Primary

Yesterday

25th Feb 2026

Do banded books make for poorer readers?
Schemes that match books to primary pupils’ skill level could be holding children back and making them less engaged in their reading, writes Alex Quigley
Kids reading books

Thursday

19th Feb 2026

How Newsround is helping teachers to combat disinformation
The BBC programme is watched by millions of children in schools every week. Its editor Lewis James tells Tes how his team reports for young people at a time when they are feeling the effects of fake news and AI more than ever
Montage of fake news

Tuesday

17th Feb 2026

How drama techniques can reboot oracy teaching
Oracy shouldn’t just be a tick-box exercise, says this primary teacher, who explains how incorporating approaches from acting can help pupils with literacy
Drama Shakespeare skull

Monday

9th Feb 2026

How the Zones of Regulation helped us recentre pupil behaviour
The long-term impact of the pandemic is now manifesting in young pupils’ behaviour – but the Zones of Regulation offer a solution, says this international school leader
Chinese children walking outside

Friday

6th Feb 2026

Quantitative reasoning: why it matters for primary maths
The national curriculum fails to emphasise the importance of the ability to reason about quantities, says Louise Matthews, who explores how it can be taught
Quantitative reasoning: why it matters for primary maths

Thursday

8th Jan 2026

What’s the best way to teach capital letters?
Learning when to use capital letters isn’t as straightforward as it seems, new research finds. So what can teachers do to help pupils get it right?
Capital letters sculpture

Tuesday

25th Nov 2025

Why primary writing can’t be all about genre
It’s common to take a genre-driven approach to teaching writing at primary school, but this doesn’t work for all years, writes Katie Jenkins
Why primary writing can’t be all about genre

Tuesday

11th Nov 2025

How to build local history into your curriculum
With the DfE now encouraging schools to place greater emphasis on teaching local history, one leader in the South West explains how their trust is already taking a localised approach
Teaching local history: Pupils at some Learning Academy Partnership schools learn about Sir Francis Drake

Friday

24th Oct 2025

How to teach maths through continuous provision
Maths is a subject that lends itself to continuous provision, writes Katie Jenkins, who shares advice on how to meet curriculum objectives through play
Playing with maths

Tuesday

14th Oct 2025

How metacognitive routines can boost reading comprehension
Year 5 teacher Aaron Regan explains how a series of metacognitive strategies has helped his class to get better at inference and articulating their ideas about texts
Child puzzled reading a book

Wednesday

24th Sep 2025

Reading fluency: why it matters and how to teach it
A focus on reading fluency can help to bridge the gap between decoding and comprehension, says Penny Slater, who shares strategies for supporting children to become fluent readers
Little girl speaking into mic

Wednesday

27th Aug 2025

What the writing framework gets wrong about writing
Following the release of the DfE’s primary writing framework, writing researcher Debra Myhill shares her thoughts on its use of evidence and how it positions the skills involved in learning to write
Girl writing on page