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- Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:47 am
- Forum: Purely Practical Posts -no politics!
- Topic: Inaccurate transcribing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7356
Re: Inaccurate transcribing
Thank you very much Debbie. It is a tricky one, and I suspect, no quick way!
- Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:13 am
- Forum: Purely Practical Posts -no politics!
- Topic: Inaccurate transcribing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7356
Inaccurate transcribing
Has anyone come across any literature on this? I have in mind a couple of students I have at present, both of whom make very frequent transcribing errors, eg one Y 8 student copying a sentence with 'crystal' rewrote it as 'cristle'. Such students also often fail to spot their copying errors when che...
- Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:59 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: RRF conference this Saturday
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8177
Re: RRF conference this Saturday
I enjoyed the conference immensely, from Debbie's rousing beginning talk, to Nick Gibb's at the end, unusual to hear a politician who seemed to know what he was talking about. He even knows the right kind of questions to ask 6 year olds! I particularly liked that i was able to listen to all the spea...
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Solity's scheme in Oxford left children 'unable to read'
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7352
Re: Solity's scheme in Oxford left children 'unable to read'
I was under the impression that Jonathan Solity was a 'precision teaching' proponent. Maybe the 'psychometric testing' complained about was the essence of precision teaching ie using the standard celeration charts? I can imagine untrained teachers having difficulty with this on a large scale. I wnis...
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:11 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Adults in UK behind other countries in numeracy and literacy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7263
Re: Adults in UK behind other countries in numeracy and literacy
Australia did rather well, yet only last week the Australian Bureau of Statistics told us
that 50% of adult Tasmanians were functionally illiterate and innumerate. What is the average statistically compromised person to make of these sorts of headlines?
that 50% of adult Tasmanians were functionally illiterate and innumerate. What is the average statistically compromised person to make of these sorts of headlines?
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:23 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Encourage girls to be 'disruptive' in lessons
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4850
Re: Encourage girls to be 'disruptive' in lessons
Both of the above articles show people working with children, or influential in policy making, who seem to have not a skerrick of common sense. 

- Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:13 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: UK primary school teachers youngest in OECD
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4111
Re: UK primary school teachers youngest in OECD
50 percent leave within 5 years according to this blog. He also gives his reference for the fact.
http://pragmaticreform.wordpress.com/20 ... /system-2/
http://pragmaticreform.wordpress.com/20 ... /system-2/
- Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:50 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Blog post on "Seven Myths about Educatio"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3751
Blog post on "Seven Myths about Educatio"
Interesting blog/review about a book of this title by Daisy Christodoulou. Isn't she a member of a new curriculum reform company discussed a few weeks ago?
http://pragmaticreform.wordpress.com/20 ... ing-ideas/
http://pragmaticreform.wordpress.com/20 ... ing-ideas/
- Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:24 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: The 'apps for teaching reading' thread
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13080
Re: The 'apps for teaching reading' thread
I tried this with my five year old niece, and it is quite good. I could not figure out getting the sound to work. I have to say, and call me old fashioned, but pencil and paper, or white board and pen, is so much more satisfying, and easier.i suppose novelty has got value though. 

- Sat May 11, 2013 11:36 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Autumn Children
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5946
Re: Autumn Children
Thanks for the clarification Kiki. In my early teaching days in ILEA, my school staggered the entry into Reception. depending on birthday. It meant that some children had three full years in the 'infants' before they moved on to the juniors, whilst others might have a bare two years. I once had sist...
- Fri May 10, 2013 9:17 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Autumn Children
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5946
Re: Autumn Children
Didn't the old 11+ weight marks or age? pretty sure it did.
- Sat Mar 30, 2013 9:10 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Sounds-Write 2013 / Teach to Read training reports
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9384
Re: Sounds-Write 2013 / Teach to Read training reports
Indeed Jim, I have had the same success using BRI. When such an excellent resource is overlooked/rejected I can't help losing respect for those who decide on such matters!
- Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:49 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: You tube - a really good synthetic phonics lesson???
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10367
Re: You tube - a really good synthetic phonics lesson???
Thanks everyone - I found this RWI one, again with some faults but what do you all think, if you have time to look? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkndGf5RCrs I've watched many a DI video to see how they deliver, very informative. Youtube is such a great tool isn't it, if only you can find what you ...
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:17 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: You tube - a really good synthetic phonics lesson???
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10367
Re: You tube - a really good synthetic phonics lesson???
Thanks Susan, it's not too bad and has good supporting information. I hope the Aussie teacher can follow the Lancashire accent!
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:59 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: You tube - a really good synthetic phonics lesson???
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10367
You tube - a really good synthetic phonics lesson???
We've got a new teacher at my school who is teaching reading for the first time to beginners- previously she was with younger children in Steiner, so not much experience there and even less in her initial training. She is very keen to learn, but people can only take in so much at once. A new teacher...