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UNIONS We are getting to the angry season again. This time last year, you will remember, we closed the school as we could not ensure that we [...]
September 29, 2012
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Yesterday the Department of Education issued the following statement: In the first year of the phonics screening check 58 per cent of pupils met [...]
September 29, 2012
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Went up yesterday to go and see how the hardy – or not so hardy – souls in Year 6 were coming to terms with a week in close proximity [...]
September 27, 2012
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There is a bit of a rumpus going on in the pages of the Guardian over the failure of the proposed English Baccalaureate (why does an English [...]
September 25, 2012
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What I hope will be the start of a wonderful tradition for Christ the Sower began today with the departure of 40 Year 6 children and 5 teaching [...]
September 24, 2012
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Somehow, and I am not sure how far back this goes, we have lost the art of really celebrating harvest. It is still a feature of most church [...]
September 23, 2012
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Last term, in my art club at school, was a child who, once she had completed her art work, would then proceed to “overdo” it, to the [...]
September 21, 2012
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Yesterday we began our half-termly topic for Collective Worship – on peace this time. We have “done” courage (and yes, children [...]
September 18, 2012
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One of the most distressing things I have witnessed for some while took place this week – the verbal battering of a child by his mother [...]
September 14, 2012
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Every so often, someone from right out of my tradition or worldview (and that is a big place!) dies and his obituary makes an impact on me, [...]
September 9, 2012