Monthly Archives for February 2020


Why Is Everyone Arguing About the Novel American Dirt?

The novel American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins has sparked controversy. The story of an Mexican mother and her son fleeing a drug cartel and heading for the border to try and cross into the USA has been criticised for being ‘appropriative’and the writer criticised for ‘brownfacing’ The controversy is well explored in this article on […]


The value of reading

It has been well established that pleasure reading is an indicator of school success.  The impact of Pleasure Reading on Academic Success The Value of Independent Reading: Analysis of Research The Value of Reading The three methods of encouraging children to read at school that I am familiar with are 20 minutes silent reading on […]