Shrapnel Boys by Jenny Pearson is a gripping and accessible historical novel for young readers, set during the Second World War and seen through the eyes of a spirited boy named Ronnie Smith. This ...

Witness the devastating impact of poverty through the eyes of 12-year-old Will, and what it means to make an impossible choice, with Tom Percival’s powerful novel, The Wrong Shoes. The Wrong Shoes ...

“Show, don’t tell” is the time-honoured exhortation we use with KS2 children when we want them to describe characters in a narrative context. But of course, it is easier said than done. The creation ...

A tennis-themed zone of proximal development example leads teacher Aaron Swan to consider how teaching within students’ ZPD is a two-way process… What is the zone of proximal development? The ‘zone of ...

For experiences that are the exception rather than the norm, school trips manage to have an outsized impact on students. It varies by school and individual, of course, but let’s assume, as a rough ...

The level of grammatical understanding needed rises significantly between LKS2 and UKS2. One area requiring a very strong grammatical understanding in KS2 is relative pronouns and relative clauses.

This lesson from master storyteller Pie Corbett explores point of view and narrative voice. By rewriting a key event from a different character’s point of view, children can practise adopting that ...

What is Role on the Wall? Role on the Wall is a versatile technique that you can use across a variety of subjects, including English, drama, history, science and PSHE, to help pupils explore a ...

Disciplinary literacy, as defined by Professor Timothy Shanahan, is the specialised way we use reading, writing and oral language within specific academic disciplines like science, history, geography ...

This free poster from the Moor House Research & Training Institute is a vital download for any teacher looking to better support learners with developmental language disorder symptoms. The resource ...

Learning objective: Using the imperative to command others to move. This lively Spanish game is a perfect warm-up for any ...