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The phonics screening check: Are your Year 1 pupils ready?

The phonics screening check: Are your Year 1 pupils ready?

Teaching phonics is an essential part of improving both reading and language skills for young pupils. With the phonics screening check on the horizon, we know how important it is to find engaging ways to recap the same content. To help you do that, we’ve chosen a few select phonics activities for your pupils to test their skills out on.

Walk to School Week

Walk to School Week

Walk to School Week takes place between the 20th and 24th May this year. Run by Living Streets, which champions walking, it aims to raise awareness of how important walking to school is.

British Science Week 2024: Time

British Science Week 2024: Time

British Science Week 2024 (8-17 March) celebrates science, technology, engineering and maths and has the theme ‘Time’. In this blog, we look at what you could cover as part of this, and highlight Busy Things’ activities that fit well.