Teaching similes shouldn't annoy me, but it does. I recently spent hours planning a lesson with visuals, videos and carefully constructed

Welcome to our first guest blog! Behind the many Spurs-obsessed tweets of @SimonGood21, lies a deputy head of a two-form entry Nottingham...

It 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...

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...

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...

In the heyday of the 1980s and 1990s, music videos became an integral part of a record label's marketing strategy to sell big single...

It's been an incredibly busy year with more and more teachers sharing resources, ideas and blog posts than ever before. Regardless of its...

We have been busy creating a range of 'Knowledge Organisers' for Key Stage Two. However, many teachers have contacted with us recently...

Having written songs which link to science, literacy and maths, focused on lyrics as a way into reading comprehension and used music...

I work in a large primary school consisting of children from all sorts of backgrounds and cultures right in the heart of Nottingham. In...

Originally, this article was written shortly after we had produced a range of editable geography and history knowledge organisers (which...

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...

Last year, we asked teachers, authors and researchers to help us create a KS1 and KS2 reading spine based on Doug Lemov's 'Reading...

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...

There have been posts popping up time and time again pointing out the joy and wonder that Disney songs and Disney more generally bring to...

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...

Last year, I looked into a range of possible 'Home/School Reading Diaries' for children in school. Ours was internally produced and in...

Without a shadow of doubt, the last few years have seen some truly wonderful children's books being released. From Sky Song to Squirrels...

Slow Writing The new curriculum has placed editing and re-drafting at the heart of writing and this is no bad thing. Those who rush a...

Being a teacher takes a multitude of finely honed skills, from solving petty crime like a trained detective to imitating a court jester,...