Archive for January, 2012

Essex school gives pupils elocution lessons

Monday, January 30th, 2012

The Telegraph reports that pupils at Cherry Tree Primary School, in Basildon, are being taught to ditch their Essex accents during weekly lessons from a private tutor. Teachers say they have seen a vast improvement in their pupils’ spelling and … Continue reading

Essex school gives pupils elocution lessons

Monday, January 30th, 2012

The Telegraph reports that pupils at Cherry Tree Primary School, in Basildon, are being taught to ditch their Essex accents during weekly lessons from a private tutor. Teachers say they have seen a vast improvement in their pupils’ spelling and … Continue reading

Warning as schools ‘shun traditional reading methods’

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Ministers warned that children were being left with poor reading skills because of a refusal to use phonics – the traditional system that breaks down words into individual sounds. Today, the Department for Education named and shamed 10 local councils … Continue reading

Warning as schools ‘shun traditional reading methods’

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Ministers warned that children were being left with poor reading skills because of a refusal to use phonics – the traditional system that breaks down words into individual sounds. Today, the Department for Education named and shamed 10 local councils … Continue reading

Thousands of schools sign up for phonics funding

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Thousands of primary schools have already signed up to spend more than £7.7 million on new phonics products and training to drive up their pupils’ standards of reading, new Department for Education figures show today. So far 3,211 schools have … Continue reading

Thousands of schools sign up for phonics funding

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Thousands of primary schools have already signed up to spend more than £7.7 million on new phonics products and training to drive up their pupils’ standards of reading, new Department for Education figures show today. So far 3,211 schools have … Continue reading