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The Festive Season with the ___! Activity Pack

Festive classroom activities Adaptable for Key Stages 2, 3 & 4! Our new festive lesson plan and activity pack is here! Explore the concept of tradition and consider what makes your festive season special to you. This lesson will scaffold...

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The Right to Write: English (Lit & Lang)

Have you heard of The Writing Revolution? This seminal work by Judith C. Hochman and Natalie Wexler is a comprehensive guide aimed at transforming the way writing is taught. Learners cannot become confident writers in a vacuum. It’s...

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13 ways to motivate students [poster]

Improve your students' usage on Bedrock We asked schools to share strategies for improving and ensuring student engagement on Bedrock. Out of the wide range of advice we received, we collated the best tips into this poster - get...

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The Right to Write: Geography

Have you heard of The Writing Revolution? This seminal work by Judith C. Hochman and Natalie Wexler is a comprehensive guide aimed at transforming the way writing is taught. Learners cannot become confident writers in a vacuum. It’s...

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The Right to Write: Science

Have you heard of The Writing Revolution? This seminal work by Judith C. Hochman and Natalie Wexler is a comprehensive guide aimed at transforming the way writing is taught. Learners cannot become confident writers in a vacuum. It’s...

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37 Common Roots Flash Cards

Why teach roots? Teaching the roots of words, or morphology, is a great way of encouraging learners to decode new vocabulary. Even if a word in its entirety is not one a learner has encountered before, a strong knowledge of word roots could...

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Euros Literacy Pack (Secondary)

Enhance your learners' reading and writing skills with our Euros-themed literacy pack! This engaging and creative resource is designed to make literacy fun by combining the excitement of the Euros with a variety of educational activities....

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Lunar New Year literacy activity pack

Immerse your students in celebrations from around the world with our Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, activity pack for students. We explore Chinese New Year myths, legends, traditions and food through knowledge-rich, differentiated...

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Screens Down! for offline learning

Enrich your child’s learning experience offline Beyond the glare of the computer screen, Bedrock's core curriculum provides a springboard to literacy success in wider life. Here are ten creative activities you can use to support learners'...

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The Right to Write: Business Studies

Have you heard of The Writing Revolution? This seminal work by Judith C. Hochman and Natalie Wexler is a comprehensive guide aimed at transforming the way writing is taught. Learners cannot become confident writers in a vacuum. It’s...

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Tier 3 word list

Tier 3 vocabulary is comprised of the subject-specific vocabulary students need to understand in order to communicate like experts across the curriculum . Every subject has its own unique keywords that inform the reading, writing and oral...

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Talking prompts

The learning students complete on Bedrock Learning doesn't stay there; it can be a fantastic opportunity to have high-quality conversations. Bedrock's bespoke fiction and nonfiction prose allows learners to read widely and discover topics...

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Summer Challenge activity pack (secondary)

Summer Challenge activity pack Summer is here, school is out and the weather is getting hotter than ever... but improving literacy doesn't have to stop at the school gates. This year, we're bringing back another Summer Challenge literacy...

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Literacy Timeline Poster 23/24

Join us on a literacy journey throughout the year! Navigating the multitude of literacy related events and occasions that pop up throughout the year is a challenge... So we've created our Bedrock Literacy Timeline, showcasing a selection...

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Grammar Activity Pack for Secondary

Grammar Activity Pack for Secondary Learners Welcome to the thrilling world of grammar exploration through the lens of time travel! Get ready to unravel the mysteries of grammar, ignite your imagination with vivid metaphors, and craft...

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11 fun vocabulary games

Vocabulary games allow your learners to explore new vocabulary in an engaging, impactful way. Play allows for learners to have high-quality, vocabulary-rich encounters with one another, as well as providing them with the motivation to...

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Summer Challenge activity pack (primary)

Summer Challenge activity pack Summer is here, school is out and the weather is getting hotter than ever... but breaking up for summer doesn't mean that literacy improvement has to stop. Learners encounter 3-4x as much high level vocabulary...

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Jekyll & Hyde vocabulary flash cards

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a gothic novella by Robert Louis Stevenson. Being first published in 1886, a lot of the vocabulary in this novella is complex and antiquated - this makes it especially challenging for learners to...

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Eid al-Fitr literacy activity pack

Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr activities Deepen your learners' knowledge of the rich history behind the month of Ramadan and the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, all while improving their literacy! In this Eid al-Fitr activity pack, we explore the lunar...

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The Right to Write: Psychology

Have you heard of The Writing Revolution? This seminal work by Judith C. Hochman and Natalie Wexler is a comprehensive guide aimed at transforming the way writing is taught. Learners cannot become confident writers in a vacuum. It’s...

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World Book Day mini activity pack

Make the most out of World Book Day and immerse your learners in rich vocabulary with our mini activity pack. We inspire learners to have fun with reading through engaging creative activities. Our free World Book Day printable contains:...

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Jekyll & Hyde knowledge poster

Studying The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for GCSE English Literature? This knowledge poster is a fantastic classroom resource for revision, available as a free printable poster. In this knowledge poster, Tier 2 vocabulary, key...

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396 Tier 2 words

Tier 2 vocabulary includes challenging, ambitious words that do not normally appear in conversations day-to-day . Despite not being used often in spoken language, Tier 2 words are common in the academic texts students need to understand....

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Students: ways you learn, ways we teach [poster]

Encouraging your learners to complete their homework can be a difficult task - this is made even more difficult if learners don't know why they are being asked to complete the work they are set. This printable PDF poster is perfect for...