Curriculum
Posted on June 28, 2019 by The Rising Stars Team
Last week Education secretary Damian Hinds gave a speech at the NSPCC about teaching Online safety in schools. The speech marked the launch of new guidance teaching online safety in schools.
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Curriculum
Posted on June 25, 2019 by Shareen Mayers
The KS2 2019 grammar, punctuation and spelling test was once again viewed positively by teachers and pupils. When I asked a group of year 6 pupils what they thought of the test immediately afterwards, they said, ‘…it was easy Ms Mayers.’ Of course, we do not know how they performed but at least they felt it was accessible.
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Curriculum
Posted on June 24, 2019 by Lucy at Rising Stars
Inspired by the warm weather over the weekend we have created some summer themed quizzes to use with your class, including questions about ice creams, beaches and holidays to get your pupils in the summer spirit.
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Curriculum
Posted on June 24, 2019 by Sarah-Anne Fernadez
Each year many of us (hopefully not just me!) wait in anticipation of the latest national test for Year 6 pupils to see how it compares to previous years. And despite the 2019 Key Stage 2 Test being the fourth set of papers aligned with the ‘new’ mathematics curriculum, we are still keen to drill down, dissect and find out exactly what our Year 6 pupils across the country are being tested on.
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Curriculum
Posted on June 21, 2019 by Madeline Barnes
This time last year, we ‘celebrated’ the return of poetry in the 2018 KS2 Reading Test. So, what are the headlines of the 2019 KS2 Reading Test? Were there any surprises? After 4 years of this suite of tests are we still surprised by the ingredients or have we identified enough patterns and trends? Do we get excited by expecting the unexpected?
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Curriculum
Posted on June 17, 2019 by The Reading Planet Team
To celebrate the launch of our new books for age 7-11/Key Stage 2, Reading Planet is going on the road! Next term, our team of top children's authors will travel the UK visiting schools from Scotland to Southampton, to share their love of reading and writing. Enter our competition now and your school could win a spot on our author tour.
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Curriculum
Posted on June 11, 2019 by Athena at Rising Stars
Save up to 25% on our summer line-up of Rising Stars curriculum and Franklin Watts and Wayland when you buy online this 10th June - 5th July.
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Curriculum
Posted on June 11, 2019 by Kate Weston
Empathy Day was founded by Empathy Lab in 2017. On Empathy Day, Emapthy Lab want everyone to read 'because stories and book characters build our real-life empathy.' Celebrate empathy day with our free 'Acts of Kindness' lesson taken from Character Education: The Star Awards Programme
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Curriculum
Posted on June 7, 2019 by Alexandra Taylor
Reading Planet author and actress Nina Wadia recently appeared on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch talking about her book Bionic T1D.
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Assessment
Posted on June 3, 2019 by RS Assessment from Hodder Education
On 3rd June 2019, the DfE publicly released the test materials from this year’s Key Stage 1 National Tests.
The test papers and mark schemes for all subjects can be found here:
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