Friday, 8 January 2016

Pronoun, determiner garbage. SPaG garbage.

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My son came back from a mock SPaG test today saying that a 'pronoun can't be a determiner'. This is precisely the kind of garb...
Thursday, 7 January 2016

"We have been discouraged from using the library by the school improvement adviser because it is not promoting progress."

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Teacher: "Reading for pleasure is something which we have been discouraged from doing as it does not promote progress, and yet we ar...

Ofsted: "We can't see the learning going on in silent reading time"

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Teacher: "I am a high school English teacher and have been teaching for eight years. Firstly I want to thank you for all the work...

"...new management banned silent reading."

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Teacher: "In my school, in response to an Ofsted where we were told that reading had to feed more into writing, silent reading was ...

"Don't simply let them read, because what are they learning?"

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In my encounters with teachers I have sometimes come across teachers who've told me that either school management or Ofsted have said th...
Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Agony and the Ecstasy - with and without Radio News

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I've been taking a holiday from all Radio News programmes. It was beginning to get to me. I've been holidaying in Radio 3. Even when...

Retired headteacher talks re: collaboration between schools - before and after

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Response to my column in the Guardian today: "I was Head of a school in one of the most disadvantaged areas of the country. We formed...