Learning

Do teachers need to be good at spelling?

Do teachers need to be good at spelling? Is it a good idea for a school to hire proofreaders to spelling in reports?

Making colouring sheets: Mermaid printables

LaLa asked me to draw her a mermaid to colour in. So I did. And then I made some mermaid printables for everyone (over at www.tag-illustration.co.uk)

School choices: State school? Private school? Home education?

The school choice debate. Why I don’t think I could choose private education for the girls.

Someone build Michael Gove a time machine

Michael Gove wants to institute a wholesale reform of the exam system and the national curriculum without actually taking on board the conclusions of the experts he’s asked to look at it

Review: Read Write Phonics app (Android)

Review of the Read Write Phonics app – created specifically for children learning to read using phonics (as is used in most UK schools).

Parents ‘more involved in children’s schools’: Are you involved with your children’s school?

A survey conducted by the NAHT suggest that 93% of parents feel welcomed in their children’s school. Surely that can’t right?

The start of a magical journey into the world of books

I am so happy that RoRo has made the important jump into enthusiastic independent reading.

Children’s books about books and reading

I was reading The Tickety Tale Teller to LaLa last night and it always gives me a warm glowing feeling, because at its centre are reading and books and being read to and how wonderful these all are. Then I wondered what other children’s books there are about reading and …

My Phonics Kit from Oxford University Press

My Phonics Kit is a pack from Oxford University Press for parents to help their children with phonics and which ties into the new Year 1 Phonics Test (see last week’s Sunday Reading post for my concerns about the test). My Phonics Kit contains three workbooks (Kipper’s Phonics Workbook, Chip’s Phonics …