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Task Map: John Lewis Christmas Advert 2021

The John Lewis Christmas Advert has become something of a Task Map tradition over the years. To save teachers time, I thought I’d put one together this year—complete with a ‘Design Your Own Hoodie’ template. Click here to download the

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P1 testing: from catastrophe to conspiracy?

As the P1 testing debacle rumbles on, John Swinney is stumbling head-first into another education fiasco – although perhaps even he is unaware of the harmful scenario he is presiding over. Last year, I observed a very able child complete

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Preparing for Battle: This is my Fight Song

Preparing for Battle: This is my Fight Song

Next week (Thursday 9th November) I will be giving evidence at a hearing in the Scottish Parliament on the petition that I submitted over the summer. Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to i) provide national

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I’d like to teach the world to read… but I’d settle for every child in Scotland.

I’d like to teach the world to read… but I’d settle for every child in Scotland.

You can feel it in the air. The end of term. Proms, prize-givings, leavers’ assemblies and celebrations for all that’s been achieved in another full-to-bursting academic year. As schools close their gates for the summer, many involved in Scottish education

admin June 28, 2017May 4, 2020 Education, Gossip, Literacy, Uncategorized 2 Comments Read more

Dear Ms Constance: An Open Letter

Dear Ms Constance: An Open Letter

Dear Ms Constance I wrote to you in March 2015, although I realise that you probably don’t actually get to read every email you receive, given the demands of your job. I also wrote to my MSP Alasdair Allan back

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Identifying Reading Problems: How will I know?

Identifying Reading Problems: How will I know?

I’ve just finished an interesting article in TESS: ‘When will literacy get its fairy tale ending?’ by Emma Seith. It has a great graphic showing the depressing SSLN results compared with two years ago, and there’s some super stats about

admin May 16, 2015May 6, 2020 Education, Gossip, Literacy, Phonics Forever, Uncategorized 8 Comments Read more

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