Michael Rosen

A place where I'll post up some thoughts and ideas - especially on literature in education, children's literature in general, poetry, reading, writing, teaching and thoughts on current affairs.

Sunday, 15 December 2024

Words versus Deeds - at times of great crisis, which is the more important?

Saturday, 14 December 2024

A separate, ring-fenced, open-ended 'interpretation' time for schools?

Thoughts on 'The History Boys'

Saturday, 16 November 2024

I was asked to comment on a 'teacher model' for writing in a primary school. I did.

Thursday, 7 November 2024

How and why the Primary English 'Writing' curriculum has got it wrong

Tuesday, 5 November 2024

Bear Hunt and how it became a legal matter

Writing workshop - the 'how' of writing

Saturday, 21 September 2024

The reason why Year 6 children in England 'do grammar' is nothing to do with 'grammar'! It's entirely to do with the government deciding it had to assess teachers.

Thursday, 19 September 2024

The Meteorite Gove hit schools and left this kind of chaos (and wrong advice) for children on how to write.

Wednesday, 31 July 2024

Goldsmiths University of London - strike

Thursday, 27 June 2024

Can poetry (and other literature) help with recovering from distress and trauma? A schools perspective

Wednesday, 12 June 2024

This year's KS2 Grammar, punctuation and spelling test - analysed.

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