I Am What I Am: My Reading Journey
Jon Biddle’s work on ‘Reading Rivers’ on the Research Rich Pedagogies website run by @OpenUni_RfP and AF Harrold’s moving look back at the books which have shaped his life, inspired
03/03/2018
Journey into a world
where stories come to life...
Articles
Rainbow Hues
Rainbow Hues By Ian Eagleton First of all, let me say, I am not professing to be a writer or poet at all! However, I took some time off over
06/01/2018
The Tale of Bubbles the Missing Hamster: a celebration of diary writing
Dear Diary…. A few days before our wedding in August, I stumbled across my old diaries whilst desperately (and rather frantically) searching for my Granddad’s cuff links. In a
29/10/2017
Ariadna and the Hellish Helixous: Modelling a Greek Myth to Year 4
This is an example of a Greek myth I constructed with my Year 4 class during our work on myths and monsters. We used ideas from @GalwayMr and his excellent
28/07/2017
Putting books and films at the heart of learning – a resource bank
I’ve been putting this together for a few months and here it is! A list of films (taken from www.literacyshed.co.uk), the core books we use and Talk for Writing activities
27/07/2017
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Helping children understand the impact of their writing and importance of their words
Master The New English Curriculum And Get Children To Understand The Impact Of Their Writing Ian Eagleton saw big improvements when he helped children to take control of their writing
11/06/2017
Cross-curricular Planning Jigsaws #2 – Leaf by Sandra Dieckman
Cross-curricular planning and ideas linked to Sandra Dieckman’s wonderful book ‘Leaf’. Please do leave a comment if you have used this book in your own classroom! I’d love to hear
10/06/2017
Cross-curricular Planning Jigsaw #1: Mrs Mole, I’m Home!
‘Mrs Mole, I’m Home!’ By Jarvis Publisher: Walker ISBN: 978-1-4063-7243-4 Suggested age group: Year 1 -Cross-curricular and topic based planning -Using a book as a stimulus for a range of
03/06/2017
Creating a community of readers – some practical ideas
Creating a community of readers: some practical ideas by Ian Eagleton When I read A.F Harrold’s article in TeachPrimary entitled ‘I met books and I met books and I met
18/05/2017
