Get your Year 1 students ready for the phonics screening check(PSC) with confidence using the Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS). Our blog shares top tips for consolidating code knowledge, providing reading opportunities, and targeted teaching interventions. Say goodbye to testing anxiety and hello to PSC success with ELS.
Read moreRead this blog for tips on how to utitlise the Read Write Inc. Phonics resources available to you to support your children preparing for the phonics screening check.
Read moreStrictly speaking, Key Stage 3 lasts for three years: spanning Years 7 to 9. But over the last decade, an increasing number of schools have switched to offering a two- or two and a half-year KS3 programme. This has allowed schools to redress the difficulty of covering the lengthy GCSE specification content in only Years […]
Read moreA quick search to find and compare the figures for young people taking STEM subjects at further and higher education paints a somewhat ambiguous picture. On the one hand, the DfE suggests record numbers of young people are being accepted onto STEM undergraduate courses1; significantly up from similar figures a decade ago. On the other […]
Read moreCognitive load relates to the amount of information that a person can hold in their working memory at any one time. During learning, information is held in your working memory until it has been processed enough to transfer into your larger capacity long-term memory. If new information is not transferred, it will most likely be […]
Read moreExplore why junior reading fluency matters and how to build it effectively. Learn why fluency is crucial for comprehension and SAT success, with practical tips and resources from Oxford Primary to support junior readers’ progress. 📚🔍
Read more🔍 Uncover the truth behind fluency as we dissect common myths in the second installment of our Fluency Series, debunking them with the latest research along the way! 📚💡
Read moreExplore reading fluency and its role in fostering independent fluent readers post-phonics in the first installment of our Fluency series. 📖💡 Including teacher tips and recommended Oxford Primary resources to support reading fluency.
Read moreClimate change is Children’s Word of the Year according to Oxford University Press (OUP). A third of children chose climate change (33 per cent) as their word of the year, narrowly followed by war (31 per cent) and almost a quarter choosing coronation (24 per cent). The research, which surveyed opinions from over 5,000 children […]
Read moreUnveiling 5 pivotal insights from the latest DfE Reading Framework, showcasing how Read Write Inc. Phonics seamlessly integrates each principles into their programmes. Building fluency to continue supporting children in learning to read.
Read more