Home Archived Overheard Back Overheard 23rd August 2013, 1:00am Tes Editorial Share Overheard https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/overheard-76 Copy Link A nine-year-old in a class on persuasive writing: “If you eat too much sugar and junk food you are at risk of becoming a beast.”Email your contributions to letters@tes.co.uk or tweet them to @tes. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more Weekly round-up: Capita loses Sats and GCSE fears Tes Editorial • 18th April 2024 Reception Baseline Assessment: what you need to know Gráinne Hallahan • 3rd April 2024 Weekly round-up: Teacher pay drop and school moves Tes Editorial • 28th March 2024 Weekly round-up: Teacher pay and staff shortages Tes Editorial • 21st March 2024 Recent Most read Most shared 3 steps to make sure your behaviour curriculum works Leadership 25 April 2024 How to ensure children are emotionally ready for school Teaching & Learning 25 April 2024 Heads: DfE failure to scrap Ofsted grades ‘deeply disappointing’ News 25 April 2024 A simple but radical new way to assess writing Teaching & Learning 22 April 2024 Fitness to teach cases in Scotland hit 10-year high News 23 April 2024 5 basic errors that ruin teacher job applications Analysis 23 April 2024 5 basic errors that ruin teacher job applications Analysis 23 April 2024 Starmer: Halt ‘damaging decline’ of PE News 22 April 2024 A 4-point plan for transparent AI use in schools Analysis 22 April 2024
