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Game on! Six engaging Sound Waves Playing Card games

Sound Waves Literacy

Have you heard about our Sound Waves Playing Cards? Perfect for any Sound Waves classroom, these special cards are designed to help students consolidate their understanding of phoneme–grapheme relationships through engaging whole-class and small group games!
How cognitive verbs play a part in reasoning

BitMaths

Reasoning tasks are distinctly different from problem-solving tasks because they focus on the how and the why of the solution, rather than the answer itself.
Making maths meaningful with Maths Trek 

Maths Trek

Firefly Education has just launched its groundbreaking new primary maths resource – Maths Trek.
Mental computation: How do your students measure up?

Think Mentals

Assessment is on everyone’s mind at this time of year. Assessing mental computation skills is a valuable part of reporting on your students’ overall maths abilities.
How to prepare your classroom for Decodable Readers

Sound Waves Literacy

If you’ve recently made the switch from levelled texts to Decodable Readers, you may be wondering how you can organise these books. Here are our tips for setting up your classroom for reading success!
What's so special about Sound Waves Special Words?

Sound Waves Literacy

Special Words are high-frequency words containing unusual phoneme–grapheme relationships (e.g. was, said), or words containing phoneme–grapheme relationships not yet taught in the sequence (e.g. look, for).
Enhancing your students' critical thinking skills

Maths Trek

Critical thinking helps students transform their understanding of everyday maths concepts into something meaningful and useful. But how can we incorporate critical thinking into our maths classrooms? And how can we improve our students’ critical thinking skills?
Fluency and flexibility in mental computation

Think Mentals

Have you ever tried moving furniture? Did you panic when your oversized couch wouldn’t fit through the door? Did you hastily try different positions until you found one that worked – damaging the paintwork in the process? Or did you…
Enrichment tasks in English Stars

English Stars

Enrichment tasks are activities designed to strengthen students’ educational experience and extend them academically. Using real-world contexts, these tasks are designed to engage students and challenge them to apply their learning in unfamiliar ways.