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Fun ideas for World Storytelling Day

March 18, 2021April 12, 2021Oxford Primary Leave a comment

Ideas and resources to celebrate World Storytelling Day in your classroom and to encourage parents to share stories at home.

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Retelling traditional tales using phonics

March 20, 2013May 25, 2017Oxford Childrens

­ We all know the power of traditional stories such as The Tortoise and the Hare and The Gingerbread Man to capture the imaginations of children. This month sees the publication of the first books in our new series of Traditional Tales home learning books, which contain well-loved traditional stories carefully retold using phonics and […]

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