Common Chronicle
Wondered what your teacher might wonder?
Bite sized blog posts spanning a range of reading at home topics. Easy to understand & encouraging in nature - it’s as if you popped open the top of a teacher’s noggin!
Take a look, we know you’ll enjoy them.
The Invisible Work Making Progress Visible.
There is a certain invisible ‘magic’ which can propel reading development, this post explains how via the notion of Relational Pedagogy.
Students wear uniform. Students are not uniform.
Although they may all wear the same uniform, students will never learn uniformly. How does this influence what parents need to know about reading?
Starting School is…
What to do for the start of school? Easy, teacher tips for starting school reading off on the right foot.
Old School
Parents need pointers on what a good reading program looks like in the first year of school. Out with the old Three Cue system and in with the new Science of Reading.
What The Eff?
It takes engaged parents to support high achievement in reading, but it also requires a high level of parent efficacy.