Tag: reading for pleasure

  • Why is everyone talking about empathy?

    Have you noticed the word Empathy being used more often, recently? I have, but then I’ve been following EmpathyLabUK for the last year or so. Even so, Empathy seems to be everywhere… or not. which is the problem. In the UK, we seem to have become more polarised into smaller and smaller interest groups, isolating…

  • Ban Exclamation Marks!!!!!!!!!!!

    I thought we were in an age of austerity and that the government were trying to save money, cutting back everywhere! But not at the Department of Education! It seems they are flowing with funds and are desperately thinking up wheezes to justify their salaries! Someone at the D of E, with a cushy job…

  • Drawing is a writing skill

    Literacy skills in the UK have improved over the last few years, but writing skills have not improved at the same rate. There is also a divergence between boys and girls – girls doing markedly better than boys when it comes to writing. It goes without saying that poor writing skills are a major hinderance for…