Olivia Gardner
Building a Reading Habit: Eight Strategies for Parents to Encourage Daily Reading
We all know it - as soon as your kids come home from school, the last thing they want to do is even think about opening a book. But,...
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Olivia Gardner
- Jul 13
- 3 min
10 Things Every Teacher Should Do This Summer
Summer is nearly here, which means a well-earned break from marking, early mornings and short lunch breaks – yippee! And while it’s...
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Olivia Gardner
- Jun 20
- 3 min
5 Fun and Educational Books to Ignite Your Child's Love for Reading
Are you looking for literary adventures that'll light up your child's love for reading? In this blog, we're unveiling five awesome books...
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Olivia Gardner
- Jun 7
- 3 min
The Power of Storytelling: How Narrative Skills Enhance Reading and Writing in Children
For young students, the classroom isn’t just a classroom. It’s a magical kingdom, an enchanted forest, or a spaceship on a mission to...
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Olivia Gardner
- Jun 1
- 4 min
10 Summer Writing Prompts to Keep Your Kids’ Creative Minds Buzzing
As soon as the last bell rings and your students run through the gates, all thoughts of writing have gone completely out the window....
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Olivia Gardner
- May 25
- 3 min
Exploring the World through Literature: Cultural Diversity in Children's Books
Buckle up, we’re off on an adventure! This week we’re exploring the world from the comfort of our living room. Books have the magical...
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Olivia Gardner
- Apr 28
- 3 min
The Ultimate Summer Reading List for Children
Before you know it, school will be out and life will be a blur of ice cream, water fights and a lack of school work. While it’s...
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Boom Tastic
- Mar 23
- 2 min
BW Walch Launches Revolutionary Collaborative Math App: BoomMath
BoomMath increases student engagement and understanding and provides teachers with real-time feedback to identify gaps in student...
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Olivia Gardner
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Classroom Teaching Ideas to Beat the January Blues
After a well-deserved break, it can be hard for both teachers and students to get back into the flow of teaching and learning –...
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Olivia Gardner
- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
Surviving the Christmas Break as a Teacher
Teachers work hard, so when the Christmas break rolls around it’s the perfect time to put your feet up, relax and forget about work for a...
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Olivia Gardner
- Nov 23, 2022
- 3 min
6 Festive Activities to Get Your Class Ready for Christmas
From opening the first door on the advent calendar, to hearing the first festive tune of the year blast through the radio, the build-up...
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Olivia Gardner
- Nov 10, 2022
- 3 min
8 Pieces of EdTech Every Teacher Needs
As a teacher, you likely remember your own school experience, in which classroom interactivity stretched to whiteboards and rolled-out...
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Olivia Gardner
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
2022 Christmas Reading List for Children
Where will you journey this Christmas? To the North Pole to see Santa’s elves at work? Or perhaps you’ll cause mischief with some...
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Olivia Gardner
- Oct 27, 2022
- 4 min
Silent Reading vs. Reading Out Loud
We’re all guilty of having our own individual reading traits. Some of us like to read every single word in detail and really digest the...
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Olivia Gardner
- Oct 20, 2022
- 3 min
Once Upon a Time… 8 Top Tips for Planning a Great Story
Stories - long, short, educational, entertaining, funny or serious, are something we can all remember hearing or reading plenty of when...
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Olivia Gardner
- Oct 13, 2022
- 4 min
6 Tips for your Students: Writing a Spooky Story
Spooky season is here which means it’s time for dressing up, apple bobbing and spooky stories! To get your class or children excited...
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Boom Tastic
- Sep 15, 2022
- 3 min
The Ultimate Fall Reading List for Children
Fall is upon us, which means it’s the perfect time for your students to cosy up with a new seasonal book.
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Boom Tastic
- Aug 5, 2022
- 3 min
6 Ideas to Get Kids Writing Over Summer Break
We all love the summer period, but it can get boring for children who are used to playing with their friends and learning lots of...
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Russell Newman
- Jul 28, 2022
- 1 min
Summer Reading Sorted: GoReadathon 2022 is underway!
Across the UK and beyond, children and families are logging their reading and taking part in the Summer GoReadathon Event. A highlight of...
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Milly Guest
- Apr 1, 2022
- 3 min
A New EdTech Tool For Student Writing
Balancing EdTech opportunities… For too long, there has been a disconnect between the objectives of the Computing curriculum, where...
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