Mr DMar 27D.I.S.C.O. QuestionsWelcome to our first guest blog! Behind the many Spurs-obsessed tweets of @SimonGood21, lies a deputy head of a two-form entry Nottingham...
Mr DDec 17, 2021Resource Round-Up 2021It's that time of year again when we pay homage to the resources that have inspired us over the last year, and what an unbelievable year...
Mr DJul 18, 2021Story SpeculationsA while ago, when we were all allowed to have CPD in one room and have face-to-face conversations with each other as professionals (is...
Mr DMar 13, 2021Focus on FluencyIt was a long while ago when we first picked up on the positive benefits of teaching reading fluency in the classroom. In our first post...
Mr DDec 15, 2020Resource Round-Up 20202020 has been an incredibly trying year for many of us and teachers have often been thrown to the dogs by factions of the media desperate...
Mr DNov 14, 2020The 'Series of 7' (7 Micro-Rules of Non-Fiction)This is the final instalment of our 3-part series that has explored some of the key aspects of literature that we believe children should...
Mr DJul 14, 2020The 'Series of 7' (7 Character Archetypes)In the first blog post of our 'Series of 7' resources, we looked at the 7 Story Types and how they are important in developing a child's...
Mr DJun 14, 2020Music Videos in the ClassroomIn the heyday of the 1980s and 1990s, music videos became an integral part of a record label's marketing strategy to sell big single...
Mr DDec 27, 2019Resource Round-Up 2019It's been an incredibly busy year with more and more teachers sharing resources, ideas and blog posts than ever before. Regardless of its...
Mr DNov 17, 2019A Knowledge Organiser about Knowledge Organisers!We have been busy creating a range of 'Knowledge Organisers' for Key Stage Two. However, many teachers have contacted with us recently...
Mr DAug 12, 2019Making the Most of Musicians!Having written songs which link to science, literacy and maths, focused on lyrics as a way into reading comprehension and used music...
Mr DApr 28, 2019Maths Vocabulary (contextualised)I work in a large primary school consisting of children from all sorts of backgrounds and cultures right in the heart of Nottingham. In...
Mr DApr 7, 2019Book Knowledge OrganisersI’m a big fan of the knowledge organiser generally. We’ve been using science ones to help identify ‘core knowledge’ to incorporate in...
Mr DMar 26, 2019Read Around the World!After the popularity of our KS2 U.K. Book Map which we released in the summer, we had quite a few requests to create a 'KS2 World Book...
Mr DFeb 21, 2019The 'Series of 7' - (7 Story Types)Last year, we asked teachers, authors and researchers to help us create a KS1 and KS2 reading spine based on Doug Lemov's 'Reading...
Mr DOct 7, 2018Here's a Turn Up for the Books!Having taught in Year 6 for many years, I was well aware of the endless simile and alliteration lessons I had hammered into children so...
Mr DSep 15, 2018Incorporating Disney Songs into Schemes of WorkThere have been posts popping up time and time again pointing out the joy and wonder that Disney songs and Disney more generally bring to...
Mr DJul 30, 2018U.K. Book Map for ChildrenWhilst scrolling through my Twitter feed a few weeks ago, I noticed a fantastic poster showing the locations of book settings across the...
Mr DJul 15, 2018What Can We Learn From Gareth Southgate?This year, our Year 6 production is themed all around the World Cup. Why not? We’ve been reading ‘Kick’ by Mitch Johnson in class, we’ve...
Mr DJun 4, 2018Dear Diary,Last year, I looked into a range of possible 'Home/School Reading Diaries' for children in school. Ours was internally produced and in...