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Developing the skill of evaluation in scientific enquiries
07 May 2020This is the final blog in the series, designed to help primary teachers start the development of their learners’ scientific enquiry skills. Although a lot of words have been written and there are lots to ideas to assimilate, I hope you have gained an insight…
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Synthetic Phonics 2
20 April 2020The English alphabetic code is a complicated one, there are 26 letters, 44 phonemes and there is no 1-2-1 letter-sound relationship! Maybe that’s why Synthetic Phonics has become increasingly popular in the Young Learner’s classroom as a way to introduce learners to reading and writing…
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Synthetic Phonics
09 March 2020Through thorough study, mastering reading and writing in English ought to be easy, although many find it tough. The chances are, even as a native speaker of English, you read that sentence twice! The various spelling and pronunciation combinations found in English make learning to…
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The CPA Approach
02 March 2020Welcome to our blog on the CPA approach, written by primary maths consultant, Andrew Jeffrey. At the end of this post, you will find a FREE exemplar lesson plan, which we hope you will find useful. Introduction The term ‘CPA’, which stands for ‘Concrete, Pictorial,…
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BLOG 6 – Developing recording / presenting skills in scientific enquiries
03 February 2020The skills of recording and presenting data collected during scientific enquiries is the fifth skill area covered in this series of primary science blogs. What types of recording should we start developing from an early age? Most young learners starting school are already starting to…
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