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BookTrust’s Great Books Guide 2017
We in the Content team have been enjoying quizzing many books featured on the BookTrust’s Great Books Guide. So far, over 20 books from this year’s guide have been quizzed – with more to come. The BookTrust chose titles they believe will “make children laugh and cry” as well as… Read More
Guest Post: Celebrating reading progress with Roald Dahl party
Mayfield School in Portsmouth is a mixed all-through school for pupils from nursery age through to Year 11. They have approximately 1350 pupils on roll and use Renaissance Accelerated Reader with pupils in Year 7 and 8, as well as those needing extra reading support. Assistant Librarian, Carol Groom, tells us about their recent Accelerated Reader celebration party. Read More
Guest Post: From little acorns… mighty readers grow
“As any primary teacher will know, the transition from Year 2 to Year 3 is always a tricky one. Not only do we have to prepare teacher assessments by relying on our best judgement, the children are also suddenly faced with lots of new concepts and much higher expectations in terms of progress. Now, for maths and writing it’s very easy to objectively gauge where they are in their development. Reading is a completely different ball game." Read More
Guest Post: Incentivising reading with bookworms and golden tickets!
St George's CE School, based in Kent, have been using Renaissance Accelerated Reader to implement a range of creative reading celebrations. Gillian Charlton, Librarian, outlines the school's approach. Read More
Creating cross-curricular literacy links using Renaissance Accelerated Reader
During my time at Renaissance, I’ve been fortunate to work very closely with the schools on our Renaissance School Partnership Programme. During my visits to these schools, similar questions and concerns emerged; Literacy Coordinators, who were responsible for Renaissance Accelerated Reader, wanted to find ways to embed its success across the curriculum. Read More
From Apprentice to Master – our year with Accelerated Reader
Since introducing Accelerated Reader just over a year ago, Hummersea Primary School in the North East, has been on an exciting journey with developing a reading for pleasure culture and supporting children in their reading development – so much so that they were recently nominated as a Master School. Laurie-Ann Spencer, currently on maternity leave, spearheaded the roll out of Accelerated Reader and was so proud of the school achieving Master status, she wanted to share her personal highlights on making the move from ‘Apprentice’ to ‘Master’… Read More
Don’t judge a book by its colour (band)
Having taught in primary schools for over 20 years, Julie King has seen her fair share of early reading approaches and an equal share of changes in assessment methods. Based on these experiences, Julie has become a strong advocate for leaving colour bands behind after the current purple or gold bands, when a child is a transitional reader who is able to blend sounds and word parts to read simple words. Read More
Star-t as you mean to go on
Evidence-based practice forms a core part of the teaching ethos at Brooklands Farm Primary School, with Carol Dweck’s Growth Mindset used to encourage both teachers and students to thrive in a positive learning environment. With the first term now already over, Nicky Bullard, Assistant Headteacher at the school, takes us through her experiences of aligning technology with theorist principles and explains why they believe it’s important to ‘Star-t as you mean to go on’… Read More
Guest Blog #1: Georgina Sheridan, KS2 Teacher, Brooklands Farm Primary School
Having spent the last year working hard on an NFER (National Foundation for Educational Research) led project which has focused on the role of feedback in children’s reading development; Georgina Sheridan, a KS2 teacher at Brooklands Farm Primary School in Milton Keynes, shares some of the key learnings to date and explains why, when it comes to reporting and feedback, ‘Actions Speak Louder than Words’… Read More
Guest Blog #2: Judy Grevett, Headteacher, River Beach Primary School
In the second and final instalment of our current guest blog series, Judy Grevett, Headteacher at River Beach Primary School in Littlehampton, returns to finish her Accelerated Reader (AR) story so far and explains why: ‘Practice what you preach’ has played a pivotal role in embedding such a positive reading culture throughout the whole school… Read More