Neurodivergent Educational Psychologist Dr Joanne Riordan shares her top tips for supporting learners with dyslexia. Dyslexia is not a deficit — it’s a different way of thinking, learning, and experiencing the world. As an Educational Psychologist, a neurodivergent person, and a parent to a dyslexic child, I see the full picture — from the classroom …
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The whole of the EdShed interface is being changed and updated to improve educators’ (or sheducators’) experience of EdShed. This has started with our leading product, Spelling Shed. Spelling Shed has had a huge new update, which is now on a preview release, that not only looks different but also gives educators a whole new wealth …
Part 4 of ‘How to Make the Most Out of Your Spelling Shed Subscription’ focuses on Spelling Shed’s writing scanner. Read part 1 here, part 2 here and part 3 here. Writing Scanner Spelling Shed’s writing scanner is a great assessment tool. You can upload an image of a pupil’s work to their …
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Spelling Shed’s subscription includes a full research-based spelling scheme, spelling games, a full grammar curriculum, grammar games, Mastery Zone, end-of-term assessments, data and assessment tools, leagues, challenges and a writing scanner! Part 3 of ‘How to Make the Most Out of Your Spelling Shed Subscription’ focuses on all thing grammar including Spelling Shed’s Grammar …
Spelling Shed includes everything you need to teach and lead spelling effectively. Part 2 of ‘How to Make the Most Out of Your Spelling Shed Subscription’ focuses on data and assessment, leagues and challenges. Read part 1 here. Data and Assessment Spelling Shed includes a full suite of tools to enable schools and educators to …
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Whether you’re new to Spelling Shed or have used Spelling Shed for years, it’s always useful to make sure you are getting the most out of your subscription, especially because there are always new features being released to enhance your experience. What once started as an app has escalated into a full multi-award-winning, innovative spelling …
Cornerstone C of E Primary School is a wonderful Phonics Shed and Spelling Shed Showcase School based in Fareham, Hampshire. We spoke to them to find out the impact that EdShed has had at their school. We are a rapidly growing primary school, set to become a full three-form entry institution. Currently, we have approximately …
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Find out how Danesfield Primary School are using Phonics Shed to improve results in their school.
At EdShed, we are always striving to make learning more effective and accessible for schools, teachers and pupils. That’s why we’re pleased to be part of MyLoginSSO. What is MyLoginSSO? Our integration partner, Wonde, has launched a super-fast single sign-on so you just log in once using one of the child-friendly sign-in options. This includes …
With the SATs season around the corner, we share some of our top tips for preparing your class for the spelling paper as part of grammar, punctuation and spelling tests. When? This year, the two papers for spelling, punctuation and grammar are on May 13th. Paper 1 covers grammar and punctuation and Paper 2 covers …
Nursery rhymes may seem like catchy tunes we sing with young children; however, the origins and importance of the nursery rhyme should not be overlooked. Phonics Shed are a proud sponsor of World Nursery Rhyme Week 2023. This fantastic week runs from the 13th to 17th November. Our nursery rhyme planning and resources are based …
Phonics is a body of skills and knowledge that we need to be able to use in order to master the language. It is used to teach how the 44 sounds (phonemes) of spoken English are linked to the individual or groups of written letters (graphemes). Malcolm Gladwell famously stated that it takes 10,000 hours …
Why is spelling such a complex skill to master and how can we teach students to be effective spellers? A common misconception is that if you can read a word then you can spell it. However, there are many ways a phoneme (sound) can be represented in written form. Take the phoneme /k/. It can …
What is Orthography? ‘The conventional spelling system of a language.’ ‘The study of spelling and how letters combine to represent sounds and form words.’ (Oxford English Dictionary) High quality SSP ensuring children have a solid foundational knowledge of GPCs The first way we use orthography is when teaching pupils phonics in KS1. We advocate the …
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The summer holidays are a much welcome break for both teachers and children, but even more so this year after the Covid-19 pandemic and the uncertainty and stresses that have come with it. The team at EdShed are so happy that we have been able to help teachers plan lessons and make home learning more …
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This video is of a whole-school training session on getting the most out of Spelling Shed. We look at the different ways word lists can be set up and tools to engage learners. Thanks to Bewdley Primary School for letting us film. Learn more about Spelling Shed HERE.
