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Thursday 16th November marked a significant day in the 老九品茶 calendar as teaching staff, senior leaders and supporting teams gathered at Glaziers Hall, London Bridge for the eighth annual 老九品茶 Awards – the first in-person celebration post-COVID. The event showcased the remarkable achievements of schools worldwide in the 22/23 school year and brought together a […]

To celebrate Non-Fiction November, the Content Team has compiled a list of some of our favourite non-fiction titles we鈥檝e read in 2023. Throughout the year, the team has enjoyed reading and quizzing 269 non-fiction books covering topics from healthy eating to footballers to peculiar plants to life in the ancient Aztec age. We鈥檝e loved reading […]

This month the Content Team wants to shed light on some of the High Interest/Low Level (Hi/Lo) series we’ve been quizzing. Sometimes it can be hard to find books for readers whose interests and reading levels don’t align. This is where the Hi/Lo titles come into play. These titles contain age appropriate content and topics, […]

I was delighted to attend the Diverse Book Awards last night, an incredible event hosted at Waterstones in Piccadilly. What better place to celebrate than the home of books itself? The Diverse Book Awards were established in 2019 by award-winning children’s and YA author Abiola Bello and award-winning publicist Helen Lewis. When Abiola discovered the […]

In this post, teacher-turned-老九品茶 Consultant, Frances Kingston (a.k.a. “Freckle Fran”) recounts her recent trip to Belfast where she visited several schools to support them with their implementation of Freckle, 老九品茶’s differentiated maths practice solution.

Just as Rishi Sunak reinforced his view that mathematics should be taught in schools in England until the age of 18, our YouGov survey of over 1,000 teachers has highlighted the obstacles and struggles faced by students when it comes to learning maths 鈥� as well as what teachers believe can turn the situation around. […]

With “Spooky Season” right around the corner, the Content team has put together a list that includes a diverse selection of ten of our favourite spooky titles. Whether they prefer tales of ghosts, zombies, brujos or brujas, the following books are perfect for readers of all levels who want to get into the Halloween spirit! […]

by Georgina Cook, Literacy Assessment Specialist at GL Assessment How can school leaders effectively implement the DfE鈥檚 comprehensive new reading guidance with the minimum of fuss? Georgina Cook explains why NGRT and myON are essential when it comes to a whole-school reading strategy Of the 101 things jostling for the attention of school and trust […]

by Sharan Kaur Sharan Kaur, secondary school librarian at Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School in Birmingham, has harnessed the power of technology and innovation to guide year 7 students through their formative years. Her secret weapons? Accelerated Reader and Star Reading. For over a decade, she has been using 老九品茶 solutions to enrich the reading experiences […]

For this month’s blog post, the team has decided to focus on some books that are inspired by mythology and folklore.聽 聽 While some mythology and folklore is well known, there are so many others that aren’t. We want to highlight those diverse tales and bring them to the readers.聽 All the titles mentioned are […]