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Posted on September 5, 2018 by Alexandra Taylor
In this first Wednesday Words blog, we bring you a fun Year 4 vocabulary teaching activity to help children to describe an 'intelligent predator'. In this case, the predator is the octopus.
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Posted on August 29, 2018 by Nick Hart
Now you’ve decided the intent of your maths curriculum, read on for tips about successful implementation planning.
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Posted on August 15, 2018 by Athena at Rising Stars
Come along to a free open day event in Luton and find out more about how other schools are using our resources!
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Posted on July 30, 2018 by Bethan Chaplin Dewey
We're super excited to tell you all about the launch of the Rising Stars Reading Planet Summer Challenge!
In this blog we'll tell you all about how you and your child can get involved and be in with a chance of winning a £50 book voucher. We'll also take a look at why and how you should be encouraging your child to read for pleasure.
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Posted on July 12, 2018 by Geoff Smith
In part 2 of this series of blog posts from the authors of our brand new title Character Education: The Star Awards Programme for Primary Schools, Geoff Smith explains his motivations behind writing Character Education and describes the process of its implementation in his own school in Cornwall.
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Posted on July 10, 2018 by Sarah-Anne Fernandes & Shareen Mayers
The DFE have just published the 2018 KS2 SATs results. Read initial thoughts on this year's National Test scores from our subject experts ...
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Posted on July 10, 2018 by Natalie at Rising Stars
64% of children achieve the “expected standard” in reading, writing and maths.
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Posted on July 6, 2018 by Lucy at Rising Stars
To celebrate England reaching the World Cup semi-finals we have created some quick football themed maths quizzes for you to use with your class.
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Posted on June 29, 2018 by Shona Pye
In this first of 2 blog posts from the authors of our brand new title Character Education: The Star Awards Programme for Primary Schools, Shona Pye introduces the idea of Character Education and its benefits.
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Posted on June 26, 2018 by Bethan Chaplin Dewey
To coincide with the launch of our Summer Sale we're also giving away a free e-copy of 'The Summer Fete', a Rising Stars Reading Planet book.
It’s the start of the school holidays and time for the summer fete! The class are looking forward to running their stalls, but what happens when things start to go wrong?
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