Monthly Archives: October 2007

Synthetic phonics

October 23, 2007 – 11:23 am

My alarm bells was ringing after watching ‘Dispatches’ on Channel 4 last nite. The documentary is entitled “Why our children can’t read“.
The background reading leading to this documentary:
“According to Government statistics, a fifth of youngsters leaving primary school can’t read and write properly. That means they have not reached the benchmark reading age of an [...]

By Tony B | Posted in Deaf | Comments (9)

Just a boring and geeky blog announcement

October 22, 2007 – 3:14 pm

This blogsite is now webcam and gravatar-enabled.
I am using Riffly plug-in for Wordpress. I edited the php code to omit the ‘inappropriate’ option to make an audio comment (no brainer, really!).
You can create your own gravatar profile, via the website. Your mug/artwork/pixelwork will appears next to your comment. I’ve positioned it so that the “speech” [...]

By Tony B | Posted in Web2.0 | Comments (0)

Is the Government bothered about us?

October 18, 2007 – 2:34 pm

Fighting talk from Susan Daniel (NDCS CEO), in her article about the current educational system for Deaf children.
The reason behind her article is shown below:
Government figures published today highlight that record numbers of children (60 percent) achieved five GCSEs graded A* to C this summer (1). Yet only a third (32.9%) of deaf children achieve [...]

By Tony B | Posted in Deaf | Comments (6)

Wizard of Oz - ooh no, not you, Tony Nicholas

October 1, 2007 – 10:59 pm

I am a returning member of 3D - Derby Deaf Drama - after having left 3 years earlier to travel around the country.
We looking for way to raise money for our next production which will be stage at a dedicated dance centre based in Derby, called DeDa.
To do this, we are doing a 10 mile [...]

By Tony B | Posted in Arts and Culture, BSL, Deaf | Comments (5)
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