Wednesday, 25 December 2024

The Jewish Socialist Group have a Chanukah Party 'two days early'?

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The Jewish Socialist Group (JSG) held a Chanukah party on Sunday Dec 23. People who don't like the JSG have objected to this, mainly on...
Sunday, 15 December 2024

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

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Strange as it may seem, for someone like me to say it, but there are times when I think that words have very little or no importance. Start...
Saturday, 14 December 2024

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

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I wish there could be a space for pupils of all ages called 'interpretation' in which it was accepted that there will be a variety ...

Thoughts on 'The History Boys'

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I watched 'The History Boys' for the first time last night. I asked myself, why is this the first time? It's because when it ca...
Saturday, 16 November 2024

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

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  This is a tweet I received. I replied like this: 1. It's a nonsense. It's no help for children to write interesting stories or non...
Thursday, 7 November 2024

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

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1/ Because the Primary English curriculum for writing has got distorted to focus on 'grammar', we overlook that writing can be deve...
Tuesday, 5 November 2024

Bear Hunt and how it became a legal matter

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I posted a blog here and linked to it on X (formerly Twitter), the blog 'The True Story of the making of the book of 'We're Goin...