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Category Archives: Reading
10 Ways to Help Your Year 1 Child Succeed in Reading and Writing
This week we are blogging about Year 1: what to expect; how to help and how assessment will be carried out. This is the first in our series of Year 1 posts, which follows on from our Nursery and Reception … Continue reading
World Book Day 2013 in Urmston, Stretford, Manchester and beyond
World Book Day 2013 is on Thursday, and schools all over Urmston, Stretford and the universe in general are celebrating with dressing up days (come as your favourite character), read-with-parents events and author visits. Eight books have been specially issued at … Continue reading
Posted in English, literacy, News and Updates, Reading
Tagged Urmston Bookshop, World Book Day
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A poem about the rain
Here’s a poem I wrote quite a while ago about extreme rain and flooding. It’s a good introduction to teaching about natural disasters, as well as the benefits of natural flood defences such as trees. While I assert my right … Continue reading
Pre-School Literacy Games to Play at Home: Part Three
This is the third in our series of pre-school literacy games for you to play at home with your child. Although these games are ideal for nursery age children, your reception age child will also enjoy them. View Part One and Part Two. Game Three: Bingo! … Continue reading
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Pre-School Literacy Games to Play at Home: Part Two
This is the second in our series of pre-school literacy games for you to play at home with your child. Although these games are ideal for nursery age children, your reception age child will also enjoy them. View Part One and Part Three. Game Two: Guess … Continue reading
Posted in Early Years, English, Key Stage 1, literacy, Pre-school, Reading, Top tips
Tagged literacy, pre-school literacy, writing
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E-Books versus ‘Real’ Books: Why Paper is Mightier than the Kindle
The E-Reader Phenomenon “Bury me with my Kindle,” proclaimed a good friend of mine recently, somewhat alarmingly, about an object no-one had heard of a couple of years ago. I must confess I haven’t got a Kindle and that this … Continue reading