Flying With Fluency

At the end of 2023, I led a CPD session with a focus on reading fluency at the Linskill Centre. The session was well attended by both primary and secondary colleagues and I’ve also previously discussed the role of teaching fluency in this article.  Now I’d like to share the journey we’ve been on with…

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Wonderful wordless works of art

Some of our most engaging books for younger children are those which have very few words or no words at all. The illustrators of these wordless books are incredibly skilled in spinning a narrative through an unfolding sequence of pictures so exquisite, so imaginative, so carefully considered and sequenced that readers are immediately captivated and…

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World Book Day 2025 – making it meaningful

World Book Day 2025 takes place on Thursday 6th March this year. It provides a wonderful opportunity to celebrate books, authors, illustrators, and the love of reading with children and adults alike.   Research tells us that reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of future success for a child – even above family circumstance,…

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