Award-winning children’s author Christopher Edge shares strategies for talking to children about their reading Books can help children and young adults to make sense of the world, provide an escape from it and maybe, one day, inspire them to build a better one, so in these strange times, making space for reading in their lives […]
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We know that lots of your pupils will be learning at home for now, so this time we’ve gathered together a selection of recommended eBooks that are easy to access – and most importantly, completely free!
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Teaching the very earliest stages of reading using phonics in the last term of nursery will give children a head start in Reception. However, at this stage, it’s really important to keep phonics teaching simple. Read our top tips for teaching phonics at nursery.
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British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths taking place between 6-15 March 2020. We’ve put together this list of reading recommendations to inspire young scientists of all ages.
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Effective Reading Strategies in the classroom This year in every English classroom across the land, classes will be ploughing their way through a class reader. The potential learning is immense. Tackled in the right way, students will be employing the full range of their mental or cognitive processes, developing their attention span, their recall and […]
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We’ve gathered together a collection of stories all about family life to celebrate families whether they’re big or small, noisy or quiet, silly or serious, to help your class think about their relationships with their families and to meet new families that might be completely different from their own.
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The Oxford Team had a fairly large collective To Be Read pile and an impending holiday approaching offering quality reading time. So was any progress made and were there any last minute substitutions? A few members of the team let us know! Susie: The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare “I did not complete the Infernal Devices series! I watched […]
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This much-anticipated holiday is the ideal time to make a start on reading your To Be Read pile! Members of the Oxford English and Secondary Schools marketing team share what they will be reading this festive period. Kirsty: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, this Pulitzer Prize winning novel tells the story of Cora and […]
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Ho ho ho! To help you celebrate the season of goodwill in your classroom, we’ve gathered together a stocking full of frosty and festive tales, including a few Christmas classics and some chilly adventures with favourite characters. So grab a few minutes of quiet between all those nativity plays, carol concerts and mince pie meet-ups, […]
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Anti-Bullying Week takes place in schools across England every November to help schools and parents work together to challenge bullying. This year, Anti-Bullying Week runs from 11th – 15th November. Why not use it as an opportunity to encourage your class to think about the power of friendship? From pet companions to top teamwork, we’ve put together this […]
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