The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
The Year 1 phonics screening check will see children reading 40 words to their teacher to test their grasp on phonics.
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Political ramblings
In support of the strike
My Facebook stream (or whatever it’s called at the moment) and my feed reader are full of status updates and posts from people expressing their opinion on the strikes and on the people who are striking. There are people complaining that the strikers should not sit at home today, but …
Joanna Lumley thinks our kids have no morals
I don’t normally rant about celebrities. To be honest, I don’t normally take that much notice of celebrities, except a select few authors and BtVS and Angel alumni. But I just saw this article on the BBC* about some comments Joanna Lumley has made about children today. I was assuming …
Why I fear for the country
or Why I fear for my kids’ future I wrote a political post recently, which was a bit of a knee-jerk reaction to a particular news story. It didn’t get many comments, perhaps because it wasn’t especially well argued and, well, not everyone likes to talk about politics. But I …
Hey. Stop mugging me!
We interrupt normal service to bring you some politics (with some swearing – toned down incredibly from what I was shouting at the computer last night). Frankly, a welfare cheat is no different from someone who comes up and robs you in the street. It’s your money. George Osborne, talking …
