KS2 Reading Fluency Project: 2017-2023 - reflecting back and looking forward Published 09 January 2024 The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has commissioned an evaluation of HFL Education’s KS2 Reading Fluency Project. Discover the impact of this work to date. Read more
Reading re-envisaged - revisited Published 05 December 2023 Penny Slater discusses the update to the DfE Reading Framework and its guidance for teaching reading comprehension. Read more
Preparing for the 2022 KS2 Reading SATs: unpicking challenge in non-fiction texts Published 11 January 2022 As schools around the country begin to prepare pupils for the KS2 Reading SATs, we hope this guidance – looking at indicators of perfectly pitched non-fiction in line with the challenge of the KS2 test – offers some helpful support. Read more
Fluency: the bridge from phonics to comprehension Published 15 December 2020 A summary of the session with Professor Tim Rasinski, hosted by HFL Education - 17th November 2020. Read more
KS2 Reading Fluency project: text selection guidance – Years 3 & 4 Published 23 February 2020 Selecting texts with the power to turn around a reluctant and struggling lower key stage 2 reader can be a challenge. These top-notch texts have been tried and tested and are sure to hit the spot! Read more
KS2 Reading Fluency Project: text selection guidance Published 05 February 2020 Reading fluency - selecting texts with the power to turn around a reluctant upper key stage 2 reader can be a challenge... Read more
Read like nobody is watching Published 04 February 2020 Thought-provoking rationale and strategies for nurturing active readers. Read more
Reflections from analysis of the 2019 KS2 reading SATs: part 4 Published 11 September 2019 In this series of blogs, Penny Slater takes an in-depth look at the 2019 reading SATs paper and draws out some key points for reflection. Read more
Reflections from analysis of the 2019 KS2 reading SATs: part 3 Published 08 September 2019 In this series of blogs, Penny Slater takes an in-depth look at the 2019 reading SATs paper and draws out some key points for reflection. Read more
Reflections from analysis of the 2019 KS2 reading SATs: part 2 Published 04 September 2019 In this series of blogs, Penny Slater takes an in-depth look at the 2019 reading SATs paper and draws out some key points for reflection. Read more
Reflections from analysis of the 2019 KS2 reading SATs: part 1 Published 01 September 2019 In this series of blogs, Penny Slater takes an in-depth look at the 2019 reading SATs paper and draws out some key points for reflection. Read more
Getting it write in KS1 Published 03 July 2019 The truth is that writing is hard. What’s more, teaching it is even harder! key to success in key stage 1 is cover less, practise more. Read more