An article proposing that boredom is a good thing; a source of creativity. Told from the perspective of someone who has, at times, been phenomenally bored.

A quick round-up of advice to help you promote books and a love of reading in your school.

A short blog post listing a selection of poetry anthologies for use with children in KS1 and KS2.

We take a look at 10 easy ways to get you and your class enjoying poetry.

Phonics should be taught systematically and at pace. Whichever phase or section of your school’s phonics programme you are teaching you need to be aware of the assessment requirements and the amount of time allowed for getting children to that point.

An obituary for our co-founder, Charlotte Reed.

Once upon an ordinary a day an ordinary teacher was looking for an ordinary book to read with her ordinary children during their ordinary guided reading lesson, when..she stumbled across a quite extraordinary book indeed: Once Upon an Ordinary School Day by Colin McNaughton and Satoshi Kitamura.

Writing moderation is the school assessment system's version of Weights and Measures. It's a system where producers – you, bring your product – the children's writing, to be weighed, measured and scrutinised by your peers. It's the way that we maintain 'the standard' and use an agreed set of criteria by which we can grade that produce.

A round up of quick and easy ways that post-it notes can help you in the classroom.

A range of approaches to support you as you model writing to children in KS1 and KS2.

Thoughts and ideas from the Primary English experts on how to move your guided reading practice from Good to Great.

Food appears in many stories, often as a vehicle for moving the narrative forward. In this article we consider where food features in well-known stories and how children can use these examples in their own writing.