This does seem to be a huge problem. (I hated my time at school in the 70s/80s BTW. I thought it was monotonous uncreative garbage, and I was lucky to be both smart and an enthusiastic autodidact. My… (View Post)

We have loads of creative writing with our 9yo. They are forever writing stories, imaginative letters, comic strips etc. integrated across their English and topic work. From all of this it seems incr… (View Post)

The SPAG (spelling and grammar) papers have not been mandatory at KS1 for a couple of years now; they are optional and for internal purposes. The questions asked are not of the "show me a fronte… (View Post)

They've only got 'til November next year... Do you think they'll be done by then? (View Post)

My daughter is getting a lot of good stuff at state primary. And especially in the wider reading and watching she's encouraged to do with e.g. Horrible Histories (a magnificent resource), Time Team e… (View Post)