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Issue 250 • May 20 2010 Price £1.00

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Using role-play with students

Role-play is not only for

young children, it can have a lasting impact on students at secondary level too. We hear from one expert on how it can be used effectively

Pages 8 and 9

Thursday 20 May, 2010

SecEd giveaway: Win £2,600 worth of resources

We have teamed up with software publisher Serif to offer your school the chance to win a Design Suite and a graphics tablet worth £2,600

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Rt Hon Michael Gove MP Secretary of State for Education Department for Education Sanctuary Buildings Great Smith Street London, SW1P 3BT

Re: SecEd’s priorities for education

Dear Mr Gove, Many congratulations on your appointment as Secretary of State for Education.

In the past few years, a groundswell has been building among this country’s education professionals and with this has come a clear recognition of some key priorities for our education system.

SecEd, as the voice of the secondary education profession, has refl ected this opinion in its editorial pages and I am writing now on behalf of our readers, and with the endorsement of members of our editorial advisory board, to seek your views on these priorities.

SecEd this week is writing directly to our new education minister to seek his views on, and commitment to tackling, what we see as the key priorities for education. We now await his response. See page 3 for the full letter and report.

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Dear Mr Gove, SecEd’s priorities for education

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