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Primary Modern Languages: June 2012
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Friday, 15 June 2012. Modern Languages from year 7. As it is impossible to get a copy of the press release from the Department of Education concerning the Secretary of State’s “intention” or “announcement”. I am going by the BBC and newspapers reporting. Various opinions on the early start have been put forward. However there are important factors to be taken into serious consideration. 1) Given a KS2 start does not. Necessarily mean that whatever good foundation can be built on would continue. Some of t...
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Primary Modern Languages: Modern Languages from year 7
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Friday, 15 June 2012. Modern Languages from year 7. As it is impossible to get a copy of the press release from the Department of Education concerning the Secretary of State’s “intention” or “announcement”. I am going by the BBC and newspapers reporting. Various opinions on the early start have been put forward. However there are important factors to be taken into serious consideration. 1) Given a KS2 start does not. Necessarily mean that whatever good foundation can be built on would continue. Some of t...
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General Issues: So much for Latin
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Thursday, 4 October 2012. So much for Latin. Magna Carta or Charta. The prime minister, David Cameron, recently quizzed on an American TV show, seemed to have fumbled or stumbled over the meaning of Magna Carta or Magna Charta. Unlike his Tory compatriot,Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London,who has a classics background,the prime minister has not been privileged to have studied Latin and understandably faltered. Is Magna that terribly foreign? Through the 20th century, the word was employed as derogatory s...
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Science: September 2012
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Friday, 7 September 2012. How did a "scientist" became known as a scientist in the English speaking world? When did the word "scientist" came into being in the English language? How do other languages describe those in the profession? Any views on this term? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). English As Second/Additional Language. FINANCIAL LITERACY IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM. The teaching of Latin in the school curriculum. There was an error in this gadget. Simple template. Template images by enot-poloskun.
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General Issues: September 2012
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Thursday, 27 September 2012. Essential reading for all who are interested in education:. England's 'examinations industry': deterioration and decay. A report from the HMC on endemic problems with marking,awarding, rerearks and appeals at GCSE and A level 2007-12 September 2012. Pdf download from HMC leading independent schools. Wednesday, 12 September 2012. GCSE ENGLISH(subject) FIASCO 2012. GCSE is the gateway to A levels and employment. WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR REACHING SUCH A DECISION AND SUCH TIMING?
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Primary Modern Languages: July 2012
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Friday, 13 July 2012. The teaching of Latin in the school curriculum. How modern is Latin? How do you say hamburger in Latin? Does the learning of Latin enhance literacy in English? Is Latin in the curriculum a class issue i.e. for public schools( i.e. independent British schools, the private sector)? The current mayor of London, Boris Johnson, a classicist, is very keen in supporting the teaching of Latin in schools and so is the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Grove. What are your views?
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General Issues: GCSE ENGLISH(subject) FIASCO 2012
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Wednesday, 12 September 2012. GCSE ENGLISH(subject) FIASCO 2012. GCSE is the gateway to A levels and employment. In the January sitting the early candidates were marked "generously" as reported by Ofqual(Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulations) in June.As Ofqual has stated, the issue is the January grade boundaries which were retrospectively found to have been graded generously.Therefore the resultant change came midway to set the right level for the June Exam marking. The Welsh education s...