Struggling Readers

About Writing ‘This Boy’, by Pippa Goodhart

It was something real and sad that set me thinking about writing a story about a young soldier whose death was recorded on a war memorial. There were reports on the news about thieves ripping the metal name plaques off war memorials because they wanted to sell the metal to… Read More

Primary – helping struggling readers

These activities use the Collins Big Cat Progress struggling readers scheme books Animals in War, Tigers in Trouble and Africa’s Big Three. Activity One – Where in the World? Children like a context to their work and many will question why they’re doing it if they can’t see a point. Read More