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"Writing is vital to most examples of learning. It is how civilisation conveys information from generation to generation, it is how parents often communicate their needs and fears for their children as notes to the teacher, and it is how little Johnny/Jane tells you about what their cat and/or dog did at the weekend. Some people love writing, while others struggle with it, but everyone has to write to some degree in their daily lives, and all of this stems from their experiences in the classroom."

An intuitive online book creator - write, draw, add images and share. The site has a bank of backgrounds to choose from and a range of tools to draw items into the books.

In reading tests at school, girls tend to be ahead of boys, in all age groups and in all countries. But in young adults, there is suddenly no longer any difference between men's and women's reading skills. Why is that? Could the answer be in the way the tests are designed?

My Top 10 exciting new #startup tools/ apps on #leweb12 Cometition . Blippar winner , Hohoki - runner up and 3-rd teleportd

Lots of great ideas on how to be creative in the classroom

Languages Special

A poster which lists adverbs to describe how something might have been said.

A great site for learning Mandarin with fun games. Some of the instructions are in Chinese.

A letter which attempts to persuade the reader to write their own persuasive letter, and which highlights some of the main points to include.

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A superb app for any one looking at learning basic Mandarin Chinese. Play the game to listen and see the language. There are many different types of questions, but most are multiple choice or click and drag from a selection of choices. Questions start out easy and there is support and 'hint' buttons to help you. You can download each lesson as you reach it, or download everything if you plan to use it offline. All the language you have met is stored in a word bank and use your microphone to compare your pronunciation to the recordings.

Guide to getting started with languages with younger pupils.

Fun Chrome experiment where users listen to a word and then type or say to input the letters. Three difficulty levels available.

"Stories are a part of the bedrock of human evolution sharing wisdom, history and cultural values to citizens growing into their society."

"As I stood in the school hall, during an assembly on National Languages Day, I felt such pride, but equally astonishment at how the children had embraced the task of saying hello in as many languages as possible. I watched in amazement as the 34th child stood up in front of the school to share his knowledge of yet another greeting from a different country. I don't know whether it was the sheer volume of children or their confidence whilst standing in front of the school and speak a different language that struck me most, but whatever it was, made me reflect on how I had come to be in this moment."