I have been neglecting this blog. I must put it down to having two new jobs in two years. i suspect no one has noticed...
I have begun tweeting, but this may prove to be rather pointless.
The painting here is by Peter Greenham.
News: I'm currently recruiting teachers from the local area to work with me and two colleagues on the funded 'Poetry Champions' project which starts in January 2012. There are many basic but fundamental issues around the teaching of poetry in primary schools which continue to be a problem and need some attention. A little matter of how teachers can respond and formatively assess the poetry written by children is one of these issues. I have just written a small article for NAWE about this subject.
'Teaching Early Reading and Phonics' has just been reviewed favourably by the UKLA and English Association magazine 'English 4 - 11'
