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How one school celebrated writing progress across all primary year groups

  • by: Rosie Wilkinson, Head of English, St Mary’s Prep School
  • On: 21, May 2025
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How one school celebrated writing progress across all primary year groups

This World Book Day, we wanted to do something that truly celebrated writing across our school. From our youngest pupils in Reception to our confident Year 6 writers, we aimed to show the journey of p...

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How Seven Steps and Pobble work together to improve student writing

Engaging students in writing can be a challenge, but two powerful resources are here to turn their groans into glee: Seven Steps to Writing Success and Pobble.

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Inclusive writing: A symbol-supported approach

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Leadership tips: avoiding the bandwagon

I’ll start this piece with a disclaimer: I’ve always been a bit of a sucker for a bandwagon. I loved a Polly Pocket when I was little; I grabbed girl power with both hands when the Spice Girls burst i...

Empowering Writers: Celebrating Creativity with Pobble

At Smart Vision School, celebrating writers is an integral part of our culture, fostering a love for writing and empowering students from FS1 to Year 7. Every week, we recognise our budding authors wi...

Whole School Writing Impact: Our Journey with Pobble

Ali Findlayson is Head of Primary at Queens British Grammar School, Estepona. Here she shares how she ran a Pobble whole school writing day and how it can motivate your young writers and build a cultu...

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Grammar Gamification: A Playful Path to Fluency!

In Primary School classrooms, it’s rare to hear students cheer for the start of a SPAG (spelling, punctuation, and grammar) lesson. It’s an aspect of the curriculum which may feel like a chore and can...

Top Tips for International School English Leaders

Jess Reynolds is a KS2 Class Teacher and English Subject Leader at Kellett School in Hong Kong. Here she shares her top tips for English Leaders.

Why your school should become a Pobble School, a headteachers story

Rachael Wilding is the Principal at Smart Vision School, a British Curriculum School in Dubai, you can follow Racheal on Twitter here. As a school, we've been with Pobble for three years now and seen ...

Treat your-shelf to some great Book Week ideas!

Hong Kong, like many other countries, has been plagued by a perpetual cycle of home learning since the pandemic began. During this time, I’ve worked hard on engaging students at a distance and found m...

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