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  • Reading tips

    Reading tips

    Oriel Square’s Communications Manager Keira Moulding shares 5 tips to help you get started, improve and enjoy reading.

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  • Spotlight on… primary literacy

    Spotlight on… primary literacy

    It’s a huge privilege being able to work on a book that might be the very first book that a child reads for themselves. Just because it’s a school book, it doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t look great or be interesting and enjoyable to read.

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  • Get into Primary English publishing

    Get into Primary English publishing

    Many publishers start their journey with a love of reading, but few end up working on books that might be the very first book that a child reads for themselves. Editorial Manager Liz explains her love of Primary English publishing and shares what she’s learnt in ten years in the industry.

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  • The power of reading: Three ways that reading broadens horizons

    The power of reading: Three ways that reading broadens horizons

    Three ways that reading for pleasure positively impacts a child’s development.

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  • Project insights: Producing the first Oxford Language Report

    Project insights: Producing the first Oxford Language Report

    An insight into our work with Oxford University Press to produce the first Oxford Language Report.

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  • Turn on the subtitles and let the magic happen!

    Turn on the subtitles and let the magic happen!

    Did you know that turning on the subtitles while children are watching television can double the chances of them becoming good at reading? We talked to the edtech innovator behind the Turn On The Subtitles campaign to find out about this brilliantly simple literacy project.

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  • Engaging schools and communities to support children’s learning

    Engaging schools and communities to support children’s learning

    Ensuring that education objectives continue to be achieved both during and after the pandemic involves multiple stakeholders and diverse partnerships. With new educational needs arising, and the nature of roles changing for all involved, we turn again to the central question of accountability: how can we all work to ensure that children achieve their full…

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  • Highlights from CMC 2020: Storytelling and creativity are as important as ever

    Highlights from CMC 2020: Storytelling and creativity are as important as ever

    In this blog mini-series, Hannie gives her top takeaways from the Children’s Media Conference, including insights from the BBC, Black Lives Matter, Changemakers, Waterstones’ Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell, and the Moomins.

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