Blogs
The blogs below have been written by network members, guest experts and the network team. If you have any thoughts after reading a blog entry, please do post a comment at the end of the blog. The authors and the network team would be very interested in reading your feedback.
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24May2012Author visits that make an impression with boys Network members only
Hayley Clark is the librarian at Bow School in Tower Hamlets. Bow School is an all boys school and so everything she does to encourage students to read has to work for boys. Author visits have been a key strand in her approach. In this blog she shares her
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11May2012Interactive Fiction…uncovered Network members only
Kristian Still, Assistant Head at Hamble Community Sports College in Southampton, introduces the world of Interactive Fiction and explains how this perfect blend of gaming and storytelling and has the power to engage your X-Box aficionados.
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03May2012School film clubs boosting boys' literacy Network members only
Beatrix Moran from the education charity FILMCLUB gives members an insight into the power of film in engaging and supporting boys in literacy.
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20Apr2012Boys, boys, boys...an introduction to our boys and literacy network theme Network members only
Network adviser Judy Clark introduces the policy and research context behind our boys and literacy theme.
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29Mar2012Raising the bar in writing – using blogs in school Network members only
Jack Sloan, Year 6 teacher at Ferry Lane Primary School in Haringey describes how developing a culture of criticism and high quality writing makes their blogging have such a positive impact on attainment. Includes practical commenting framework.
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15Mar2012100 Word Challenge: a great vehicle for getting children and staff up and blogging Network members only
Julia Skinner, retired Headteacher and guest contributor, shares her advice for getting a class blog up and running in school using the concept of the 100 Word Challenge.
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15Mar2012A blog of one’s own Network members only
Wyl Menmuir on why he believes every teacher should consider setting up their own blog.
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08Mar2012Giraffe Class! - "We want to share our work with the world" Network members only
Teaching and Learning Consultant, Bill Lord, who has a keen interest and specialism in boy-friendly strategies, ICT and multimodality, shares his experience of working with a Year 1 class of Twitter experts .
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08Mar2012Why your school should blog
Expert in all things blogging, John Sutton explores his thoughts and experience about the power of blogs and shares an amazing piece from Y5 pupil Sharon who puts the rationale for blogging in her own eloquent words. No more convincing necessary!
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01Mar2012Talk for Writing – the key to making literacy across the secondary curriculum really work Network members only
National Literacy Trust expert adviser Julia Strong introduces the concept helping students to internalise the patterns of any curriculum area through focused talk activities related to exemplar texts, so that they can generate the sentence patterns that
