The Sydney school that bucked the trend and got boys to succeed in English | JordsBaker
to be near the bottom of the class. But Balgowlah Boys High is bucking that trend; for the past four years its students have finished near the top of the state in HSC English.
“It’s teaching how you write single and multi-clause sentences, and it’s incredibly easy. It seems too simplistic for people, but the boys play with the clauses like little blocks of Lego. The results speak for themselves. Mr Seldon taught teachers in other disciplines how to use the program, including those in science, who were least likely to feel well prepared to teach writing according to a survey of 4000 NSW teachers.Wayne Taylor
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