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World Storytelling Day: how to embrace reading during school closures

Mar 20, 2020 | English | 0 |

Reading time: < 1 minute

Today (20 March) is World Storytelling Day celebrated around the world. With school closures coming into effect on Friday, children can embrace reading to prevent feeling bored over the period.

www.workingmums.co.uk have said: “Planning activities for kids at home is a way to break up the day. It might include time for some chores, a daily walk, reading time and board games.”

But how should you go about embracing reading?

5 simple strategies…to encourage students to use their local library

Mar 7, 2019 | Pupils, English, Extra-curricular | 0 |

Reading time: 3 minutes

With the advances in technology and the capabilities that the internet has introduced, many traditional learning tools and resources have started to decrease in popularity.

As students prefer to do online research from the comfort of their room, there is a noticeable difference in approach to studying and research methods compared to 20 years ago.

5 potential career paths…for English students

Oct 20, 2017 | Employment, English | 0 |

Reading time: 3 minutes

“Are you going to be a teacher when you get older?” is a question that many English students will hear during their time at university.

Whilst it is true that a significant number of English students love the idea of teaching after completing their degree (and there is nothing wrong with that – this is an education blog after all!), there is a variety of potential career paths for English students.

Supporting ESOL students in the classroom

Jul 12, 2017 | English, Literacy and Numeracy | 0 |

Reading time: 3 minutes

Throughout UK schools, there are more than 300 languages spoken as a first language.

While proportionally ESOL students account for just under 7% of pupils, in inner cities this percentage can often be as high as 75%, as is seen in various schools in London.

Using traditional and video games to boost literacy skills

May 9, 2017 | Literacy and Numeracy, English | 0 |

Reading time: 3 minutes

Games have been employed in schools, in one form or another, for decades.

Yet today we’re only just coming to realise the true potential power of gaming, and beginning to understand that the advantages go beyond convenience.

Here we inspect just how powerful a resource games can be for boosting literacy skills.

Ways to Raise Engagement in English

Mar 19, 2015 | English, Curriculum, Literacy and Numeracy, Teaching | 0 |

Reading time: 2 minutes

English is often a love it or hate it subject. For those pupils who enjoy great literature and poetry, they look forward to exploring the pages of the texts they are studying or letting loose their creative imagination in writing fiction which explores their thoughts and enables talent to be seen.

For those who do not enjoy English, it can feel like a dull experience they are forced to attend, either because they can’t relate the work they are asked to complete to any part of real life or because of low literacy levels and any associated learning difficulties.

English Literature in the new National Curriculum

May 28, 2014 | English, Assessment, Curriculum, Literacy and Numeracy | 0 |

Reading time: 2 minutes

The overarching aim for English in the National Curriculum is to promote high standards of language and literacy by equipping pupils with a strong command of the spoken and written word, and to develop their love of literature through widespread reading for enjoyment.

The syllabus for English in the new National Curriculum has been under fire in the last few weeks. This week the OCR draft English Literature syllabus appeared to have dropped US works such as Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, John Steiner’s Of Mice and Men and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.

World Storytelling Day: how to embrace reading during school closures

5 simple strategies…to encourage students to use their local library

5 potential career paths…for English students

Supporting ESOL students in the classroom

Using traditional and video games to boost literacy skills

Ways to Raise Engagement in English

English Literature in the new National Curriculum

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