Whole-class reading works best, in my experience, when it’s built around a structured comprehension framework. I use the VIPERS reading approach – vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, ...

While we know that most of the stereotypes about pirates are in fact myths, pirates do lend themselves to a number of academic opportunities in the classroom. That might be through storytelling, ...

At our school, we’re always looking for new ways to integrate creativity into the curriculum. One of the projects we keep coming back to is blackout poetry. Blackout poetry is a fantastic method to ...

Through books, children can comfortably confront the many faces of fear. In Black Dog by Levi Pinfold, that face is ferocious and furry… What is Black Dog by Levi Pinfold about? The Hope family wakes ...

This Morning I Met a Whale by Michael Morpurgo is a delight in itself, but the opportunities it provides to explore with children not only environmental issues but also the wider question of their ...

Use this atmospheric warning story KS2 resource by Pie Corbett to sharpen children’s literacy skills. “Now Mitch, don’t go playing up by the pylon,” my mum had warned me often enough. “It’s dangerous.

Literary Devices defines alliteration as: “A stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.” Does alliteration have to use the ...

Performing the text allows students to find their own voice within Shakespeare’s language. However, it can be intimidating if they think there is a ‘right’ way to do this. One way to overcome learners ...