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fetcheveryone May 2021 3:41pm, 25 May 2021 26,106 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone The bliddy RE teacher gave me a nickname in year 1 of comprehensive, and that stayed with me for the next 7 years.
MarkyMarkMark (3M) May 2021 3:42pm, 25 May 2021 15,272 posts	Quote Pin MarkyMarkMark (3M) I remember them now, happy. Y1 & 2 of Middle School, so age 7 or 8 ish. Did anyone suffer this abomination (ITA) en.wikipedia.org ? My sister still can't spell properly.
swittle May 2021 3:43pm, 25 May 2021 75,769 posts	Quote Pin swittle Was it this, G? mheducation.com.au
Dvorak May 2021 4:23pm, 25 May 2021 22,503 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak SRA Books I LOVED them Small square books with a few chapters of a story and then a comprehension workbook. I remember them mainly in Primary 6, but maybe had them in 5 and 4 also? There were also maths cards: laminated pages with sets on different subjects and activities on each card (measurements, graphs, geometry etc). We did lots on graphs. Quite a lot of self-directed and individualised learning.
swittle May 2021 8:20pm, 25 May 2021 75,771 posts	Quote Pin swittle A certain seven-year-old in his first year in grammar school is eternally grateful to Ms Round, his form teacher, who read from this series of books at the end of our school day. He acquired a nickname from the character's issue with glasses. en.wikipedia.org
WA May 2021 10:14pm, 25 May 2021 8,789 posts	Quote Pin WA 3M- yes I learned to read with ITA. For some reason the infants used ITA and the juniors didn't. I remember my first spelling test in the juniors and spelling my as mie because in ITA the vowel was written as i and e stuck together.
RichHL May 2021 10:20pm, 25 May 2021 16,284 posts	Quote Pin RichHL I learned to read on ITA too. Must have been 1971 for P1. I don't remember how we transitioned to "proper" spellings.
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Ocelot Spleens 12 Jun 9:50am, 12 Jun 2025 40,625 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens PE teachers
Surrey Phil 13 Jun 2:02pm, 13 Jun 2025 11,119 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil Apart from the two senior school teachers I have mentioned previously, the rest weren't too bad - well, most of the time. The PE teachers couldn't take a joke and someone got thrown out of one lesson for yawning. Most of my classmates were OK. However, looking back, there are some I am sure would be really embarrassed to see how they conducted themselves.