Despite my ongoing uncertainty about the age old conundrum of which came first the reading ‘chicken’ and oracy ‘egg’, one thing I am sure of is where writing fits– and it is justifiably at the bottom. It seems fitting to end with writing since that is ultimately where the ideas gathered from talking and reading […]
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In my previous blogs I have suggested that if the three strands of Literacy education had a hierarchy then mine would place reading as the star at the top of the tree. However, as I have also noted, there are arguments which would place oracy at the top and I do believe that on any […]
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‘How to be a whole school Literacy Leader’ screams the familiar course title. In those eight reassuring words is the suggestion that there is an absolute answer, a conclusive checklist, a right or a wrong way. And yet, in my years as a Literacy Leader in a large secondary school, as a SSAT Lead Practitioner […]
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190 million questions were answered during the 2015 Language Perfect Championship. As I mentioned in my previous post, Education Perfect promised to donate money to help people in Nepal for every student that achieved a Gold Award this year, so here is an update on #GoldForNepal! More than 5,000 students received Gold and Elite awards […]
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