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Phonics testing for 5 & 6 year olds
I wrote last night about plans to introduce reading tests for children in Wales. It has since been pointed out to me that there are also plans to introduce a phonics test...
New reading tests to be introduced for Welsh children
As I’m sure you all know, ELHQ is based in the city of Swansea (the home of Wales’ only premiership football team). As such we take a keen interest in matters affecti...
Government rejects recommendations to restructure Ofsted
I was interested to read this week that the Government has rejected the Education Select Committee’s recommendation to divide OFSTED in two....
Public sector strikes
As I’m sure you all know, members of the National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers will be on strike tomorrow resulting in the closure of...
Learning through risky play
I thought I’d supplement my recent posts about the value of play and the need to promote emotional intelligence with a few words about risky play. This is a some...
Castle Resources
Eagle eyed visitors will have noticed that we’ve added several new castle themed resources to our themes / topics section. If you haven’t seen them then please...
Parents recognise the link between emotional wellbeing & play
Last week I wrote a little bit about Professor Amy Chua (the self styled tiger mum) and her dismissive approach to the value of play and its link to emotional wellbein...
School closures likely after teachers vote to strike
This is probably old news by now but just in case anyone’s missed it there is likely to be widespread public and private sector school closures across England and W...
Classroom technology from the horn book to ipads
Last night I read an amusing blog post about the evolution of classroom technology which I thought I’d share with my readers: edudemic.com Why not check it out and see...
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