popular choice from a shortlist of three words: Queen, happy and chaos. Across all […]

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Spell with Pip: a fun new app to help children practise their spelling

December 23, 2013March 13, 2023Oxford Childrens

With the new emphasis on spelling, punctuation and grammar in primary schools, including a test in year 6 , it’s more important than ever to make sure that children have lots of opportunity to practise their spelling. We’re very excited to introduce Spell with Pip – a fun new spelling app for children from the team behind the world-famous Oxford […]

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