National Curriculum May Damage Children's Creative Writing: The Writer's Bureau Comments
The National Curriculum may be holding back children's creative writing skills, according to a recent report. Assessment criteria for English exams tend to favour flowery and complex language which can steer children's writing in a direction which helps them to pass exams but may not be constructive for their future. Now, a group of acclaimed children's authors are putting the finishing touches to an open letter to the Education Secretary imploring her to remedy the situation.
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