Plastic Bags
I so appreciate the need for less waste and keeping on top of issues concerning the environment. I certainly do believe we’ve contributed to wasting less certainly since plastic bags [ . . . ]
Author: Elisa
Two Young Monks in Burma
This picture stole my heart – I am very fond of it! The two young monks studying in the morning light at a temple in Burma. How lovely are they? [ . . . ]
A lesson in love from the sea!
This captured my attention in the papers last week – an epic tragedy played out on the shores of the North Sea : the stranded 4 enormous sperm whales. The [ . . . ]
What pressure can do to our kids…
This blog is on the unnecessary pressure some parents put on their children to achieve. I have seen more aggression /competitiveness among mothers in recent years. It is good to [ . . . ]
Truancy Fines
What are your views regarding truancy fines for non attendance? Truancy is a word that conjures up images of kids staying up late, drinking and playing on computer games. Do [ . . . ]
Our children at school
Results from an international survey have shown that children in England are amongst the unhappiest in the world. Prompting questions about the level of emphasis that schools place on student [ . . . ]
Sports and Your Child
Children at Eton enjoy an amazing sporting life. There are plenty of opportunities to compete, they are competitive but pupils learn its not all about winning, its about putting your [ . . . ]
Top universities handed low marks for teaching
Students at some of Britain’s leading Universities have been extremely critical of the quality of teaching they have been receiving. Bristol, Edinburgh. King’s College London, Glasgow and the London School [ . . . ]
Funding and cuts
This year, heads and teachers will really begin to feel the squeeze as their budgets are tightened…even more than last year – and even more than the year before that. [ . . . ]
Choosing the right nursery
Hi Mums, this blog is about choosing the right nursery for your child, the different costs involved, what you can hope to get out of nursery and how well your [ . . . ]
Children’s dreaded H word – Homework
It is important to understand what essential homework is, and when it is due! Sounds simple, but I’ve noticed a growing number of parents who are unsure about what they [ . . . ]
Exam Marking
A report this week puts into question true GCSE scores. An unbelievable situation has occurred in the past few years which is rather worrying – scores are being challenged and [ . . . ]
This little boy touched my heart and is the purpose of this week’s blog. Here he is, on a make shift table outside McDonald’s. A place he can’t afford to [ . . . ]
Don’t let your child miss out on a childhood
Don’t let your children miss out! Looking back on my childhood, it was all about pleasurable experiences! The pleasures that cost nothing rather than a fortune such as walks in [ . . . ]
Home Schooling
If I could go back in time, I would most definitely home school my child. Firstly because he wasn’t that happy at school and secondly I think there is so [ . . . ]
Game of mobile phones
I ban smartphones from my classes! This makes some kids howl, especially my GCSE Monday nighters.They can’t live without them. The funny thing is that I can’t live without mine [ . . . ]
How to help your child learn to read…
Basic literacy in the early years involves letters, sounds and words. Develop your child’s ‘sight’ vocabulary – this means help your child recognize the shape and meaning of whole words. [ . . . ]
Sexism is still rife!
Clarissa Farr, head of Britain’s leading girls school, St Paul’s Girls in London, where fees are £22,000 a year, has attacked private boys schools for turning out young men with [ . . . ]
Do babies have a ‘Social Brain’?
The capacity to engage and communicate in a social world, is one defining the characteristics of the human species. Adults have special areas of the brain, sometimes referred to as [ . . . ]
11+ tests
Parents of year 6 pupils will have been brought back to earth with a bang in September as just after the long holidays and a few days back at school, [ . . . ]