Justine Greening unveils new drive to improve child literacy in England
Education secretary says schemes aim to ensure that ‘every child will get the best literacy teaching’
Phonics roadshows and English hubs are among a range of measures announced by the government in an attempt to improve child literacy.
The programmes will form part of the drive to tackle inequality and ensure “every child will get the best literacy teaching”, the education secretary, Justine Greening, has said.
The Department for Education said a £7.7m curriculum fund aimed to encourage the development of high quality teaching resources, while it was hoped a £5.7m investment would help boost literacy and numeracy skills in 469 schools around the country.
Source : theguardian
Secret Teacher: subjects like art are being sidelined – but they matter
It’s Monday afternoon and I’m teaching a class of 10- and 11-year-olds French. Last week they wrote a set of descriptive sentences about animals and today they’re going to turn their descriptions into picture books.
“Once you’ve finished with your sentences, you’re going to illustrate them to reflect what you’ve written,” I tell the class.
Silence.
“Any questions?”
A hand pops up.
“Do we have to draw the pictures? Can’t we just write the sentences?”
“You need to draw the pictures as well. You’re making a picture book, remember?”
“But I can’t draw, Miss.”
Source : Theguardian
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