steve246253Dec 2, 20213 min readThe 15 Rooted in Reading PrinciplesBack in November 2010 I was invited to go down to London to lead a research seminar at the DfE on the reading for pleasure promotion...
steve246253Nov 23, 20214 min readHow we became a school that readsThe following piece by Ben Wilkinson and Sonja Bredgaard was published on The Guardian's teacher blog back in 2012. Interest in reading...
steve246253Dec 23, 20142 min readAnalogue Learning: an introductionFirstly, let’s be very clear from the start, this is not an attack on digital learning. I am as intrigued by gadgets and new bits of...
steve246253Oct 25, 20145 min readCreative Accounting – a response to Tom Bennett’s TES article 10 October 2014In this article, Tom Bennett presents a strongly worded attack on the notion that creativity is not currently being effectively taught in...
steve246253Introducing the Functionally Fluent School Leadership programmeIn the recent Teacher Wellbeing Survey conducted by the NASUWT, 86% of teachers surveyed said that their job had had a negative impact...
steve246253Five easy ways to get started with Rooted in ReadingUprooted by Su Blackwell, currently on show at the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford. Reading can have a transformational...
steve246253Joe Wicks, Functional Fluency and teacher observationThis blog was written a while back and then forgotten about. Since then Functional Fluency International has developed considerably. It...