Tim RoachComma PoliceThis article was originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of Primary Matters, published by NATE.Jun 15, 20201Jun 15, 20201
Tim RoachForging the linksA personal blog about curriculum from the perspective of a classroom teacher, looking at what I will be teaching next year in Year 3 and…Aug 10, 2019Aug 10, 2019
Tim RoachReading SATs 2019 — a raw responseThe following are some thoughts on the national curriculum test (commonly known as SATs in England) for reading, taken by Year 6 pupils in…Jul 9, 2019Jul 9, 2019
Tim RoachGreater depth? A mile wide and an inch thick: the problem with primary writingFirst of all, let’s put aside what this blog isn’t. It isn’t an attack on teachers who use video clips in their lessons. I them in my…Jun 19, 2019Jun 19, 2019
Tim RoachThe 7 Plagues of Pupils’ WritingThe seven plagues of pupils’ writing … and what we must do to prevent them.May 12, 2019May 12, 2019
Tim RoachWhat Stephen King taught me about teaching writing“Learning itself is a present, you know. The best one anybody can give or get.”Apr 7, 2019Apr 7, 2019
Tim RoachA case for the teaching of writing through direct instruction“Writing is the hardest thing we ask students to do.” (Hochman & Wexler, The Writing Revolution, 2017, p.2)Feb 24, 20191Feb 24, 20191
Tim RoachThe teachers who made meThe first teacher I remember was Mrs (or was it Miss?) Dales. It was the infants in Immingham, a small town 10 miles from Grimsby — a town…Sep 28, 20181Sep 28, 20181