John Murray

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It's not just about scrapping Ofwat. The government should look at the whole package of Lib Dem proposals, like transforming the water companies into Public Benefit Corporations to stop dumping sewage and invest in their infrastructure before paying out to shareholders.

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Isn't this amazing? Penny Hardy is a self-taught, UK-based sculptor. This sculpture is from her 'Blown Away' series & made from upcycled scrap metal. Photo: pennyhardysculpture.com

I’ve just arrived in Northern India to volunteer 2 weeks of teacher development. We’re working in schools run by the Tibetan community, who are exiled here. Have to say this message beats an OFSTED banner hands down! Looking forward to meeting the children tomorrow.

I address the teacher education lie in this third article for EJ publicationsncte.org/content/journa…

Let’s compare Spanish & English in terms of the number of phonemes and graphemes children have to learn. In Spanish there are 24 phonemes represented by 40 graphemes. English 44 phonemes represented by almost 200 different graphemes.

Also, Finnish is the most orthographically regular alphabetic system in Europe. After 1 year of teaching Finnish children make almost no mistakes in reading aloud because there are so few mistakes it’s possible to make. English is *the* most opaque orthography. On average…

Ballerina fountains by Malgorzata Chodakowska, bronze, 2024.

I just remembered a blog I posted in Sept 2024 that might be of relevance in thinking about the new Writing Framework, though focused on primary. Some or the same principles apply imo. englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/teaching-…

This by Megan Dixon is characteristically excellent. There are some things in the 2nd half of the doc to be grateful for imo but the dominant focus on sentences early on is really quite concerning, both for what it says about what sentences are, and 1/ tes.com/magazine/teach…

This is an incredibly generous gesture @TheGardenCinema - @AndyBurnhamGM could something similar take place in Manchester? @HOME_mcr would be a great venue. Mancunians please RT 🤞

In 3 years 472 pupils left "before the scheduled end of their time at the school." 28% had SEND; 39% had no alternative school to go to. All this is bad enough but I really hope it's not true staff were expected to issue 25 detentions each, every week. share.google/WmYCVRQtLO0ukJ…

Pam Carter, painter who was known for her Scottish landscape and seascape #WomensArt

Exclusive: DfE’s new Writing Framework will “bore the pants off children,” says literacy expert whom it namechecked educationuncovered.co.uk/news/dfes-new-… Prof Debra Myhill, cited as someone contacted in writing of the document, says it is “appalling”.

I'll say it until the day that I die: READ ALOUD ON THE REGULAR TO YOUR KIDS! 📖👍🤗 #WritingCommunity #books #kidlit #readers #readingcommunity #parents #readaloud

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

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Debunking edu-myths: We must develop children’s motor skills first, and teach writing later writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/19/deb…