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Materials to support whole-school exploration of writing for pleasure.View details about Writing for pleasure -
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School libraries have the potential to have an important impact on many areas of pupil development including pupil skills, motivation and enjoyment, not only in reading, but in a...View details about School libraries - the beating heart of the school -
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These resources aim to build the bridge between the emerging research and its practical application to improve outcomes for younger children through personalisation of stories.View details about Developing lifelong readers through personalisation -
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Inspire your pupils to become published authors with Kindle Direct Publishing.View details about How to create a pupil anthology -
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Here you will find all of our themed event ideas for teachers who are running the Young Readers ProgrammeView details about Young Readers Programme: event resources -
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We've worked with The National Maritime Museum to develop this swashbuckling literacy session and a wider unit of work to support the development of writing in Key Stage 2.View details about Trafalgar Tales: a writing resource for Key Stage 2 -
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A reading challenge for Key Stages 1 and 2 based on the popular Beast Quest and Rainbow Magic series.View details about Beast Quest and Rainbow Magic Reading Challenge -
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Ideas and activities to support your school in using diaries as an introduction to autobiographical writing and as a way of promoting family and community engagement.View details about The diary writer’s toolkit -
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Challenge Key Stage 2 pupils to produce their own magazine, taking inspiration from Girl Talk and Mega magazines.View details about The Editor Challenge -
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Encourage your pupils to expand and experiment with descriptive language using the Descriptosaurus books as inspiration.View details about Descriptosaurus Time Machine writing challenge -
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A descriptive writing challenge based on the popular Where’s Wally? series.View details about Around the World with Wally -
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Students write their own original poems expressing their thoughts on attitudes towards young people in today’s society.View details about Write On: poetry slam -
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Wyl Menmuir gives three reasons for why he thinks every teacher should set up their own blog.View details about A blog of one’s own -
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A reading challenge for Key Stage 1 and lower Key Stage 2 based on the popular Magic Animal Friends and Frankie’s Magic Football series.View details about Spring reading adventure challenge -
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A writing challenge for Key Stage 2 pupils around on the Timmy Failure books by Stephan Pastis.View details about Timmy Failure: Crack the Case -
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A teaching resource suitable for Key Stage 2 and 3 with lots of ideas and activities to enable you to run a descriptive writing competition in your school.View details about The Descriptosaurus writing challenge -
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Challenge and inspire upper Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 pupils to write their own Alex Rider adventure story.View details about Alex Rider Secret Mission – an adventure story challenge -
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We all have a story to tell. Take a look at our top ten ideas for using life stories as a way of engaging secondary school parents and families.View details about The Life Story Collector's Top Ten: using stories to engage parents and families -
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This resource encourages pupils and parents to explore their unique family stories aiming to produce a family history book.View details about All about me: Making a family history book at Key Stage 2 -
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Boost children’s reading with this imaginative reading challenge based on the Night Zookeeper story.View details about Night Zookeeper Reading Torch -
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Tap into your students’ passions with this motivating and structured journalism challenge.View details about My Words, My World: a journalistic writing challenge for secondary schools