As a practicing teacher (ie I'm no good at it, but I try) I would say that the KS3 strategy is: 1) Designed for 'delivery' by non-specialists - which I guess they need as there are so few specialists; 2) Focussed on teaching not learning - but letting the kids learn is a risky behaviour; 3) 10 years out of date and unimaginative - IMHO. I feel that in terms of 'ICT teaching' that the older QCA schemes were preferable. I'd love to avoid implementing the KS3 strategy and am identifying several devious strategies of my own to acheive this end. ===== rgds, Richard Rothwell -------------------------------------------------------------------- rind (n) acronym for 'rind is not defined' ________________________________________________________________________ Download Yahoo! Messenger now for a chance to win Live At Knebworth DVDs http://www.yahoo.co.uk/robbiewilliams