As an organisation which acts as a bridge between schools and the corporate world, we have to disagree with this announcement by Mr Wells - spelling continues to be very important. Until society at large agrees that mis-spelled words do not in any way reflect negatively on the person or organisation which writes them, businesses will insist on perfection, and as educators it is our job to help our kids prepare for this reality.
It doesn’t have to be onerous, there are some fantastic teaching ideas and teaching resources and lots of ways of engaging kids in spelling which are fun, human and relevant, such as this from the Teaching English organisation, and these primary resources from Sparkle box, which is a fantastic resource for foundation and KS1 lesson plans.
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