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Rooted in Reading: 10 things you need to know about the original green passport
1. The green passport was the first one in the series. Indeed, when I wrote it I thought it would be the only one but then when my...
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Jan 12, 20202 min read
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Gaps – vocabulary, reading and NATE Conference
I am updating this blog, which dates from July 2018, in January 2022. The issues it highlights have been considerably exacerbated by...
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Jul 27, 20185 min read
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The Rooted in Reading Award and student attainment
The Rooted in Reading Award passport was originally designed to be reading’s equivalent to the Duke of Edinburgh Award. The tasks are...
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Oct 13, 20175 min read
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Personal Best Academy – the planning stage
So, after not posting anything for several months, I now plan to start on a series of posts outlining the setting-up, training stages and...
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Oct 29, 20152 min read
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Personal Best – growth mindset and literacy
On Thursday 16 July we will be holding a launch party and press event for Personal Best at LA Mare de Carteret High School, Guernsey at 9...
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Jul 12, 20152 min read
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Literacy, meaning making and social and cultural capital: six thoughts
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to spend a morning listening to David Didau talking about literacy. Like all good inset, this...
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Apr 17, 20153 min read
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Becoming a Reading school – Ofsted case study
Kirk Hallam Community, Technology and Sports College, Derbyshire has embraced Rooted in Reading as a central plank of its whole school...
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Apr 28, 20138 min read
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Question Fans
My ex-colleague, @JaninLincoln first came up with the idea of the Question Fan about 3 years ago. She put together a set of question...
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Apr 14, 20133 min read
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SPAG, GAPS, GASP – a whole school literacy approach for primary and secondary schools
I will need to be very wary while writing this post as any failing in spelling, punctuation or grammar will be seized upon by readers and...
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Mar 2, 20133 min read
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Choice and Voice: Honouring Readers' Rights - Rooted in Reading at the Doncaster Conference
Participating in the OU Reading for Pleasure conference in Doncaster recently was a great experience. The conference was a dynamic...
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Introducing the Functionally Fluent School Leadership programme
In the recent Teacher Wellbeing Survey conducted by the NASUWT, 86% of teachers surveyed said that their job had had a negative impact...
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Five easy ways to get started with Rooted in Reading
Uprooted by Su Blackwell, currently on show at the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford. Reading can have a transformational...
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