tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9462344.post1019874906902212240..comments2023-06-28T17:05:30.899+01:00Comments on The Literacy Blog: Torchwood gives boost to government figures.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13315146014179526480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9462344.post-6868312965089484162009-07-15T08:01:38.527+01:002009-07-15T08:01:38.527+01:00Dear Anonymous,
As the posts were identical, I hav...Dear Anonymous,<br />As the posts were identical, I have removed the first of the double-post.<br />JohnJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315146014179526480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9462344.post-85316532793585694482009-07-15T07:28:26.149+01:002009-07-15T07:28:26.149+01:00Anonymous said, "Why aren't Head Teachers...Anonymous said, "Why aren't Head Teachers and schools accountable?"<br /><br />They are of course accountable - accountable for implementing the appallingly bad literacy tuition advice promoted by the DCSF. It is the fundamental weaknesses of Progression in Phonics, Playing with Sounds and their successor, Letters & Sounds as well as documents such as Support for Spelling that leads to 50% of pupils failing to achieve reasonable literacy. The real question is: How do we hold the denizens of the DCSF accountable for demanding that teachers follow their dreadful pedagogical advice to schools? (And don't make the mistake of thinking that the 50% who do become literate do so as a result of those same DCSF teaching programmes. They don't and would have become literate whatever methods were used to teach them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9462344.post-65132103474027428502009-07-15T07:26:34.705+01:002009-07-15T07:26:34.705+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9462344.post-55657548772023697902009-07-14T16:41:37.968+01:002009-07-14T16:41:37.968+01:00Would add that the latest push in our area is '...Would add that the latest push in our area is 'creativity' and how schools can support the community. For goodness sake, about a quarter of the kids can't even write a sentence.<br />DLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9462344.post-80501005768014185242009-07-14T16:38:22.414+01:002009-07-14T16:38:22.414+01:00Desperate times mean desperate measures John. Jok...Desperate times mean desperate measures John. Joking apart, these children certainly seem expendable. How can so many children leave primary schools, let alone secondary schools, without basic skills? Why aren't Head Teachers and Schools accountable? Although to be fair, they are too busy trying to meet the Government and LA's other Agendas.<br />DLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com