hese 20 posters provide an innovative way of explaining strategies for note-making. Each poster is accompanied by working examples. There is a healthy balance between posters that deliver information and those that resource a task, reinforcing learning and the link between reading and writing. The tips are often clear and precise, with useful advice such as the need to skim an entire passage before making notes.

Some of them are less successful: it’s hard to see how the instruction to “work with a partner” contributes to the section on using notes to make charts - but, in the main, the guidance is clear.

Huw Thomas is a headteacher in Sheffield