Early reading, literacy & numeracy (early years and Primary) Expert Group

Some EEF reports and comments that I was made aware of today (hot off the press!):

Improving Literacy in Key Stage 2 | EEF (educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk)

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Hi everyone

Here are some notes from last week's meeting on the Phonics/Literacy side:

Reading for pleasure

 Ruth’s challenge to us was to evaluate our approach to reading, particularly whether we are as focused on children developing a love of reading as we are on children’s mastery of synthetic phonics

Hi everyone

Great meeting last week. Here are some notes from the Maths/Numeracy side:

Look into ‘Number Sense’

 A resource that promotes additional exposure to and teaching of addition, subtraction and number bonds