There is a reason some children dislike writing. Communicating through writing is a hugely complex, composite task that requires competence in each of the underlying component skills to do well. It…

Writing is really, really hard. Learning to write even more so.  Robert Kellogg – cognitive psychologist and author of The Psychology of Writing – describes writing as the cognitive equivalen…

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“I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is what I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now.” – C.S. Lewis. A recent TES piece from a …

The Oracy Engine The Oracy Engine is a transformative framework designed to empower schools with a comprehensive approach to enhancing student communication skills. Rooted in the belief that effective...

Six years ago, my wife and I learned our then one-year-old daughter Bessie had been born with a rare genetic condition called Williams Syndrome – it’s fascinating and you should look it up. It mean…

In Scotland, in theory, there is a national curriculum. On paper, there certainly appears to be. This is set out as a framework of ‘Experiences and Outcomes’, organised by ‘curricular areas’ and ‘l…

How to make the most of our book suggestions Download book suggestions Each of the books in our collection have been selected for its potential for supporting the teaching of particular National Curri...

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Our long-term memory has potentially infinite capacity - so how can we use it to support working memory?