(SPAG) Tests: Spelling, Punctuation And Grammar
Reading Time: 3 minutes Are teachers supported by the Department for Education to deliver primary tests?
Tag: Key Stage 1
5 Quick And Easy Ideas For Outside Learning
Reading Time: 2 minutes How can we make the most of learning outside?
Protecting Childhood
Reading Time: 3 minutes Is datafication destroying children’s right to play?
Jack Of None, Master Of Many
Reading Time: 4 minutes Are primary teachers failing their students by lack of subject specialists?
6: Growing Up!
Reading Time: 4 minutes How do you know if you’re doing a good enough job as a parent?
High Aspirations for All Children
Reading Time: 3 minutes Does testing primary students at such a young age, equate to having ‘high aspirations for all’?
Stability in Assessment? No Thanks!
Reading Time: 3 minutes Do our primary schools now have stability in assessment?
Out With The Old
Reading Time: 3 minutes Whether we agree with the key stage 1 and 2 primary assessment changes or not, it is clear that handwriting, spelling and grammar will now play a hugely increased role in signifying whether a child is working at an age appropriate standard. This will inevitably require teachers to alter the way they teach writing.
Challenging Changes
Reading Time: 4 minutes Can anyone justify that the proposed key stage 1 and 2 assessments will lead to better teaching?