Teaching Against the Tide

Teaching Against the Tide

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Stephen King verses the English Primary Curriculum

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Jul 03, 2024
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My current audiobook is Stephen King’s On Writing and, hearing him talk about passive sentences and his hatred of them, I couldn’t help but think about the current Key Stage 2 Writing curriculum and accompanying assessment framework (for those of you outside of England, we’re talking about pupils from the age of 7 to 11). How many Year 6 teachers have l…

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