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Focus English by Ros Ferrara
	The materials within Focus English help teachers to plan and deliver English teaching and learning in a purposeful and engaging way, placing English and literature at the heart of the curriculum. Aligned with end of year curriculum expectations, Focus English is based on the use of high-quality texts, including poetry, which provide the driver for each unit. Separate Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and individual year group products are also available. For more information PLEASE CLICK HERE.
Deep Dives into Reading by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0410)
Price £35.00	How robust is your reading curriculum? Would it stand up to a deep dive during an inspection? The current Inspection Framework has a sharp focus on reading with a mandatory deep dive into early reading. The expectation is that reading is a high priority for all schools so that all pupils become fluent, confident readers. This resource is supplied in PowerPoint and pdf formats. Also, see 'Using Deep Dives as a Monitoring Tool'
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Improving Spelling by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0242)
Price £25.00	Spelling needs to be taught rigorously and systematically, but teaching also needs to engage children and show them that accurate spelling matters. This resource offers some guidance and suggestions as to the development of an effective spelling programme and strategies to raise the profile of spelling across the curriculum. Supplied in both PowerPoint and pdf formats.
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Teaching Vocabulary by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0351)
Price £35.00	Vocabulary development is a current focus for most schools and is increasingly understood as a key area in raising standards not only in English, but also across the curriculum. This resource examines the research and different approaches to developing vocabulary and offers effective practical approaches to the teaching of vocabulary. This resource is supplied in both PowerPoint and pdf formats.
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Writing at Greater Depth by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0243)
Price £25.00	Providing a pathway for able writers Working with and developing children who show potential as greater depth writers is challenging. This resource takes a close look at how to recognise these children in each year group, discusses a writing sample and offers suggestions to ensure progress and deep learning. The requirements for the end of KS2 are reviewed in detail with practical suggestions and resources to meet them. Supplied in both PowerPoint and pdf formats.
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Planning Through Quality Texts - Whole School by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0244)
Price £60.00 (Save £10.00)	These resources are intended to support the planning of effective literacy units based on high quality books. They are not intended to be lesson plans, but offer a menu of possible ideas for teachers to use as starting points to plan for purposeful learning and give pupils reasons for writing, as well as the skills they need to write with impact on their reader. For separate KS1, KS2 and Early Years versions PLEASE CLICK HERE Please click on 'More information' below to see a list of the books covered
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Writing Continuums by Liz Greensides (Code: 0238)
Price £30.00	The Writing Continuums take different elements of the writing curriculum, and order them into a sensible and logical sequence of learning...and teaching...year by year across the primary school. They take the end of year objectives and unravel them into small and steady steps for learning. This gives continuity and cohesion in planning, teaching and learning. Along with the Writing Continuums themselves, there is a PowerPoint presentation to be used for staff training. See samples below.
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Rainbow Writing by Liz Greensides (Code: 0160)
Price £75.00	Rainbow Writing: using Bloom's Continuum to teach writing across the primary school. This practical resource considers a refreshing way of teaching writing in all its elements - from vocabulary to punctuation, from poetry to story writing - for children of all ages and all abilities. It offers challenge to the most able and supports those who have difficulty with the basic key skills of writing. It sets out the 'Rainbow Continuum of Skills' in writing. See SPECIAL OFFER below with The Rainbow Continuum - planning for skills progression within the new National Curriculum
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The Rainbow Continuum + Rainbow Writing SPECIAL OFFER by Liz Greensides (Code: 0163)
Price £120.00 (Save £30.00)	Purchase these two outstanding resources together at a SPECIAL OFFER price! See above for details of 'Rainbow Writing'. For 'The Rainbow Curriculum' go to Leading Teaching and Learning Resources

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Judging Year 2 and Year 6 Writing by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0215)
Price £20.00	Only available in digital format from Not As We Know It Limited, this concise resource provides practical support for teachers of Year 2 and Year 6 and to English and assessment leaders. It can be printed out on A4 or (handy!) A5 size paper. The resource supports teachers' judgements by focusing on the National Curriculum requirements and differentiates between writing that is not yet at the National Standard, writing at the National Standard and writing at greater depth within the National Standard.
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Judging Year 1, 3, 4 and 5 Writing by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0264)
Price £20.00	Only available in digital format from Not As We Know It Limited, this concise resource provides practical support for teachers of Year 1, 3, 4 and 5 and to English and assessment leaders. It can be printed out on A4 or (handy!) A5 size paper. The resource supports teachers' judgements by focusing on the National Curriculum requirements and differentiates between writing that is not yet at the National Standard, writing at the National Standard and writing at greater depth within the National Standard.
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Progression in Writing: Model Texts for Teacher and Pupils by Martin Gregory (Code: 0237)
Price £22.00	These examples of writing have been put together to assist teachers in supporting pupils in the planning, writing and evaluation of their work within the National Curriculum requirements for writing in English. The annotations are visible in the 'Showing Markup' mode in Microsoft Word, but the examples can be printed without them. See samples below: Sample 1 - with annotation Sample 2 - no annotation
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Exemplification of Standards in Writing: Working at Greater Depth within the Expected Standard by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0192)
Price £75.00	Looking at samples of children's writing over the course of the year from Year 1 to Year 6, this resource provides exemplification of progress in writing within each year group and of writing when pupils meet year group expectations, or master them. Samples are included with and without annotations so they can be used as CPD opportunities to develop understanding of year group expectations and how to identify progress across the year as well as making standards explicit at the end of year. Package includes editable PowerPoint and full colour versions. See samples below.
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Grammar Writing Right by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0060)
Price £20.00	This resource considers the key issues in ensuring that the teaching of grammar is effective in not only giving children the skills they need, but also in making them effective, confident writers.
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Grammar Games by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0125)
Price £25.00	This resource demonstrates explicitly how grammar games can be used as an effective teaching tool to ensure that children understand the statutory grammar requirements, know and use the correct terminology and can experiment with grammatical features to create effects.
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Grammar and Punctuation Subject Knowledge by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0058)
Price £8.00	This resource is a clear and quick guide to the key terminology and essential subject knowledge for all adults working in primary schools. In addition to explaining the terminology, it gives clear examples to illustrate the application of grammatical rules and features.
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Progression in Grammar and Punctuation by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0059)
Price £6.00	This resource provides an overview of the essential expectations for each year group and progression across the Primary school to support the consistent and effective teaching of grammar and punctuation.
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Developing Reasoning and Depth in Reading: Leading to Mastery of Reading Skills by Clive Davies (Code: 0186)
Price £50.00	This resource provides support for teachers and school leaders who are looking at ways of developing pupils' deeper learning skills in reading. Click 'More information' below to see what this resource does, and does not, attempt to do.
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The Place of Guided Reading in the New English Curriculum by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0118)
Price £25.00	This resource considers the rationale for guided reading and different teaching models, strategies and approaches. It also provides tables in which links between the new objectives from the 2014 curriculum and the former assessment focuses are made, enabling teachers to continue to use approaches and resources based on the focuses as well as planning and assessing effectively.
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Support and Challenge in Guided Reading: Exemplar Units for Yr1-Yr6 SPECIAL OFFER by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0182)
Price £25.00 (Save £5.00)	Purchase these two excellent resources together at a SPECIAL OFFER price. See below for details of each resource.

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Support and Challenge in Guided Reading: Exemplar Units for Yr1-Yr6 by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0133)
Price £15.00 (See SPECIAL OFFER above)	Do you need some fresh ideas to make guided reading effective for all children? This resource offers six (from Yr1 to Yr6) guided reading teaching sequences based on quality texts: Scaredy Squirrel The Tunnel The Firework-Maker's Daughter Iron Man The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas The Nightingale and the Rose
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Support and Challenge in Guided Reading: More Exemplar Units for Yr1-Yr6 by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0181)
Price £15.00 (See SPECIAL OFFER above)	More ideas to make guided reading effective for all children This resource offers six (from Yr1 to Yr6) guided reading teaching sequences based on quality texts: Dogger The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark KrindleKrax Cool The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Lady of Shalott
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Teaching Poetry by Ros Ferrara (Code: 0116)
Price £20.00	Are you confident with the poetry focus in the new curriculum? This resource offers a practical guide to different forms of poetry and the key terminology needed as well as suggestions for creating a poetry ethos in schools. It looks in detail, with practical examples, at responding to and discussing poetry and performing it. It includes games, approaches, strategies and models for the writing of poetry. It also supports teacher subject knowledge.
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Non-Negotiables: Embedding the Basics by Simon Camby (Code: 0068)
Price £30.00	Since the Non-Negotiables publication was first released in 2010, hundreds of schools have used the principle and content as a basis for ensuring a rigorous focus on basic skills. This fully revised resource keeps the central premise that schools need a clear map of the basic skills to be taught in each year group. The content has been revised to take account of the draft National Curriculum which will be statutory from 2014.
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