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Maths Wrap looks like an ipod and feels like a game, yet is a powerful tool for building confidence and helping children to understand the process of multiplication. The… Continue

After months of hard work and sleepless nights, I've made it to page one of Google for the search term "Jolly Phonics" I'll still have to keep working on it and know it's just as easy to go down again, but for today I'm happy that all my hard work has paid off. It hasn't been easy and many a day I've just wanted to throw in the towel.

For anyone reading this who doesn't know what… Continue

At the end of March, the National Year of Reading team published Reading: The Future, a report that reviews both the achievements of the Year and all that we learnt about promoting reading. Significantly, the report details the impact of the Year on the attitudes and behaviours of key target audiences.

The most important message in the NYR report is that it worked. Behaviours and attitudes to reading among target audiences were benchmarked at the beginning of the campaign; the survey was repeat… Continue

A BIG thank you to everyone that voted for Education Takeaway in The North East Digital Awards. I'm through to the next round with an Award ceremony in Newcastle on 25th March. I'm as nervous as hell but excited all at the same time.

JOLLY PHONICS FOR THE WHITEBOARD
The software provides a full and extensive year's programme for teaching Jolly Phonics throughly on an interactive whiteboard. It enables teachers to deliver lessons in a fun and engaging way to children, using a wide variety of activities for the who… Continue