by Sarah Hughes | Jan 9, 2021 | Boys, Exam literacy, Literacy, Reading, Speaking and Listening
The Literacy Handbook newsletter #1 Show how brilliant you can be Welcome to the first newsletter. The purpose of the newsletter is to share simple and – as a result – sustainable ideas with you on how to improve learning, confidence and exam results. Our first...
by Sarah Hughes | Mar 11, 2020 | Literacy, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing
“Not only is it important to ask questions and find the answers, as a scientist I felt obligated to communicate with the world what we were learning.” ― Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions What have Professor Brian Cox, Doctor Maggie...
by Sarah Hughes | Mar 5, 2020 | Literacy, Reading
‘Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.’ – Frederick Douglas Nobody likes having to do things that they’re not good at – and students who say they hate reading usually struggle with it, and may have done so since primary school. Demoralising, to...
by Sarah Hughes | Jan 23, 2020 | Literacy, Reading
‘An unquestioned assertion is as good as a truth.’ – Steve Shahbazian ‘A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.’ – Winston Churchill It’s vital now, more than ever, that students are savvy users of media. Having the tools...
by Sarah Hughes | Jan 14, 2020 | Boys, Literacy, Reading
The statistics tell us that boys are doing significantly worse than girls. At age 11, 70% of girls reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, for boys, it’s just 60%. At age 16, two-thirds of the top grades at GCSE are awarded to girls. As teachers,...
