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Michael Ejercito

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Apr 27, 2021, 8:39:59 AM4/27/21
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By Branwen Jeffreys
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media captionAssistant head teacher Victoria Day has five tips to ensure
children's vocabulary keeps improving
There is growing evidence that the past year of lockdowns has had an
impact on young children's language skills, according to research.

Data from 50,000 pupils and a survey of schools across England have
shown an increased number of four- and five-year-olds needing help with
language.

Evidence shows poor speech development can have long-term effects on
learning.

The government says it is investing £18m in early-years catch-up,
including extra help for those in Reception year.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) research suggests the measures
taken to combat the pandemic have deprived the youngest children of
social contact and experiences essential for increasing vocabulary.

Less or no contact with grandparents, social distancing, no play dates,
and the wearing of face coverings in public have left children less
exposed to conversations and everyday experiences.

Of 58 primary schools surveyed across England:

76% said pupils starting school in September 2020 needed more support
with communication than in previous years
96% they were concerned about pupils' speech-and-language development.
And 56% of parents were concerned about their child starting at school
following the lockdown in the spring and summer.

Starting school
Niamh, in Reception at Ryders Hayes Primary School, in Walsall, is
slowly building her confidence with words.

Like many children, her life has been limited by the pandemic, her
social circle shrinking to her immediate family. And this left her
mother, Lisa, anxious about her starting school.

Lisa and Niamh
image captionLisa, whose surname we have not used, was worried about her
daughter starting school
"She was one of the youngest in the year and it worried me that other
children had got more school experience with nursery or pre-school,"
Lisa said.

"We tried to prepare her as well as we could. She was looking forward to
it - but she didn't know any of the children in the class, so we were a
bit worried about that.

"My concern was, after being locked down all of the summer and not going
out to play with her friends, how was she going to respond to a room
full of new children and new teachers?"

But the school's approach had worked well. "We never had a tearful
morning - we never had a day where she didn't want to come to school,"
Lisa said.

Five ways children could make up for lost school time
Should I worry about my child's development in lockdown?
Making friends
Another mother at Ryder Hayes - Emma - was also worried about the school
start and whether her son, Harry, would be able to articulate his needs.

"I was worried about him making friends, that if something was troubling
him he'd be sat in the corner upset and he'd not be able to ask for help
or say what was wrong with him, so I was concerned," she said.

Emma and Harry
image captionEmma, whose full name we have not used, says Harry is now
"a little chatterbox"
But Harry has been participating in the Nuffield Early Language
Intervention at school, which can help children make up about three
months' progress.

"It is making a huge difference," Emma said. "He's become a little
chatterbox. He's always asking questions and thinking more and asking
more like, 'How does hair grow?' He's communicating his thoughts more."

'Absolutely key'
The school's head teacher Saly Miner said problems with communication
were "really limiting" for young children, particularly if they were
unable to express themselves, interact with peers and make themselves
understood.

"It's absolutely key," she said. "It's all about a child's self-esteem
and confidence.

"And without that, they're not going to feel happy, they're not going to
be able to grow, they're not going to be able to gain all the benefits
of interacting with their peers as we'd want them to, and interact with
staff.

"All the research shows that if a child does have issues with language
at that age, by adulthood they're four times more likely to struggle
with reading, three time more likely to have mental health issues, twice
as likely to be unemployed and have social-mobility issues, so getting
this right at such an early age is literally the key to children's futures."

EEF chief executive Prof Becky Francis said there was "huge concern
expressed by schools about young children's speech and language
following the impact of the pandemic".

"We can see that in the survey results but also anecdotally right across
our networks."

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The EEF's findings are also reflected in data from the company Speech
Link, which offers standardised assessments to primary schools.

Among 50,000 four- and five-year-olds starting school in September, an
extra 20-25% needed help with language skills compared with the previous
year, the company found. There are also concerns about the impact of the
pandemic on pre-school children.

In some parts of England, up to 63% of health visitors, who check on the
development of babies and toddlers, had been redeployed early in the
pandemic, the Institute of Health Visiting said.

'Most crucial'
Many families had missed out on face-to-face assessments, acting
executive director Alison Morton said.

"We know there are children out there with difficulties who haven't been
identified," she said. "There hasn't been a 'build back better' for
younger children in the way there has been for older children."

Children and Families Minister Vicky Ford said the earliest years were
"the most crucial".

"On top of the £3.5bn we have spent in each of the past three years on
our free childcare entitlements, we have also invested £18m to support
language development in the early years, part of our new £700m package
to provide extra support to children who need it as they return to the
classroom," she said.

"This includes funding to build on the early successes of the Nuffield
Early Language Intervention scheme and roll it out to more schools, so
that thousands more four- and five-year-olds whose language,
communication and literacy skills have been impacted by the disruption
of the past year will benefit from targeted support."

HeartDoc Andrew

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The only healthy way to stop the pandemic in the UK, and other
places is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) finding
out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who among us
are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic) in
order to http://bit.ly/ConvinceItForward (John 15:12) for them to call
their doctor and self-quarantine per their doctor in hopes of stopping
this pandemic. Thus, hoping for the best while preparing for the
worst-case scenario of the "UK variant mutations" **and** others like
the Brazilian, Californian, Texan (BV-1), South African & "cluster-5
mink mutations" (read more via Google) rendering current vaccines
ineffective.

Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.

So how are you ?








...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,

HeartDoc Andrew <><
--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Cardiologist with an http://bit.ly/EternalMedicalLicense
2016 & upwards non-partisan candidate for U.S. President:
http://bit.ly/WonderfullyHungryPresident
and author of the 2PD-OMER Approach:
http://bit.ly/HeartDocAndrewCare
which is the only **healthy** cure for the U.S. healthcare crisis

Michael Ejercito

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Apr 27, 2021, 9:25:32 AM4/27/21
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I am wonderfully hungry!



Michael

HeartDoc Andrew

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Apr 27, 2021, 9:30:44 AM4/27/21
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MichaelE wrote:
> I am wonderfully hungry!



While wonderfully hungry in the Holy Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy
8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, not only don't have
COVID-19 but are rapture (Luke 17:37) ready and pray (2 Chronicles
7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6) Father in Heaven continues to
give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) so
that we'd have much more of His Help to always say/write that we're
"wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways including especially caring to
http://bit.ly/ConvinceItForward (John 15:12 as shown by
http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) with all glory (
http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in
the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.

Laus DEO !

Be hungrier, which really is wonderfully healthier especially for
diabetics and other heart disease patients:

http://bit.ly/HeartDocAndrewToutsHunger (Luke 6:21a) with all glory to
GOD, Who causes us to hunger (Deuteronomy 8:3) when He blesses us
right now (Luke 6:21a) thereby removing the http://bit.ly/HeartVAT
from around the heart

...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,

HeartDoc Andrew <><

NEMO

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Apr 27, 2021, 10:20:23 AM4/27/21
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On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 06:25:31 -0700, NOT Michael Ejercito
<MEje...@HotMail.com> wrote:
AGAIN, gook? What the fuck is WRONG with you, you stupid slant eyed
cunt?
--

"SHPAMMERSH ARE CROOKSH
DON'T DO BUSINESSH VITH CROOKSH!"
- jew paedophile shpammer Barry Z. Shein (world.std.com home page)

HeartDoc Andrew

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Apr 27, 2021, 10:35:26 AM4/27/21
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(Branwen) 04/27/21 "NEMO" tragically vainjangling (1 Tim 1:6) ...

https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/4tIJn_I167w/m/bKWQRUarAgAJ

Link to post explicating vainjangling by the eternally condemned:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sci.med.cardiology/O23NguTslhI/-xLGqnNjAAAJ

"Like a moth to flame, the eternally condemned tragically return to be
ever more cursed by GOD."

Behold in wide-eyed wonder and amazement at the continued fulfillment
of this prophecy as clearly demonstrated within the following USENET
threads:

(1) Link to thread titled "LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth is our #1
Example of being wonderfully hungry;"

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sci.med.cardiology/O23NguTslhI%5B1-25%5D

(2) Link to thread titled "Being wonderfully hungry;"

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sci.med.cardiology/uCPb3ldOv5M

(3) Link to thread titled "A very very very simple definition of sin;"

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.bible.prophecy/xunFWhan_AM

(4) Link to thread titled "The LORD says 'Blessed are you who hunger
now;'"

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.bible.prophecy/e4sW8dr44rM

(5) Link to thread titled "Being wonderfully hungry like LORD Jesus;"

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.bible.prophecy/xPY1Uzl-ZNk/QeKLDNCpCwAJ

... for the continued benefit (Romans 8:28) of those of us who are
http://bit.ly/wonderfully_hungry like GOD ( http://bit.ly/Lk2442 )
with all glory ( http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to the LORD.

Source:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sci.med.cardiology/O23NguTslhI/pIZcsOCJBwAJ

Laus DEO !

While wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/Philippians4_12 ) in the Holy
Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy 8:3) me to hunger right now (Luke
6:21a), I pray (2 Chronicles 7:14) that GOD continues to curse
(Jeremiah 17:5) you, who are eternally condemned (Mark 3:29), more
than ever in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.

Laus DEO ! ! !

Bottom line:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sci.med.cardiology/O23NguTslhI/h5lE-mr0DAAJ

<begin trichotomy>

(1) Born-again (John 3:3 & 5) humans - Folks who have GOD's Help (i.e.
Holy Spirit) to stop (John 5:14) sinning by being
http://bit.ly/wonderfully_hungry (Philippians 4:12) **but** are still
able to choose via their own "free will" to be instead
http://bit.ly/terribly_hungry (Genesis 25:32) trapped in the
entangling (Hebrews 12:1) deadly (i.e. killed immortals Adam&Eve) sin
of gluttony (Proverbs 23:2).

(2) Eternally condemned (Mark 3:29) humans - Folks who will never have
GOD's Help (i.e. Holy Spirit) to stop being
http://bit.ly/terribly_hungry (2 Kings 6:29) as evident by their
constant vainjangling (1 Timothy 1:6) about everything except how to
stop (John 5:14) sinning.

(3) Perishing humans - The remaining folks who may possibly (Matthew
19:26) become born-again (John 3:3 & 5) as new (2 Corinthians 5:17)
creatures in Christ.

<end trichotomy>

Suggested further reading:
http://T3WiJ.com

+++

someone eternally condemned & ever more cursed by GOD wrote:
> HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
>
>> Subject: The LORD says "Blessed are you who hunger now ..."

Source:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.bible.prophecy/e4sW8dr44rM/NSkTJxvFBAAJ

> Shame on andrew, look at his red face.

LIE.

The color of my face in **not** visible here on USENET nor is the
color of my face red for those who can see me.

> He is trying to pull a fast one. His scripture bit is found among these:
>
> '14 Bible verses about Spiritual Hunger'

Such are the lies coming from the lying pens of the
http://bit.ly/terribly_hungry (Genesis 25:32) commentators.

That which is "spiritual" is independent of time so that there
would've been no reference to "now."

Therefore, the LORD is referring to physical hunger here instead of
the spiritual "hunger and thirst for righteousness" elsewhere in
Scripture.

Indeed, physical hunger can **not** coexist with physical thirst
because the latter results in the loss of saliva needed for physical
hunger.

It is when we hunger for food "now" (Luke 6:21a) that we are able to
eat food "now."

No such time constraints exist for "spiritual hunger."

Moreover, the perspective of Luke 6:21a through the eyes of a
physician (i.e. Dr. Luke) would be logically expected to be physical
instead of spiritual.

All glory ( http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD for His compelling you to
unwittingly demonstrate your ever worsening cognitive condition which
is tragically a consequence of His cursing (Jeremiah 17:5) you more
than ever.

Laus DEO !

+++

someone eternally condemned & ever more cursed by GOD perseverated:
(in a vain attempt to refute posts about being wonderfully hungry)

> Psalms
> 81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:
> open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Indeed, receiving a mouthful (Psalm 81:10) of manna from GOD will only
make His http://HeartMDPhD.com/Redeemed want even more, so that we're
even http://bit.ly/wonderfully_hungrier with all glory (
http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD.

Laus DEO !

> Proverbs


> 13:25 The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, But the stomach of
> the wicked is in need.



Indeed, the righteous know to be satisfied (Luke 6:21a) with an omer
(Exodus 16:16) of manna, while the wicked need (Proverbs 13:25) this
knowledge as evident by their eating until they are full (i.e.
satiated).

> Joel
> 2:26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of
> the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my
> people shall never be ashamed.

Indeed, an omer (32 ounces per Revelation 6:6) of manna is plenty
(Joel 2:26) with all glory ( http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD and to
the shame of you, who are eternally (Mark 3:29) condemned.

Laus DEO ! !

> Psalms
> 107 For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

Indeed, being filled (Psalm 107:9) with an omer (Exodus 16:16) of
manna is a Wonderful (Isaiah 9:6) thing while being satiated (i.e.
full) is evil.

> Acts
> 14:17 "Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by
> giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying
> your hearts with food and gladness."

In the interim, you, who are eternally (Mark 3:29) condemned, will
never be satisfied (Acts 14:17) because you are ever more cursed
(Jeremiah 17:5) by GOD.

Source:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sci.med.cardiology/uCPb3ldOv5M/KgM8NFKuAQAJ

+++

> someone eternally condemned & ever more cursed by GOD perseverated:
>> HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
>>
>> Subject: a very very very simple definition of sin ...

Source:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sci.med.cardiology/mXmFD9kIocc/y8GNXircBQAJ

>> Does andrew's "definition" agree with scripture? Let's see in 1 John:

Actually, sin is **not** defined in 1 John 1:8-10

>> John wrote this to christians. The greek grammer (sic) speaks of an
ongoing
>> status. He includes himself in that status.

John was a Jew instead of a Greek so there is really no reason to
think that Greek grammar is relevant here.

>> 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is
>> not in us.
>>
>> 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins,
>> and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
>>
>> 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his
word is
>> not in us.

John also wrote earlier at John 5:14 that LORD Jesus commands:

"Now stop sinning or something worse may happen to you." (John 5:14)

And, indeed, your being eternally condemned (Mark 3:29) & ever more
cursed (Jeremiah 17:5) by GOD, as evident by your ever worsening
cognitive deficits, is really worse.

Now again, here's how to really stop sinning as LORD Jesus commands
(John 5:14):

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.bible.prophecy/2-Qpn-o81J4/ldGubKEZAgAJ

While wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/Philippians4_12 ) in the Holy
Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy 8:3) me to hunger right now (Luke
6:21a), I again pray (2 Chronicles 7:14) that GOD continues to curse
(Jeremiah 17:5) you, who are eternally condemned (Mark 3:29), more
than ever in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.

Laus DEO ! ! !

Again, this is done in hopes of convincing all reading this to stop
being http://bit.ly/terribly_hungry (2 Kings 6:29) where all are in
danger of becoming eternally condemned (Mark 3:29) just as had
happened to Ananias and Sapphira and more contemporaneously to Bob
Pastorio.

Again, the LORD did strike down http://bit.ly/Bob_Pastorio on Fool's
day just 9+ years ago:

http://bobs-amanuensis.livejournal.com/8728.html

Again, this is done ...

http://bit.ly/HeartDocAndrewToutsHunger (Luke 6:21a) with all glory (
http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD, Who causes us to hunger (Deuteronomy

Michael Ejercito

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Apr 27, 2021, 10:41:57 AM4/27/21
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Mangina, there is nothing wrong with me.

Try being wonderfully hungry.

And stop advocating strangling babies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EV_w5qFIuo


Michael

HeartDoc Andrew

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Peeler

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On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:20:22 +0100, clinically insane, pedophilic, serbian
bitch Razovic, the resident psychopath of sci and scj and Usenet's famous
sexual cripple, making an ass of herself as "NEMO", farted again:


>>> ...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,
>>>
>>> HeartDoc Andrew <><
>>>
>>
>> I am wonderfully hungry!
>
> AGAIN, gook? What the fuck is WRONG with you, you stupid slant eyed
> cunt?

AGAIN another hissy fit, psycho? Just what the fuck is WRONG with you,
idiot? Your entire life (if one can call that spastic thing you are
suffering from a "life" at all) is obviously one endless series of
ridiculous impotent hissy fits!!!!

So, again: WHAT the fuck is WRONG with you?

--
Pedophilic dreckserb Razovic arguing in favour of pedophilia, again:
"Why do we still have outdated laws prohibiting paedophilia? Do you
seriously think that a 12-year old who spends 15 hours a day on Facebook
doesn't know what's going on?"
MID: <FnMUE.676068$H25.2...@usenetxs.com>

So 12-year-olds are your thing, filthy old pedo swine?

HeartDoc Andrew

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MichaelE wrote:
> Eternally condemned Miloch wrote:
>> MichaelE wrote:
>>> HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
>>>> MichaelE wrote about the eternally condemned:
>>>>
>>>>> It is tragic!
>>>
>>>> They would have been better off had they never been born.
>>>
>>>> In the interim, I am, instead, wonderfully hungry (
>>>> http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) and hope you, Michael, also have a
>>>> healthy appetite too.
>>>
>>>> So how are you ?
>>>
>>> I am wonderfully hungry!
>
>> I think the ole Chungster is waiting for someone to post they're
>> 'wonderfully
>> horny'...so stay away from any words with sexual innuendo!
>> ...just a heads up

Source:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.bible.prophecy/LZAnyqUnr-w/Zqo9zsaTAQAJ


You, eternally condemned Miloch, and now even your extended family,
would've been better off had you never been born.

While wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/Philippians4_12 ) in the Holy
Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy 8:3) me to hunger right now (Luke
6:21a), I pray (2 Chronicles 7:14) that GOD continues to curse
(Jeremiah 17:5) you, Miloch, more than ever so that every member of
your family **and now even** your extended family die excruciatingly
painful deaths with multi-organ failure from COVID-19 as an admonition
to all, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

HeartDoc Andrew

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(Branwen) 04/27/21 Miloch tragically vainjangling (1 Tim 1:6) ...

https://groups.google.com/g/alt.bible.prophecy/c/8--bjTpNk1M/m/rhvK5hiNCwAJ
While wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/Philippians4_12 ) in the Holy
Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy 8:3) me to hunger right now (Luke
6:21a), I pray (2 Chronicles 7:14) that GOD continues to curse
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