Kerry Hempenstall: Literacy and Mental Health

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Kerry Hempenstall: Literacy and Mental Health

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This is why it is SO important to get our teaching right (informed by research and leading-edge practice) and rigorous and relentless - teach every single learner really well and truly develop their full potential:


http://nifdi.org/news/hempenstall-blog/ ... tal-health
What does it mean that most of our children are chronically improficient in the skill areas most critically important for success in school?

“What does it feel like - how does it feel, to be chronically, day after day, week after week, month after month, and for a great many children, year after year - not good enough? Not good enough at something that they know is important, that they know is causing them to fall behind, that they can’t seem to get good enough at achieving, and that they can’t hide because their family, friends, and peers know about it too?
Debbie Hepplewhite
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