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Supporting your child with writing at home

  • by: Anna from Pobble
  • On: 7, Oct 2021
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Supporting your child with writing at home

Although your child is learning the basics of writing at school, the development of these skills must be encouraged at home, too. Luckily, it’s easy to support and nurture, there’s much you can do. En...

9 books to inspire great lessons

We’ve picked the brains of some of our teaching community to discover their favourite books to inspire great writing. There are some classics, but also a few lesser-known suggestions. We hope they pro...

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3 ways to use tech to support your teaching

The Pobble team is privileged to visit so many classrooms around the world. We regularly meet wonderful teachers who are doing great things to inspire and support their students. We’ve reached out to ...

10 ideas to take literacy learning outdoors

Summer term is here! We can be hopeful of plenty of sunny days and opportunities to go outdoors. We’ve found some brilliant ideas that will allow you to get out whilst teaching those essential literac...

Awesome classrooms on a low (or no) budget

Ever dished out money from your own pocket on resources to improve your classroom? I’m guessing the answer is yes. According to the UK Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) over 90% of teachers ...

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Supporting your child with reading at home

We don’t have to tell you that reading is important: it increases literacy skills, builds self-confidence and improves vocabulary skills to name a few reasons. Reading can also open your child’s eyes ...

4 free escape room ideas for the classroom

Escape rooms are all the rage. They consist of a challenge that allows you to work together to solve a variety of puzzles in order to “break out” of a room. Demanding an exciting mix of problem-solvin...

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Parents. Supporting at home: what you can do

Making time to support your child with their school work can be a struggle. Especially on top of working, shopping, cooking a meal, bath time and all the hundreds of other jobs that parents have to co...

WAGOLLs for every writing genre

Good WAGOLLs (what a good one looks like) or model texts aren’t easy to come by. Teachers often end up writing their own or using one from a textbook. It’s time to put a stop to that. On Pobble, you’l...

Class attention grabbers that really work

Your class are engrossed in activities. There’s chitter-chatter and the buzz of excitement all around. Now, you want the whole classes attention and quickly. What do you do? These class attention grab...

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