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I S SUE 1 8 . 8 Contents REGULARS 8 BREAKTIME 11 6 WAYS... ... to integrate reading for pleasure from Reception through to Year 6 19 HOW I DO IT Get to know your pupils better by creating ‘personality islands’ 28 MEDIUM-TERM PLAN A six-week unit on Ancient Greece VOICES 13 KEVIN HARCOMBE Here we go again... there’s another curriculum review on the horizon 15 HOW DID WE END UP HERE? A recent report on the last two decades of education policy lays out a raft of major questions and challenges for the government 17 A LETTER TO... Prospective authors, on how to go about writing your first book 21 UNDERCOVER TEACHER Why teaching your own children isn’t the struggle it’s made out to be SPECIAL SECTION SATS SPECIAL 56 NEED TO KNOW Shareen Wilkinson breaks down this year’s reading paper, and pulls out some secrets to 2025 success... 60 HAVE YOU EVER MET A TENREC? Alex Quigley asks whether the reading paper needs rethinking altogether 65 NOT JUST NUMBERS Ruth Astley explains why there’s more to maths SATs than numeracy 67 BRING ON THE FUN! Rachael Ede offers some practical ideas to energise your SATs prep 69 TAKE IT DOWN, OR BUILD IT UP? Adam Kohlbeck takes a new look at how to use scaffolding when teaching SATs problems teachwire.net facebook.com/teachwire twitter.com/teachprimary lydia.grove@theteachco.com We want to hear from you! Get in touch with your rants, comments, photos and ideas. We’re all We want to make sure our magazine is a brilliant resource for teachers and are always striving to improve. We love hearing from real teachers about what they liked and what they would change. Got feedback about this issue? Contact us via the details in the yellow box below – we’d love to hear from you! ears! www.teachwire.net | 5