Hi Tigro can you help me please, my 7yo needs someone to explain what a dilemma is to him for his English learning.  I am finding it hard to choose between doing my shitty work and helping his rubbish home learning.

Haha.

Tell him a dilemma is a problem. His problem. You're too busy.

Hi Tigro please can you justify why someone needs to understand what a fronted adverbial is, and how it will be useful in future life?

Funkstain wrote:

Hi Tigro please can you justify why someone needs to understand what a fronted adverbial is, and how it will be useful in future life?

It will be useful for the next plague when your child has to homeschool their child. Obvs.

Diagraphs are two letter sounds in words that don’t necessarily sound like they’re written (like phonetically). We had ir sounds today, I did ok:

The Daddy wrote:

Diagraphs are two letter sounds in words that don’t necessarily sound like they’re written (like phonetically). We had ir sounds today, I did ok:

But I didn't learn to read phonetically, so they all like normal words to me.

Ah, you asked why. The reason why is so that people could sell more books to schools, probably Tory donors.

The Daddy wrote:

Funkstain wrote:

Hi Tigro please can you justify why someone needs to understand what a fronted adverbial is, and how it will be useful in future life?

It will be useful for the next plague when your child has to homeschool their child. Obvs.

Think I'll take my chances that the next plague will in fact render our children sterile, thus negating the need for obscure grammatical classifications

Because he marked his own work, the cheating little shite.

Funkstain wrote:

Hi Tigro please can you justify why someone needs to understand what a fronted adverbial is, and how it will be useful in future life?

I'm vehemently against much of the Primary grammar curriculum which was put together to cover to cover year 1-11 and then squeezed into 1-6 because they, um, ran out of time and money.

Actually a lot of discourse about them at the moment. I suppose the core understanding should be 'What an adverbial does' which is to give additional information the the reader to make the writing clear. There was a castle vs In the distance, there was a castle. Fronted just means you stick it at the front.

In the distance, there was a castle vs There was a castle in the distance.

I don't have a huge issue with children knowing what these are. It doesn't make them any more proficient at reading or writing but an increased understanding of the underlying mechanics is an ok goal, I suppose? I think the main issue is the age they are asked to learn these things.

The real issue now is that Primary assessment of writing had devolved into arbitrary tick boxes of skills such as these, leading to 'flat pack writing' where children are encouraged to showcase very particular writing skills on a regular basis in case a teacher is moderated.

If I was to show you the government expectations for reading and writing you would be fucking gobsmacked. The exemplification for what a Year 2 child should be reading if they are 'Greater Depth' (re: high atttaining) is the 4th fucking Harry Potter book. THE FOURTH ONE.

In short, it won't help them in any way at all unless they become a teacher of some variety.

Under the Tory gov they scrapped the don’t hurt yourself bit. At least for state schools.

The Daddy wrote:

Under the Tory gov they scrapped the don’t hurt yourself bit. At least for state schools.

Hahaha!

tigersgogrrr wrote:

The Daddy wrote:

Ah, you asked why. The reason why is so that people could sell more books to schools, probably Tory donors.

This is so true, by the way. Ofsted now look for something very specific in terms of phonics instruction and even if your results are good, you can get shredded for not doing it. There are only 2 or 3 companies in the world who provide the resourcing they want schools to have.

And I bet we can guess whos mates those companies belong to...

Wookienopants wrote:

So we get sent planning for PE lessons for the kids. Word got out (via my wife) that I used to be a PE coach and also hold a gymnastics instructor qualification so guess whos getting badgered to help all the other parents with their kids gymnastics lessons... goddamn it. 
Is it selfish if I say no, I'm swamped as is?

Just send them links to the Joe Wicks videos.

Diluted Dante wrote:

Wookienopants wrote:

So we get sent planning for PE lessons for the kids. Word got out (via my wife) that I used to be a PE coach and also hold a gymnastics instructor qualification so guess whos getting badgered to help all the other parents with their kids gymnastics lessons... goddamn it.  Is it selfish if I say no, I'm swamped as is?

Just send them links to the Joe Wicks videos.

Might be a bit violent for children.