The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
The Year 1 phonics screening check will see children reading 40 words to their teacher to test their grasp on phonics.
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
I read a few articles and blog posts about Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother when it was causing so much controversy in the US. And I admit to feeling outrage at many of the incidents and attitudes described. But, like many of the authors of these pieces, …
Oliver Jeffers’ Lost and Found Pop-up
We love Oliver Jeffers here. My dad bought RoRo How to Catch a Star when we were on a day trip to Weston-super-Mare a few years ago. Reading it always brings tears to my eyes. Because it’s such a lovely story, but also because it has the added effect of …
A renaissance in book cover art?
I’ve been mulling, recently, over the idea of getting a Kindle. I have a birthday coming up, after all, and have been known to use those (and Christmas) as an excuse to buy a new piece of kit. Smart phones, netbooks – I think one year I even timed getting …
(Re)reading the classics
I was surprised last week, when the film came out, to discover just how many people hadn’t read Jane Eyre. And then I was chatting to a friend about how she really hated Pride and Prejudice because she studied it too much. And it struck me that there are lots …
Sunday is reading day
Ever since I was little I’ve thought of Sunday as reading day. It’s a day for curling up on the sofa with the Sunday papers or a big thick novel. Sunday was always a calm and quiet day, with no commitments or activities – when I was a child, when …
Book to film: Jane Eyre (2011)
This review talks about how the book has been adapted in the film – Jane Eyre (2011) – and therefore refers to some scenes in the book and in the film.
Tess Gerritsen’s The Killing Place
Tess Gerritsen is one of ‘my authors’ – that is, one of the authors whose books I buy (or borrow from the library) as soon as they come out. I’ve actually started on her more recent one The Silent Girl, which I spotted on the FastBack* shelf at the library …
Book Week: Summer
I hope you enjoyed the last Book Week. The next one will be 4 July – 10 July and will have the theme ‘Summer’. I’m looking for guest posts, linked posts, useful/relevant links and books to review and/or give away. Here’s the schedule, with the themes for each day and …
Operation Reverse Pandora: Phase One, Part One
Living room > Book corner Yes, this is getting ridiculous, sorry, however, the toy storage items from Vertbaudet won’t be here for a couple of weeks, so I’ve done the other corner of the room and this post will be all about that – the book corner*. I had booked …
