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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Not got time to read the DfE’s new Reading Framework? We’ve done it for you! In this blog Andrea Quincey, Director of Primary Literacy digests the framework and suggests 7 key take-aways for schools to consider to ensure that reading for pleasure isn’t left to chance.
Read moreI’ve taught Year 6 many times in my career and memories of SATs week are all too fresh in my mind. Three hours and fifty minutes of silence will produce a snapshot of where our 11-year-olds are in reading, writing, mathematics and grammar, punctuation and spelling all summed up neatly as a scaled score. The […]
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Provided nothing changes between now and then, we are all due back into school in September. How that will look practically will vary from school to school as we all figure out how to make routines that work in our unique settings given the constraints imposed upon us for public health. Jemma Sherwood shares a […]
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Comprehension can be a thorny topic. It is defined as the ability to read text, process it, and understand its meaning and involves complex cognitive processes. Problems or weaknesses in any of these elements can be a significant barrier to the reader’s understanding. The job of the teacher is to identify which elements their pupils […]
Read moreAs I travel far and wide, training and talking to teachers, common questions occur… How can we improve the mathematical reasoning skills of our pupils and how can we support them as well as gather evidence for it? To address these questions, firstly, we need to understand what mathematical reasoning is and understand why it […]
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