Due to additional responsibilities and the needs of our team, we are changing our Training Base/Shop opening times to the following: Monday: 9.30am – 6pm Tuesday: 9.30am – 6pm Wednesday: 9.30am – 6pm Thursday: 9.30am – 6pm Friday: CLOSED Saturday: 10am – 1pm We continue to offer a stimulating teaching and learning environment as well…
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At this time of the academic year, never under estimate the significance and importance of training children. By training them to tidy and clean up to the highest expectations, you are not only supporting them socially and emotionally, having them take responsibility for themselves, but if your classroom is properly labelled, tidying up time can…
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We are now closed for the summer. We shall re-open on Tuesday 28th August. If you would like to order online, we will post straight out to home addresses, but will leave any school orders until the beginning of the new term, unless you ask us to do otherwise. Many thanks to all of…
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Happy Holidays Everyone, if you are on half term at the moment. We are having a short break, so the shop is now closed until Thursday 15th February. Opening times after that are as normal: Thursday 15th: 10 – 6 Friday 16th: 10 – 3 Saturday 17th: 9.30 – 12.30 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday…10 –…
Read MoreI am being sponsored by Provident Financial Group to deliver training on Literacy in Bradford, exclusively for Bradford Schools. On 9th January 2018, 9.30 – 3.30 I will be training on ‘Hooks into Literacy’ to any interested Y2, Y3 and Y4 teachers. We will look at how the combination of Mindset, Reciprocal Reading and Peer…
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We were thrilled to welcome local and national colleagues from The National Literacy Trust, to our ‘Legends and Yarns’ Exhibition. This is what they had to say about it: “It is always a pleasure and inspiration to come and visit. Clear to see the way in which education professionals can be inspired to be creative…
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We are extending the exhibition for another 2 weeks! Saturday 11th November was our last day. We are now going to reopen on Monday 20th until December 1st 2017. Lots of inspired practitioners so far! Come and have a look. Opening times, cost and pen drive offer remain the same as for the first two…
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We are so excited that we are ready to share our exhibition with you. We have over 25 exhibits to support practitioners to make writing enticing. Make sure you come along and collect ideas and be inspired! We open till late. Monday 10 – 7 Tuesday 10 – 6 Wednesday 10 – 6…
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I have always really loved moss. I love the fact that it is usually green – my favourite colour. I love the velvet sort that is tightly knit together and the kind that looks like a bouquet of stars. In fact all types of moss are beautiful and interesting…and free! If you can scrape relatively…
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A pattern is a thing of beauty; a creation, born from imagination… far more, of course, than a mere mathematical assessment devise! As a child I loved to make patterns, probably because I wasn’t a naturally good artist and pattern gave me an artistic outlet I could be reasonably successful in. I loved pattern making…
Read MoreTuesday 15th October: Unfortunately we are closed today due to illness. We will be opening again as usual on Wednesday 16th. Our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience caused. Dismiss