Frank Wilson
@frankwilson.bsky.social
Social studies and literacy initial teacher education. PhD student exploring race and colonialism in Aotearoa histories. Pākehā. She/her.
Also good because the responses then become out in public too
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Also good because the responses then become out in public too
Do you put them on fyi? I quite like the added accountability of it being publicly available right from first submitting the request. Would help with establishing patterns too
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Do you put them on fyi? I quite like the added accountability of it being publicly available right from first submitting the request. Would help with establishing patterns too
Bear in mind while reading they have mandated 1 hour a week to social sciences in years 0-8 and 3 hours in years 9 and 10. And also secondary school starts in year 9 so they have generalist teachers up to year 8.
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Bear in mind while reading they have mandated 1 hour a week to social sciences in years 0-8 and 3 hours in years 9 and 10. And also secondary school starts in year 9 so they have generalist teachers up to year 8.
Back up now! Thank you
October 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Back up now! Thank you
His claim that our best ideas come from Western Civilisation is like claiming the objects in the British Museum are British.
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
His claim that our best ideas come from Western Civilisation is like claiming the objects in the British Museum are British.
A new Dawn by Emeli Sione could be good too
October 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
A new Dawn by Emeli Sione could be good too
Mata Lulu by Lani Young would be great. It’s aimed at children so has simple language but layered stories.
October 13, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Mata Lulu by Lani Young would be great. It’s aimed at children so has simple language but layered stories.
What I’d say to you is I have no clue how you can be a better human than you think you are
September 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
What I’d say to you is I have no clue how you can be a better human than you think you are
Or maybe Doctor Whio
September 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Or maybe Doctor Whio
I started getting them with perimenopause - always in the luteal phase when progesterone drops - hormone therapy has pretty much banished them
August 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I started getting them with perimenopause - always in the luteal phase when progesterone drops - hormone therapy has pretty much banished them
English also has the soft t! In words like stop - or anything with a fricative like s preceding the t, the t is soft
August 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
English also has the soft t! In words like stop - or anything with a fricative like s preceding the t, the t is soft
So the consideration shouldn’t be language of origin, it should be place in the scope and sequence thinking about starting with the most frequent and easiest to learn and moving to least frequent and harder
August 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
So the consideration shouldn’t be language of origin, it should be place in the scope and sequence thinking about starting with the most frequent and easiest to learn and moving to least frequent and harder
When the conversation really should be about when is an appropriate point in the scope and sequence to introduce that grapheme phoneme correspondence? Possibly the diphthongs in the Kupu in this book should be later in the scope and sequence (eg the ae in marae) but the rest are easy and frequent
August 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
When the conversation really should be about when is an appropriate point in the scope and sequence to introduce that grapheme phoneme correspondence? Possibly the diphthongs in the Kupu in this book should be later in the scope and sequence (eg the ae in marae) but the rest are easy and frequent
I don’t think we need to take out words that are commonly used in English (like Koro, hangi, karakia etc) because they are originally from Māori. Many words in English are from different origins -it’s like saying we can’t have the word machine because it has the French /sh/ sound for the ch digraph.
August 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I don’t think we need to take out words that are commonly used in English (like Koro, hangi, karakia etc) because they are originally from Māori. Many words in English are from different origins -it’s like saying we can’t have the word machine because it has the French /sh/ sound for the ch digraph.
Surely this argument only works if you assume that the children do not have those kupu in their oral language lexicon? This book is revision for long vowels, so they already should know that vowel graphemes can represent different phonemes. 1/2
August 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Surely this argument only works if you assume that the children do not have those kupu in their oral language lexicon? This book is revision for long vowels, so they already should know that vowel graphemes can represent different phonemes. 1/2
Not really, NZ English has plenty of reo embedded within it, so it would make sense (to me at least) to work out a scope and sequence that recognises that
August 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Not really, NZ English has plenty of reo embedded within it, so it would make sense (to me at least) to work out a scope and sequence that recognises that
I don’t understand why NZ doesn’t have a scope and sequence that includes te reo GPCs. If we follow the generally agreed rule that we should go from easiest and most frequent GPCs to hardest and least frequent, I would guess reo ones would fit in somewhere before the middle of the sequence.
August 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I don’t understand why NZ doesn’t have a scope and sequence that includes te reo GPCs. If we follow the generally agreed rule that we should go from easiest and most frequent GPCs to hardest and least frequent, I would guess reo ones would fit in somewhere before the middle of the sequence.
Do you know if anyone has OIAed Stanford / the MoE on their communications with Crimson?
August 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Do you know if anyone has OIAed Stanford / the MoE on their communications with Crimson?
Do you have any info on that? Is be very keen to read it!
August 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Do you have any info on that? Is be very keen to read it!
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July 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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“Candidates for membership in different groups are evaluated based on relevant skills and expertise”
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