Sandra Dodd

7. SUBJECTS AND AREAS OF LEARNING

Standards achieved by pupils

Provision for the under-fives 16
English 18
Mathematics 19
Science 20
Welsh second language 22
Design and technology 22
Information technology 23
History 24
Geography 25
Art 26
Music 27
Physical education 28
Religious education 28

This is from
http://www.estyn.gov.uk/inspection_reports/LlanharanE.pdf
a report on the elementary school in Llanharan, in Wales, where I'm
visiting Joy in a week. I thought I would research a bit about where
I'm going to be, and maybe figure out how to pronounce the town's
name, but i might just ask her on Saturday at the conference.

I think it would be simple to state goals of unschooling in this kind
of language:


The aims of the school have been agreed by the Governing Body and can
be summarised as:

(ii) to offer a broad curriculum that will equip pupils for the world
of work and leisure
and to become active members of society;

(iii) to provide the pupils with a challenging but supportive
environment and to encourage
them to reach their full potential;

(iv) to foster close relationships between the school, homes and the
local community.

The school was last inspected in April 1997. Since then a new
headteacher has been
appointed and has identified its priorities as raising the standards
of pupils achievement,
particularly in literacy and numeracy of all pupils, and to improve
nursery provision.

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Seriously, people get paid to write phrases such as" "these children
are making good progress towards
achieving the Desirable Outcomes for Children�s Learning. "

Sandra





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Su Penn

On Jul 23, 2009, at 9:12 AM, Sandra Dodd wrote:

> Seriously, people get paid to write phrases such as" "these children
> are making good progress towards
> achieving the Desirable Outcomes for Children’s Learning. "

I do some freelance writing from time to time, and a lot of the work I
do is for a friend who worked for the state dept. of education for a
long time, and is now a consultant in the area of school improvement.
So, in fact, from time to time _I_ get paid--and very well, I might
add--to write sentences like that. I enjoy the irony.

Su

mom of Eric, 8; Carl, 5; Yehva, 2