It's Nativity time again! Some children get to be Mary or Joseph and others... well...
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When I was a teaching assistant in primary schools, there were 3 very enjoyable things that I wanted to focus on more as an English tutor.
Merry Christmas! Ok, don't panic, Christmas is a couple of months away yet, but that hasn't stopped Olly and me from starting to write a pantomime in his lessons.
Thanks to Katharine for her lovely review on Nextdoor.
Really proud of Morgan in Year 5! He was so focused on his writing in our lesson and he came up with some brilliant ideas!
As I walked through the wrought iron Victorian gate, my head was filled with a whirlwind of emotions and possibilities. This was my first day at primary school and I could only dream about what was in store.
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I saw him wincing as he wrote his first line of ideas. "Does it hurt when you write?" I asked. "Of course," Sam replied. He believed that handwriting was a painful activity they made you do at school.
