Friday, 28 December 2018

On the @TES Blog: Top Children's Books of 2018

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I had the immense pleasure and privilege of putting together a list of some of the best primary children's books of 2018. I ended up ...
Friday, 21 December 2018

A Model For Teaching The Wider Curriculum

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This blog post is now available at www.aidansevers.com/post/case-study-revolutionising-curriculum-delivery-in-ks2
Monday, 10 December 2018

On the @TES Blog: Saying No To The Non-Essentials (or Why Tweeting and Blogging is Bad for Me)

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Perhaps the phrase "work-life balance" is a misnomer. Or at least it was rather too simple a term to help me to get things in c...
Saturday, 8 December 2018

What You're Forgetting When You Teach Writing

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Time in a primary classroom is at a premium: there are so many things to try to fit in. Even under the umbrella of English there is handw...
Friday, 30 November 2018

Book Review: 'Football School Seasons 1, 2 and 3' by Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton

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Knowledge-rich curricula are all the rage in schools at the moment, and rightly so. And what better than knowledge-rich books to supplement ...

Book Review: 'Roy of the Rovers: Scouted' by Tom Palmer

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This isn't just another football book to hook reluctant boys into reading. And it most certainly isn't a poor spin-off of the Roy ...
Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Reading For Displeasure: 13 Books To Take Children Out Of Their Comfort Zone

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Reading for pleasure is all the rage in schools, but how often do we, and the children we teach, read for displeasure? Or, perhaps more a...