Oh to be Scottish

I see that the SNP has announced it's plans to reduce class sizes yet again in Scottish Schools. What a forward thinking party. Big classes don't work - overcrowded classes definately don't work - so making a class smaller, giving each child more "quality time" with their teacher has to be a good thing.

So, what is the reaction in England? Will the temporary Prime Minister in waiting do the same thing, being Scottish of course? Don't be silly. This is England. Smaller classes would mean spending money on more teachers to make the classes smaller, so instead there will be a review of the Literacy and Numeracy teaching (no doubt the findings will say that we're not teaching the kids hard enough).

Brilliant! Keep the classes big, and then blame the quality of teaching as the reason for the lack of improvement. It's win - win for the government.

Too busy to post?

Why no posts for so long?
Simple really. It's that time of year again when reports are being written in whatever spare few minutes I can find (and even worse this time is trying to write so much about them when I've taught them for 7 weeks!!), and - because that isn't enough to be keeping me occupied - we're selling up and moving house. That means clearing out clutter, tidying messing work areas, keeping the house looking nice and BOY is it hard work!
So, if there is little else added to this site for a while, you'll know why!

One last thing. Remember all the hassle with the DVLA? (search the site for references to them). Well yesterday a cheque landed on the doormat. I've got my money back - only 7 months after they made their mistake. Efficient or what!