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.
Monday 9 May 2016
"in tears because they didn't have time to finish..."
"Two very bright Y6 boys in my class were in tears because they didn't have time to finish, despite being good readers. The paper was definitely geared up for children from middle class homes as some of the content was outside the realms of experience for many of my class. The layout and content bore no relation to any practice materials. The only children who were entirely pleased with the content were those who were blissfully unaware that they had missed the point!"