Each month we will pick some recently published books that we have bought to share with you. We will try to stop at three, one being a book for younger readers within the 0-7 range, one for older readers (7…
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The new draft curriculum puts additional emphasis on the teaching and learning of spelling, setting out a programme of study for years 1-6. It gives us lists of (albeit suggested) words through which to teach spellings. It gives prominence to…
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Each month we choose some recently published books to share with you. This month, we have been enjoying a collection of poems that will get you thinking and a new offering from Lauren Child (both are new-to-paperback), as well as…
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Poetry can be divisive. It is clever, yet often makes us feel stupid. It is unpredictable and frustratingly seems to lack a planned direction. Poems can finish Owl and the Pussycatbefore they’ve hardly started. As a teacher, I find it…
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Each month we choose some recently published books that we have bought to share with you. We try to stop at three, one for younger readers within the 0-7 range, one for older readers (7 and up, up, up) and…
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Recently a 4 year old known well to me announced that she did not want to sit on the top deck of the bus because there were goblins up there. I agreed. Of course I told her I had seen…
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At the Tree, we are often asked to recommend books, not only for use in the classroom for Literacy sessions, but also for children whose parents are genuinely stumped to find a book to engage and excite. We all have…
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This academic year will be an interesting, and no doubt controversial one, with changes in place for the way children are tested in writing at the end of Key Stage 2. Lord Bew’s recommendations for the tests have been fully…
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Each month we choose some recently published books that we have bought to share with you. We try to stop at three, one for younger readers within the 0-7 range, one for older readers (7 and up, up, up) and…
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As new initiatives come thick and fast into the education world, we are sometimes in danger of forgetting the power of some of the most tried and tested ways of engaging children to become writers. One such way, a particular…
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We love delivering training because it gives us the opportunity to work with some really inspirational teachers and the group we worked with on Tuesday 3rd July, was no exception. We arrived in Southwark early in the morning, ready for…
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On the 15th March The Literacy Tree was invited to lead a seminar at The Education Show entitled ‘Engaging Reluctant Writers through Deepening Understanding of Picture Books’. So, with a large suitcase of books, an armful of case studies and…
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