Here is the very sensible Michael Rosen (who signed the international petition to Stop School League Tables for Five Year Olds) with his take on synthetic phonics, targets and creating a love of books:
Archive for the ‘stop school league tables for five year olds’ Category
10 Feb
International Petition to Stop League Tables for Five Year Olds continues.
As a real mum of a real five year old I have real issues to deal with. This week Babes was off school ill with a bad cough which gave us a chance to pull back a little to reflect. Left to her own devices (and without the unnecessary pressures of tedious homework worksheets) Babes writes whole [...]
9 Feb
No Early Years Foundation Stage Profile League Tables?
No Early Years Foundation Stage Profile League Tables? Looks like public awareness-raising around the Early Years Foundation Stage League Tables may have met with success. See this Nursery World piece: http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/news/1053634/No-EYFS-Profile-league-tables/ Don’t reach for the champagne just yet, though readers, I’m going to check and double-check this information first. In the meantime comments welcome.
27 Jan
International Petition to Stop School League Tables for Five Year Olds appears in “The Friend”
“The Friend” is an international Quaker journal and the petition to “Stop School League Tables for Five Year Olds” featured this week in it. There is also an online version of this news piece which is written by Symon Hill – see this link: “League Tables petition gets off to a strong start”. I don’t [...]
24 Jan
International Petition to Stop School League Tables for Five Year Olds in the Guardian Education News
The International Petition to Stop School League Tables for Five Year Olds has made the Guardian Education News Section Today. See this link: International Petition to Stop School League Tables for Five Year Olds. There is also an Early Day Motion in Parliament. See previous post:
24 Jan
International petition to Stop School League Tables for Five Year Olds. Week Three. Early Day Motion 1285 Week Two.
The international petition “Stop School League Tables for Five Year Olds” featured in the Times Educational Supplement this week. In just three weeks we have amassed over a thousand signatures, including those of nursery and head teachers and some very ‘big’ names. In a time of savage cut backs to nursery services we’ve been asking how much such ill advised measures cost. [...]
21 Jan
Stop School League Tables for Five Year Olds International Petition Day Fourteen. Early Day Motion 1285 day five.
Stop League Tables for Five Year Olds International Petition Launch day fourteen. Close to a thousand signatures and an article by journalist Helen Ward in the Times Educational Supplement today: Anger builds over league tables for five year olds. If you haven’t signed the petition yet please do so at this link: “International Petition to Stop [...]
