Today year 1 were on a mission! The police asked us to help with their investigation to find evidence of what Naughty Bus has been up to. We discovered he has been causing chaos all over the school! #naughtybus #branfilcvexplore #branfilcvlove Literacy Tree

Flipchart, pens, sentence strips, post its + scissors at the ready for an afternoon of Shared Writing training!📜✏️✂️🟨Literacy Tree can't wait to work with teachers across the country + beyond, exploring effective practice in modelling, scribing, supporting + editing writing.

✨We’re thrilled to introduce our latest resource for Bright Stars of Black British History by J.T. Williams. This beautiful text brings the inspiring stories of 14 Black British figures to life – from the Roman era to post-WW2. Perfect for meaningful classroom discussions on

What a fantastic day working with the Year 4 teachers and children at Branfil Primary School. We explored and wrote about the key messages and themes in the brilliant book Varmints.🌱🐝🌍🌆 So much deep thinking and discussion in the classrooms! Literacy Tree

Inspired by Oliver Jeffers' book 'The Heart and the Bottle', Year 3 have been story mapping ideas for their own dilemma narrative. Literacy Tree #branfilcvaspire

A writing day here working on a new Y4 Writing Root for this absolute beauty of a text. The Crown by Emily Kapff is an utterly stunning book with a powerful message and so many writing opportunities within it ✍️💚🌱🌍 Literacy Tree #Teachthroughatext

We love these fabulous Egg Spotters Guides created by the Year 1 children at @lucasvaleps and Grinling Gibbons Primary! So informative - who knew that a baby flamingo was called a flaminglet? 🪺🐣🦉🪿Literacy Tree

We absolutely love seeing the creative ways that teachers link our Writing Roots with the wider curriculum. Just take a look at these fabulous flying machines inspired by the book Farther - incredible D&T skills from the Y4 children at Goffs Oak Primary! 🪂🛩️🚁🚀Literacy Tree

Finishing touches to our newest Writing Root for Year 1 for the gorgeous Stella and the Seagull by Georgina Stevens ready for launching after half term! Jennifer Sutherland has worked her magic and we can’t wait to share it with you! 🐚 🌊 🌎 Literacy Tree

Such an end-of-term treat to return to Robertswood School today. Inspiring to see how staff have used the school environment so creatively to promote a love of literature and to support children’s writing. The library artwork is a joy to behold! 🎨🖌️🤩Literacy Tree

Great work this week Year 5! Loved seeing your stunning writing about Philippe Petit, incredible topic front covers and your planet models (which were out of this world)! Very proud learners indeed!

Check out our latest blog over on Substack.📝 Jennifer Sutherland breaks down the latest Ofsted report 'Strong Foundations in the First Years of School: Three Key Takeaways'. Read here 👇🔎 open.substack.com/pub/literacytr…

What a fab way to kick off the new half term - launching our Writing Roots with the wonderful Perivale Primary School team. We had such fun journeying through our resource for The Wilderness and writing creatively for a range of audiences and purposes. Literacy Tree

Yesterday we arrived in class and found some huge footprints! An eye witness said they saw a huge green beast. We then made some wanted posters to try and find him...have you seen him? #literacytree Literacy Tree #writingforapurpose

We’re loving these extended blog posts in role as Leila from the brilliant book Leila and the Blue Fox. The Year 6 children at Dulwich Wood Primary School have captured Leila’s personality and experiences so thoughtfully and creatively. 🤩✏️📔Literacy Tree

Year 3 have dived straight into their new text 'Small in the City'. We have already written poems, diary entries and setting descriptions! Literacy Tree #branfilcvaspire

The Year 1 children at Julian's Primary have really made us smile this Friday afternoon! 🤩 Inspired by the gorgeous book Lubna and Pebble, they have created wonderful homes for their own pebbles and have written sentences to describe these. 🪨🏠🛏️ Literacy Tree

It's been such a treat to join in with English lessons at Weston Point Primary Academy this morning! In Year 1 & 2, we had great fun reading the ending of Astro Girl and writing letters in role as Astrid. 🚀🌟👩🏾‍🚀 Literacy Tree

We’re loving this wonderful display of writing and artwork based around Leila and the Blue Fox from the Year 6 children at Dulwich Wood Primary School. Such powerful poems describing the Arctic tundra - very fitting for this week’s weather! ❄️🏔️🐻‍❄️ Literacy Tree

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