Ruth’s Updates
This month’s bumper newsletter covers mission Fresh Start, support with SEND, Online Assessment sessions and more.
Love, the Earth by Frances Stickley and Tim Hopgood
A poem from the Earth to inspire us to love and look after our world. The Earth gives us animals, weather, forests, oceans and plants. ‘Please share my food, my lakes, my land, but try to lend a helping hand’. If we take care of the planet, it will take care of us.
New to list Sept ’24
All the Ways to be Smart by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys
What does it mean to be smart? It’s not just reading and spelling or knowing all the answers. It’s building boats from boxes; finding treasures; flower picking; making up new games with teams. In fact, ’nobody will ever do the very same smart things as you’. We are all smart in different ways!
New to list Sept ’24
The Bridges by Tom Percival
Mia is a little girl who feels lonely. One day, a book mysteriously appears. The first book she has ever owned and, as she reads it, she begins to cross bridges. Bridges that lead her to new places, new people, new adventures. When she meets a little boy who seems lonely, she knows what to do.
New to list Sept ’24
Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield and Hoang Giang
One night, Jeremiah plants tiny seeds and makes a wish. The next day, vines magically sprout through his ceiling and up to the floors of his tower block. As he and his brother explore, they discover more flowers and more new people. How will the community feel about their tower full of flowers?
New to list Sept ’24
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Georgia Ellinas and Jane Ray
Puck, a cheeky sprite, lives in the fairy kingdom. King Oberon and Queen Titiania have a disagreement and ask Puck to help them sort it out. At the same time, there are four young people in love but each with the wrong person. Can Puck sort out the muddles? A retelling of the play by William Shakespeare.
New to list Sept ’24
Ruth’s Blog: Talk to your partner
Get bang for your ‘oracy’ buck Nearly 30 years ago, Professor Bob Slavin, an educator from Baltimore, visited my school in Whitechapel. After praising our teaching of reading and writing, he asked me why so few children talked in lessons. He talked about the research he’d done into classroom talk and this one sentence has […]
Ruth’s Updates
Welcome back! We’re here to help you make the biggest difference this September.
Ruth’s Updates
This round-up pulls together all the support we offer to help you implement reading intervention in your school.
Ruth’s Updates
This round-up pulls together all the support we offer to help you implement reading intervention in your school.