This blog post is an excerpt from a longer review that will be published in the UKLA's magazine, 4-11. What a wonderful and inspiring read this book is - it really does persuade children, of Upper Key Stage 2, to try and succeed in life, and that is this books' direct message. This particular biography... Continue Reading →
This story centres on the main character, Alex, and how he escapes from his tortured life by entering the world of magic, only to find out that it’s actually real! The story starts at a frantic pace, as Alex is chased through his home town by his former best friend! Luckily, this terrible event forces... Continue Reading →
This post is an excerpt from a longer article that I wrote and was published by HWRK magazine in its Autumn 2019 issue. There are a few tips below to help with improving children's confidence in mathematics; however, for the full article and more tips please read the whole text in HWRK magazine, which can... Continue Reading →
I initially decided to read the book for two reasons. One, the author has been very successful in the past with previous books (Letters from a Lighthouse for example), and even though I have not read any, I have seen good reviews of them. She is very well known for her historical fiction novels. Secondly,... Continue Reading →
A wonderful, heart warming tale, of a young boy with a facial dis-figuration and his journey from being home schooled to the wild lands of a real school in America. The story is wonderfully told from different character's perspectives for each chapter, so that you really get to know the characters, and also see different... Continue Reading →
The full report can be found on the UKLA's website and is also full of the resources and references that I have mentioned here. Context I have worked at my school, in Hertfordshire, for 10 years, and I am currently, ‘gasp’, the mathematics coordinator. The school, as most schools, has been through a turbulent... Continue Reading →
A superb version of the well-known classic. This version sticks very closely to the original story as told by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story focuses on the legend that there is a terrible beast on the moors near to the stately ancestral home of the family of the Baskerville in Devon. Sherlock Holmes and his... Continue Reading →
I really like Judith Kerr's drawings , and her strange tales. This one focuses on Mog and what she dreams is happening when left outside in the dark in her family's back garden. Some of the pictures, the birds with teeth, are a little scary for little ones.
This is a heart -warming story of a little girl and her cat, which she is really annoyed with, as he never does anything! I wonder why this could be?! The repeating line, of 'My cat just sleeps' really helps link things together for younger readers. My two year old was able to enjoy the... Continue Reading →
What an emotional roller-coaster! This is the fourth and final installment of the “Who let the Gods out?” series by Maz Evans. Elliot’s epic journey has reached a point where he needs to make the hardest, most devastating decision anyone could bare to make: to save the world, or to save the person he... Continue Reading →
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