Issue 1, Page 10-11: What’s it all about? Making inferences in Key Stage 2
Alexea Stevens explains how to improve pupils’ ability to make inferences. An inference is a statement about the unknown made on the basis of the...
Read moreIssue 1, Page 8-9: EAL Pupils – Second Language Development
What should you expect? Sarah Wall outlines how a second language develops and what you can do to support this process. There is compelling evidence to...
Read moreIssue 1, Page 6-7: Before Phonics – Phonological processing: a prerequisite to literacy
In recent years there has been increasing acknowledgement of the role of phonics in the development of literacy skills but less attention has been focussed...
Read moreIssue 1, Page 4-5: Words, Words, Words – Teaching the skills for vocabulary
Vocabulary is the foundation for developing oral and written language skills. Sarah Wall explains why everything comes back to the words we know. Without good vocabulary...
Read moreIssue 1, Page 3: Visual Support
Some children need more than just the words. Sarah Wall reflects on visual support and how to use it to best effect. What is visual support? When...
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