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
Today's SATs: 'floods of tears"
"I am full of despair! My beautiful, very intelligent year 6 daughter has just come home from school in floods of tears as she feels that she "failed" today's paper!!She has been so upset and thrown herself around the room that she has cut/ bruised herself. What is the government doing to our children and their mental health??? Am beside myself? What can we do??"