Starting the process of whittling down my #FavePicturebooks2022

Don’t know how I’ll get it down to 40. Sure there will be late entries too. 1/3

I'm so excited to share this! I've been writing phonics books for Bug Club. This set is particularly special to me as it features GRT characters, living on a site. It also celebrates the rich storytelling traditions in our culture and would've meant the world to me in Year 2!

Don't worry Years 2, 4 and 6 - we haven't missed you out! FMI and booking information:
Year 2: cpd.hertsforlearning.co.uk/courses/bookin…
Year 4: cpd.hertsforlearning.co.uk/courses/bookin…
Year 6: cpd.hertsforlearning.co.uk/courses/bookin…

Pie Corbett I attended a great course with HertsPrimaryEnglish - Fixing Full Stops. Well received feedback to staff and now using these ideas in school. Impact? ... we'll assess this next term.

Wishing everyone a happy and relaxing half term break.

Something fun for our creative book-lovers this half term!

We couldn't agree more- quality texts contain excellent models of grammar used for a purpose, and provide inspiration for further writing too. Our remote grammar training delves into grammar teaching across the primary age range, wrapped up in great books: cpd.hertsforlearning.co.uk/courses/bookin…

Our second🌟Book of the Month🌟is this simply stunning offering by Gideon Sterer and Mariachiaria Di Giorgio from Walker Books. Captivating illustrations will set imaginations free and children will be brimming with ideas inspired by this beautiful tale. Thanks Kathy!

This week, we've booked 3 national Reading Fluency Project training events for 1st week back in spring 23! If you're looking to arrange training to support your team understand the transformative strategies used in this project, get in touch. We❤️sharing this work! HertsPrimaryEnglish

Looking forward to this training on 15/11/22… in Stevenage - open to all KS2 teachers. Practical & supportive:

Closing gaps in English and maths: whole-class strategies – Key Stage 2

Join us!
PrimaryMaths HfL ECTs HertsPrimaryEnglish

Details /booking:
cpd.hertsforlearning.co.uk/courses/bookin…

Is this not a slice of heaven? Spent the morning at CLPE doing a little research into children's books with Muslim protagonists. Phoebe was absolutely brilliant in pulling some amazing titles out for me I hadn't considered. I'm going to be SO POOR by the end of this!! 🤣

Wow - what a treat!

Our 🌟Book of the Month🌟 for younger readers was selected by Kirsten Snook for all it can teach about the importance of kindness. Great for the KS1 classroom.
Life is full of emotions and books are the perfect way to explore and expand emotional literacy and empathy.

We loved creating these tools to address misconceptions around reading fluency with Sarah Green. Why not use them in school with your staff? We are now taking bookings for the next round of our reading fluency project. KS1: cpd.hertsforlearning.co.uk/courses/bookin…
KS2: cpd.hertsforlearning.co.uk/courses/bookin…

The HertsPrimaryEnglish team thoroughly enjoyed creating these tools with the fabulously knowledgeable Sarah Green for EEF
I know lots of teachers have found these incredibly helpful for sparking discussions around best practice.
Kathy Juliet

🌟Latest blog 🌟 ‘How can we advantage the disadvantaged?’ Practical changes that can be made in primary maths classrooms to keep chipping away at the disadvantaged gap. hertsforlearning.co.uk/blog/how-can-w… Inspired from talk by Dan Nicholls

In english Year 2 have been writing their own version of The Tiger who came to tea. The purpose for writing was to entertain the children in reception. They loved visiting them and sharing their stories! Maddy Barnes Ros Wilson Pie Corbett Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 HarperCollinsUK

HertsPrimaryEnglish Joseph Coelho is laureating! Kelly Ashley #WordPower Polly Ho-Yen Jon Biddle Rebecca Cosgrave Sonia Pie Corbett Michelle Nicholson Penelope Slater Seriously, is there anything more exciting than a whole day of words?! Count me in!

TWO wonderful 'Book of the Month' recommendations coming for you today!

Let us know what you (and your class) thought of last month's book choice: 'Birdsong' by Katya Balen 🇪🇺.