Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Now we know what History is...

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  For a week we've had a lesson in history. Correction: we've had a lesson on 'what is history'. For a week there has been s...
Sunday, 11 September 2022

Reading for Pleasure: how and why does it enable children to do better at school? What can we do to foster it? What creative ways of responding and interpreting help in this too?

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Increasingly, people in education are becoming interested in Reading for Pleasure (RfP). There are some great books and booklets about it. P...
Friday, 29 July 2022

Poem: Perhaps...

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  Perhaps... ...during Lockdown some Number 10 partygoers stumble out of the door and throw drunken gags at each other and one says, ‘Hey, f...
Saturday, 2 July 2022

Dissolution Street (a new take on Dylan's Desolation Row)

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  The King is in the counting house, eating bread and money, He thinks if he talks like Julius Caesar, we’ll think that he is funny. Plato h...
Thursday, 16 June 2022

This year's Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test for Key Stage 2

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  In the past, I  have made many criticisms of the way 'Grammar' is taught in primary schools. My main points are: 1. Grammar was on...
Sunday, 24 April 2022

Why trying to stay alive is political

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  It's easy to think of politics as the stuff they talk about on politics shows. Being ill at a time of national crisis, has brought me ...
Saturday, 23 April 2022

Interview with me from Ant Group

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 https://drive.google.com/file/d/18qJGSf_e4vjfoh5VU4lSU3cZToOgZKYR/view Paste this into your browser. Enjoy!