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As we said in our previous post, schools in England are faced with yet another revision of the National Curriculum this term. We’ve seen the headlines – fractions for five year olds (many of us spoke with children about fractions … Continue reading
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The time has come to weave together a few of the strands that we’ve been covering in these 3D Eye posts. We need to look at The new national curriculum for English schools, which is about to be unveiled The … Continue reading
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There are times when too much information can be counter-productive. This is something that Mr Gove hasn’t fully understood. If we spend our time teaching facts to children rather than enabling them to find and use facts for themselves, then … Continue reading
8×7=56. I know. Just as I also know that 2+2 doesn’t always add up to 4, but that has come about from hard experience not from parrot fashion learning. I suppose there is some bright spark somewhere in academia who … Continue reading
Think of a world without any examinations. What would you teach? How would you ensure that the children in your care were developing the skills they needed – for themselves and for others, for enjoyment, for life? Who would make … Continue reading
On and on rage the arguments about “synthetic phonics” and their use in learning to read. Consider this delightful sentence I came across in Pedant’s Corner in the Guardian recently: “These are tools that everyone should have in her/his armamentarium … Continue reading
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