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The art and science of teaching primary reading by Christopher Such

“Despite decades of research into the subject, […] many teachers are inexcusably ill-informed about reading.” This is a devastating claim for Christopher Such to open his book with. And yet… even though I received excellent initial teacher training, I had little more than a few hours explicitly learning about how children learn to read. After […]

Gerry Robinson’s blogs of the week, 1 November 2021

The impact of the First Story programme @FirstStory I couldn’t write this round of reviews without including a colleague of mine, Michelle Burke, who has recently written a guest blog post for the creative writing charity First Story. An inspiring teacher and leader in her own right, in this blog Michelle discusses how bringing the […]