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For all the music buffs out there, can you read this? This is a piece of music primary pupils are practising for the annual Music, Dance and [...]
18/07/2016
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Gloria, an 11-year-old girl who lives nearby, came to see us earlier in the year. She now regularly visits us and asks us for homework [...]
17/07/2016
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For the past two weeks a faithful team of helpers have assisted Catherine, Emma (incredible intern) and I to test 890 pupils from 20 schools in [...]
10/07/2016
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Firstly, we would like to wish you all a happy new year! Can you believe that we saw in the new year at a ceilidh (Aussie friends: that means [...]
08/01/2016
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Last week thousands of P7 (year 6) pupils across the country sat for their Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). I dropped into one examination [...]
09/11/2015
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I’ve been doing a little reflecting lately (possibly too much today). This week I have organised two lots of teacher observation visits, taking [...]
22/10/2015
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The day is almost here! Tomorrow (September 8) is International Literacy Day (proclaimed by UNESCO). The theme for this year’s [...]
07/09/2015
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This week we started recording The Fun of Phonics songs at a local recording studio – exciting! It was a little bit of a slow start: me [...]
01/08/2015
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You are good for nothing. You were born poor. You will die poor. There is no hope for you. This is what a primary school teacher said to Davis [...]
04/07/2015
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This week we started filming! We are making a phonics DVD as a teaching resource for local schools. It will include examples of good phonics [...]
24/06/2015
Dan and Jodes... in Gulu, Uganda 