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A guide to Tier 1, 2 & 3 vocabulary
Understanding vocabulary development is essential for effective teaching, particularly when aiming to enhance students' language skills.
Why 'reading for pleasure' isn't enough: how to enhance children's reading comprehension
Reading for pleasure is championed as a fundamental practice to cultivate a love for literature and enhance literacy skills in children. While this practice is undoubtedly beneficial, is it sufficient on its own for the comprehensive development of reading skills essential for academic success?
Your guide to disciplinary literacy in Maths
Transform your maths classroom with disciplinary literacy and tier 3 vocabulary
The eight reasons why literacy is more important than ever
In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven world, literacy has taken on a new level of significance for school children going into the 2024/25 academic year. Here's why.
Moving pupils from receivers to active participants when reading
I've never been entirely comfortable with the notion of 'Reading for Pleasure' as an agenda.
A deep dive into the Bedrock Grammar curriculum
Teaching grammar is a cornerstone of language education, yet it can send shivers down the spines of even the most experienced teaching campaigner.
UK reading tests compared: discover the best one for your school
We are blessed to live in times where data, analytics and technology is changing the classroom and enabling us to transform educational outcomes. The reading test is all part of this.
Unlocking Comprehension: The Bedrock Reading Test
We’ve written recently about the complexities of reading comprehension and some potential strategies to navigate these. A key issue that schools face, though, is intervening - at scale.
Scrooge & The Gustav Stresemann Era: My Waltz with Tier 2 and 3 language
I've always grappled with the tier 2 and 3 distinction.
Reading, Writing & Bedrock: three ways to bring Bedrock into your classroom today
Mark Miller recently wrote brilliantly about ways that reading enhances writing . He touched on Scott & Nagy’s (2004) ‘word consciousness’ model about the central role of the teacher as the cornerstone of this relationship.
Five things the best implementers do
“What are the biggest barriers to addressing literacy that schools face?”
Knowledge & Comprehension: Uncomfortable truths and Ways Forward
The brilliant Mary Myatt has recently explored the notion of comprehension, arguing that it is ‘not a generic skill that can be taught through comprehension exercises.’ We wholeheartedly agree.