Entitled to Know

I’ve been arguing about the content of the primary science curriculum; not so much with primary teachers, but with secondary … More

Imaginary Ice Block Discovered in School Field Causes Writing and Reading

The whole of this blog centres on a mean trick (and I feel bad about it), which has produced something special, … More

Definitions

Definitio. I. Quantitas materiæ est mensura ejusdem orta ex illius densitate et magnitudine conjunctim. Definition I The quantity of matter … More

An Accretion of Science Writers

Thirty science writers and teachers who write have formed a group to support and promote brilliant science writing for children … More

One Scientist Reads A Science Text

In my writing, I claim that scientists read differently. When a scientist reads, it doesn’t look like an English lesson. … More

High-quality textbooks won’t work without high-quality textbook reading.

Last Thursday (11th June), Nick Gibb delivered a speech titled the social justice case for an academic curriculum. As a … More

Writing to Learn (not Learning to Write)

Writing is a process of deep thinking. It slows and clarifies thought: paragraph by paragraph; sentence by sentence; word by word. … More

Ready for Lift Off – This Week We Wrote About Rockets

To launch Autumn Term 2014, we took 50 year 6 children to Cambridge to build and test rockets at Sidney Sussex … More

But, So, However, Therefore and Furthermore

And, But, So, However, Therefore and Furthermore. If I hadn’t made the move from secondary school to primary school last … More

What Part Don’t You Get? Part 2

In my last blog, I wrote about the four reasons why many of my secondary students couldn’t learn science through … More