Saturday, 31 August 2019

Book Review: 'Spylark' by Danny Rurlander

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Just as Daniel Craig's James Bond brought a more human dimension to the franchise, Danny Rurlander has broken the Stormbreaker mould w...
Friday, 2 August 2019

Misguided Reading (6 Questions To Ask When Planning A Reading 'Lesson')

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How should we teach reading? What do we even mean by 'reading'? Decoding? Comprehension? Both? Is it more than that? Scarbor...
Wednesday, 24 July 2019

3 Children's Books To Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of The Moon Landing

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With 2019 marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission's successful moon landing, it's no surprise that authors, illustrato...

Planning For Learning Sequences (Instead Of Planning Lessons)

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My latest for HWRK magazine is a really important piece. We teachers spend far too much time thinking about lessons as little hour-long ch...
Monday, 22 July 2019

History Key Questions To Ask When Learning About An Event or Period in KS2

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This blog post is now available at: www.aidansevers.com/blog/history-key-questions-people-events-periods
Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Children's Books Reviewed By Children #2

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In our house we have recently revamped the bedtime routine to contain A LOT more reading. This was partly out of necessity - the nights are ...
Thursday, 4 July 2019

Questions I Asked Myself When Writing Check Mates by Stewart Foster

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I asked Stewart Foster to let us inside the mind of an author at work. One thing that potentially hinders us when we create their own wri...