tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977522345882797264.post2197834127032904474..comments2023-05-06T00:26:08.899-07:00Comments on Truthful Classroom: Primary elephants? Policy is dull, we are not thick.truthfulclassroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610925911949746941noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977522345882797264.post-67708274335649984042020-05-29T14:25:40.442-07:002020-05-29T14:25:40.442-07:00Hi there! Nice stuff, do keep me posted when you p...Hi there! Nice stuff, do keep me posted when you post again something like this! <a href="https://www.elephant-cnc.com/4-axis-cnc-router/" rel="nofollow">read more</a><br />M. Tahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045558659892762964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977522345882797264.post-68955309120764683022013-11-23T23:30:02.395-08:002013-11-23T23:30:02.395-08:00Keep on blogging! Hopefully Fiona Millar's twe...Keep on blogging! Hopefully Fiona Millar's tweet has boosted your readership. Are you on Twitter? It's important that Primary specialists blog and tweet. Enjoyed your post. <br />PS Why is it so difficult for WordPress bloggers to comment on Blogger blogs?<br />3D Eye Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977522345882797264.post-90717657126322911882013-11-18T00:30:55.086-08:002013-11-18T00:30:55.086-08:00So true about the fairy stories. I try to read a b...So true about the fairy stories. I try to read a bunch of traditional stuff to my six year old, and he is horrified by it. Even the stories where I can pretend it's not painfully sexist (because there are no women in the story at all) are still painful, because they're all about death and dismemberment. Mikey was scared by Octonauts for a very long time, fairy tales and Greek myths are freaking him out...chinaphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14572591745611690731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977522345882797264.post-16382772529663922962013-11-17T15:37:18.213-08:002013-11-17T15:37:18.213-08:00I think we should resurrect our idea of putting on...I think we should resurrect our idea of putting on an assembly in which Mr gum kidnaps morpurgo and plans to sell him in burger form. Michael Morburgers. I think another very serious issue that we could/should/must discuss is the hypocrisy involved in teachers banging on about the vital importance of developing a 'love of reading' when they NEVER READ. We should talk to kids about what we're reading and demonstrate what we're getting out of it. <br />INSET days about storytelling should involve us getting up and reading to fellow teachers. There shouldn't be shame attached to not reading or not being a good storyteller, but it should be addressed. A head teacher might be great with money and running a business, but unless they can talk to kids and enthuse them, shouldn't their job description just be Bursar, or Manager, rather than head teacher? goghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16121958368981124693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977522345882797264.post-61486046182114339492013-11-17T13:42:26.066-08:002013-11-17T13:42:26.066-08:00Hell yes on the red felt tips. Why do they disappe...Hell yes on the red felt tips. Why do they disappear, and why do they always run out SO quickly? Are the kids drinking the ink, or something?<br /><br />Also yes on the problematising of gender and sexuality...I try to, in subtle ways, with my year 3s, but its difficult as I'm always mindful of what a kid might go home and say to mummy!<br /><br />And, an additional one: how can you create politically engaged children, yet avoid 'indoctrinating' them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977522345882797264.post-11190742903648707532013-11-17T12:31:40.698-08:002013-11-17T12:31:40.698-08:00Love the question about fairy stories and gender v...Love the question about fairy stories and gender violence. Sometimes I think it would almost be better to tell them about the *actual* stories that gave birth to the modern ones, at an appropriate age of course; rather than have them absorb tale after tale of females waiting to be rescued. Cue Cinderella, that disturbing tale of plundered virginities..<br /><br />Comic sans = EUGH, and those red felt tips? There's a special black hole for those. And pencils. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977522345882797264.post-23881699159980822082013-11-17T12:19:21.025-08:002013-11-17T12:19:21.025-08:00Yes Ali! Thank you!Yes Ali! Thank you!truthfulclassroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610925911949746941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977522345882797264.post-50592726196952106442013-11-17T11:41:10.101-08:002013-11-17T11:41:10.101-08:00Further key questions to consider:
What has happen...Further key questions to consider:<br />What has happened to story time?<br />Why is it a waste of time to sit reading silently?<br />Why is it a waste of time to practice for the school play/concert?<br />What has happened to the teaching of handwriting?<br />And, most importantly, when you float between classrooms, where do you put your coat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977522345882797264.post-65242922102562820602013-11-17T11:40:05.315-08:002013-11-17T11:40:05.315-08:00I thought it was just me about Michael Morpurgo. ...I thought it was just me about Michael Morpurgo. What's wrong with happy endings? It's almost as bad as secondary English teachers and their fetishism of 'Of mice and men'.Dr Davhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908697793194921763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977522345882797264.post-66741206085836813612013-11-17T11:30:29.202-08:002013-11-17T11:30:29.202-08:00Ha - apologies about the decade mistake. And as fo...Ha - apologies about the decade mistake. And as for the vomit; that is among my chief concerns. I once noted it was brewing and managed to throw the kid's workbook to the side, but I copped a projectile barf to the hands. Worth it though... Ofsted would award me their Victorian Cross equivalent if it existed and if they cared about supporting teachers which they don't.truthfulclassroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610925911949746941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977522345882797264.post-91852831450633951322013-11-17T10:50:20.428-08:002013-11-17T10:50:20.428-08:00Spot on about the 10 popular kids! I find it amusi...Spot on about the 10 popular kids! I find it amusing and frustrating in equal measures.Helen Rogersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05573666547153531632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977522345882797264.post-7715745294876412472013-11-17T10:39:10.889-08:002013-11-17T10:39:10.889-08:00Fantastic!
I like many of your alternative topics,...Fantastic!<br />I like many of your alternative topics, and if it gets more people sharing their ideas, then I'm all for it (although the vomit one disturbs me slightly!)<br />And for the record, I do find Morpurgo dull! He writes teachers' books for teachers who just lap up the Literacy links. <br />That said, I still maintain that the policy stuff really does affect us, and we need to grapple with it, whether it's fun or not :)<br />P.S. I'm 1979, honest! I may sound like a boring old duffer, but I'm only a boring youngish duffer, I promise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com