This is a beautifully illustrated and well written story book of a little boy and his grandmother who are walking through a wild wood. This wood is full of life from the trees and plants to the forest creatures. The boy is curious about everything he sees and wonders who owns the woods. This is…
Join us for an enlightening CPD session, where we dive into the future of creative writing education and introduce a new and innovative creative writing tool: The Creativity Engine. In this session, we will demonstrate the ways in which The Creativity Engine will help you to unleash innovation in your classroom and discover how this…
EA Chair Professor David Duff was interviewed by Sian Griffiths for The Sunday Times (published 15 October 2023). …”The changes [to the way English is taught] have made English old-fashioned and difficult.” As a result, “many teenagers no longer opt for A-level English”. The article explores the background to the decline in the number of…
A collection of articles from our journal, The Use of English.
We are looking for practitioners of English in primary and early years education to join the Editorial Board of our magazine, English 4-11. Accessible and lively, the magazine is packed with articles, covering Early Years Education to the end of Key Stage 2. We publish accounts of innovative practice and successful projects, reports of classroom…
We are looking for an experienced practitioner of English in secondary education to join the editorial team of our journal, The Use of English. The journal brings together vigorous, independent comment on theory, policy and practice with a uniquely substantial and extensive section of reviews – reviews of important books on the teaching of the…
The Further Education (FE) Literacy Movement is cofounded by Kayte Haselgrove and Kirsty Haughton, both practitioners and researchers in the FE sector. We invite members to join the movement and contribute to our mission: together we aim to improve life chances for learners across the FE sector by harnessing literacy as a vehicle for social mobility.
This session introduces the Helicopter Stories method of developing language and literacy in Early Years. It involves a talk with Gail Alder, the author of an English 4-11 article on Helicopter Stories, and Alison Stead and Cathryn Twine, representatives from a nursery who incorporate this new method in their settings. Helicopter Stories is a scheme which was…
This is part of the ‘Little Gem’ imprint from Barrington Stoke and it is aimed at those just learning to read, or who are struggling with their reading. It is the story of young Leon and his friend Sav and what happens when they think they hear a cat trapped in an upstairs flat. When…