Planning of effective literacy units using high quality children’s literature Created by Sue McGonigle, this guidance will: Support student teachers and newly qualified teachers with planning engaging literacy units based on high quality children’s literature, providing guidance and exemplar materials. Demonstrate how linked sequences of lessons can be devised which ensure progression and lead to…
Literature for Cross-Curricular Learning Looking for good reads to share with children aged 5 – 11 that cover subjects across the curriculum? Take a look at our recommendations: all of these books have been tried and tested by the English 4-11 reviews team and the Primary Education Committee. If you buy any of the books,…
Winning books Non-fiction 7-11 The Ways of the Wolf Smriti Prasadam-Halls, illustrated by Jonathan Woodward (Hachette Children’s Group) Non-fiction 4-7 The Big Book of Beasts Yuval Zommer (Thames and Hudson) Fiction 7-11 On A Magical Do-Nothing Day Beatrice Alemagna (Thames and Hudson) Fiction 4-7 Stardust Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Briony May Smith (Nosy Crow) Shortlisted…
Winning books Non- Fiction 4-7 The Rhythm of the Rain Grahame Baker-Smith (Templar Publishing) Non-Fiction 7-11 Ocean Hélène Druvert and Emmanuelle Grundmann (Thames & Hudson) Fiction 7-11 Ocean Meets Sky The Fan Brothers (The Quarto Group) Fiction 4-7 I Say Ooh, You say Aah John Kane (Templar Publishing) Margaret Mallet Award for Children’s Non- fiction Rebel Voices: the…
Winning books Non-fiction 7-11 Rise Up! The Art of Protest by Jo Rippon, w/foreword by Chris Riddell and illustrated by various (Palazzo Editions Limited) Non-fiction 4-7 A Million Dots written and illustrated by Sven Völker (Cicada Books) Fiction 7-11 Through the Wall written and illustrated by Jonathan Standing (The Salariya Book Company) Fiction 4-7 The Suitcase written and illustrated by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros (Nosy Crow)…
How to enter your book Submissions welcomed for both fiction and non-fiction, in all age ranges from 4-7 and 7-11 years. There are four categories: Fiction for 4–7 years of age, Fiction for 7–11 years of age, Non-Fiction for 4–7 years of age, and Non-Fiction for 7–11 years of age. The book(s) should have been…
In a series of articles for English 4-11 Rob Sanderson examines high quality picture books and suggests how they may be used in the primary classroom. The Chicken Thief The Black Book of Colours The Big Ugly Monster and the Little Stone Rabbit The Mysteries of Harris Burdick It’s a Book In the Forest Iggy Peck…
A special offer for subscribers to English 4-11 Teaching Dickens in the Primary School, edited by Eve Bearne This volume contains material created for the first Dickens Fellowship and English Association More Dickens Competition in 2012. Teachers from the three prize-winning schools describe the richness of their work and one member of the judging panel…
John Paine, founding editorial board member and former editor of English 4-11, looks back on 20 years of the journal A cause for celebration. Twenty years ago the first edition of Primary English (later to become English 4-11) carried the editorial headline ‘Teaching by Numbers?’ Then, in 1992 there was, as now, continuing discussion about…