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News : Pupils begin 'tough' new national curriculum

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Headline : Pupils begin 'tough' new national curriculum.

"Five-year-olds will learn fractions and computer coding, while those in early secondary school will have to study at least two Shakespeare plays."

"Teachers' leaders say the timetable is unrealistic, but the Department for Education said its aim was to prepare children for "life in modern Britain"."



My thoughts :

I'm all for bringing knowledge and learning at school age, but computer coding for 5 year olds !

Source : BBC News.
Read more here : http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/education-28987787

More here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28984411
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@jonsie wrote:

Yep. Their/There Your/You're......


There there @jonsie ...I hope you're feeling better now?? LOL

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@Anonymous wrote:

[Snipped] .... Lets try and get the kids using dictionary words, basic grammar and full sentences again!


@I totally agree with this sentiment  @Anonymous   - though I think it would be more useful applying it to children than to the offspring of goats.  :O))  But a problem immediately arises in that perfectly acceptable dictionary words run the risk of being "bleeped" or ignored by over-zealous spell-checkers, and this could well confuse the children.

 

Whilst the study of Shakespeare may not appear to be useful it is, or can be, a great starting point in helping young people to understand and appreciate the value of having such a wonderful language as English.  I don't know what other Community Members think but I would regard it is a major triumph if we could raise a generation of young men and women who are well read and able to express themselves in other than grunts and silly expressions such as "That's wicked", "Cool!", "Yeah", "Nah",  "C ya"  and "K" (not even OK anymore!)

 

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It isn't just kids, also as demonstrated on the forum. Not knowing the difference between 'their' or 'there' or 'they're' is either laziness or just downright ignorance. Just my little pet peeve. wink


 I couldn't agree more, though I'm not averse to the odd typo of which I can be guilty at times.

The use of 'should of' instead of should have or at least should've is one of those irritations for me. Smiley Frustrated

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@Bambino wrote:

It isn't just kids, also as demonstrated on the forum. Not knowing the difference between 'their' or 'there' or 'they're' is either laziness or just downright ignorance. Just my little pet peeve. wink


 I couldn't agree more, though I'm not averse to the odd typo of which I can be guilty at times.

The use of 'should of' instead of should have or at least should've is one of those irritations for me. Smiley Frustrated


My pet hate is the use of the word "brought" instead of the word "bought", of which there has been an alarming rise in over the past few years online. Grrrrr!!!

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@aldaweb wrote:

The use of 'should of' instead of should have or at least should've is one of those irritations for me. Smiley Frustrated


And for me also @aldaweb , as is " I am bored of.." instead of "I am bored with...", not to mention all the misuses of apostrophes!!   Better stop. I think I have exceeded my daily allowance of gripes.

 

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Leaving aside poor grammar for a moment and touching on the subject of current 'in' expressions, I see that the English Oxford dictionary is now adding a whole new vocabulary to their pages.

I watched a programme a few weeks back that listed these words and phrases. I can't remember them all, but I do know that amazeballs, binge-watch and spit-take were among them ...Rolleys

I think they were planning to add some text speak words and acronyms...in case we ever had a burning desire to educate ourselves further........:smileywink:

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I had to Google 2 of those new words..... 😞
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@MI5 wrote:
I had to Google 2 of those new words..... 😞

And I only remembered them because they gave a full explanation at the time .....

Some people may have thought the programme was 'wicked'..... wink

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