This is a terrific takedown from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social on what we ought or ought not to be teaching children about English

Tl;dr he thinks the current exam for 11 and 12 year old children is nonsense

But please enjoy reading thus highly justified rant

#ContentDesign
#PlainLanguage

@kerry1yons.bsky.social and I were asked to write an article for #servicegazette about our work on standards and accessibility guidance over the last couple of years. We're pleased to say you can now read the online version that was in the recent print version.

medium.com/the-service-...

For the cover story, @hillaryh.bsky.social wrote about ‘Digital service resilience’ & what endures when government innovation units close

You can find her text & those of @richardpope.org, @kubabartwicki.bsky.social, @loudowne.bsky.social, @andyjones.bsky.social, @kerry1yons.bsky.social online soon

DfE has published a plain language standard to support teams in digital delivery. We worked in the open, shared with GDS, and are exploring whether it can help add weight to the use of plain language: dfedigital.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/19/i...

Do you know what a pouch of Douglas is? If you don't, find out in my short advent blog. It could come in useful one day...

www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/my-pouch-of-douglas

#endometriosis

I'm part of a group of content designers across DfE services and GOV.UK content that are drafting a plain language standard. We've based this on need and xgov conversations. Today we shared with our community. Feeling invigorated for the next stage #standards #servicestandards

Read about our service assessment service work from Kerry - our amazing content designer.

www.linkedin.com/posts/kerry-...