The Guardian Teacher Network maths-anxiety Interesting article, this. In my first teaching job, I was gifted the bottom set of a cross Key Stage 2 maths set. Twenty Five 7-11 year olds, some of who couldn’t count beyond 10. For my added delectation, I had the year 5/6 bottom English set.I suspect this pleasure was […]

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar. Fascinating stuff. No really, I genuinely find the nuances of our language  fascinating. Of course I am a 50something humanities graduate, who is pursuing a Master’s degree in the subject. I am not a 10 year old, facing a government SPaG test. Sample papers One of my favourite  champions of children’s […]