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'A plea to all primary teachers' - about handwriting

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 1:59 pm
by debbie
I feel really strongly about this topic - this is an important post:

https://fish64.wordpress.com/2016/03/05 ... -teachers/
A plea to all primary teachers

Posted on March 5, 2016 by fish64

Anyone who has seen the title of this post and is rubbing their hands in anticipation of some secondary/primary bashing is going to be disappointed. This post is about something which seems to be on the increase and which I observe every September – an increasing number of year 7 children who tell me that no one at primary school told them either how to hold a pencil or do joined up handwriting.
By the way, I've had teachers and teaching assistants approach me after handwriting training to say no-one ever taught them, either, and that they DO want to change their lifelong habits in the teaching context.