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High yield vocabulary – Sacrifice
Looking at the Remembrance Day poppies on lamp posts led me to reflect on the number of times children may come across the word sacrifice during their primary school years. It’s a concept that spans several subjects, creating diagonal links as explained by Clare Sealy here1 . So I thought I’d start a new series…
Building Understanding of Coasts In KS1 & KS2
One of the reasons I’m so passionate about building a high-quality history and geography curriculum is the positive impact that building a wide vocabulary has on children’s achievement, particularly in English. It’s important to deliberately plan the development of this, rather than leaving it to chance[1]. Coasts is an area I’ve thought about a lot,…
- High yield vocabulary – Sacrifice
- Building Understanding of Coasts In KS1 & KS2
- Using Reading To Build Knowledge Across The Curriculum
- Choosing fiction texts to use with your class
- Why should you teach an overview of ancient civilisations?
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