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How to help with handwriting

Blog
14 Mar 2023
Handwriting can be like a fingerprint – unique to its owner and an expression of identity. How long does it take us as teachers, at the start of a new academic year, to become able to distinguish the child belonging to that unnamed piece of work?
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The role of outsourcing in a growing MAT

Blog
17 Mar 2023
Budget setting and outsourcing in a multi-academy trust – key considerations and the importance of a three year plan.
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Cherish your Chair!

Blog
29 Mar 2023
The experience of being Chair of the school or academy board can best be summed up by the three letters AOB – despite the best laid plans it’s the unexpected items that make the job challenging, unpredictable and occasionally exciting and rewarding.
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Reading Fluency: training for teachers

Blog
03 Jun 2022
Leading up to a special focus on reading fluency and the outcomes of our collaboration with the EEF, Kathy Roe brings shares the current picture for the HfL reading Fluency Project.
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A field guide to reading fluency: a reader's digest of our work to date

Blog
29 Jun 2021
Martin Galway offers a comprehensive overview of reading fluency and some extensive pointers to further reading.
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As easy as A B fluenCy!

Blog
02 Feb 2017
Penny Slater, Education Development and Partnership Lead (Primary English Specialist) shares some class-based exploration of reading fluency.
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KS1 Reading Fluency Project: text selection guidance – Years 1 and 2

Blog
11 Mar 2020
Kathy Roe shares some marvellous text suggestions for use on the KS1 reading Fluency Project.
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KS2 Reading Fluency project: text selection guidance – Years 3 & 4

Blog
23 Feb 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!
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KS2 Reading Fluency Project: text selection guidance

Blog
05 Feb 2020
Reading fluency - selecting texts with the power to turn around a reluctant upper key stage 2 reader can be a challenge... 
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Repeat after me: the HFL KS2 reading fluency project works… works… works!

Blog
27 Apr 2018
Reading fluency project - With a wealth of experience from working with a diverse range of pupils from a wide range of schools, we are now in an even better position to share more findings from this innovative project.