The courage to perform: What leaders can learn from the children who shine on stage
The children who struggle most can shine brightest on stage. How rhythm and the courage to perform reveal what a classroom can't — and what leaders can learn.

The children who struggle most can shine brightest on stage. How rhythm and the courage to perform reveal what a classroom can't — and what leaders can learn.

For the school leader looking for one joyful thing that reaches struggling readers without adding load.

For the children who didn't pass the phonics check — and the Year 7s arriving in September still waiting.

The story behind Rhythm for Reading: the 'football children', the vulnerable moment, and what changed.

“It’s only an hour that they have with you over the time that you come in over the six weeks and for it to be able to make, for a lot of them, up to a year’s difference in their reading ability is quite amazing really.” Year 3 teacher
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