The Little Prince…all men have stars
One of my favourite reads is The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, with its moral allegory and spiritual autobiography. It is the most translated book in the French language. [ . . . ]
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Wind in the Willows…the great outdoors
The Wind in the Willows, just the title of the book reminds me of carefree days chasing and tumbling around in People’s Park, in Halifax, when I was younger. I [ . . . ]
Marmalade sandwiches and Paddington Bear
My love for Paddington Bear deepened when I began to realise I had an addiction to marmalade! Paddington has always been “my bear”. My friend loved Winnie-the-Pooh and although I [ . . . ]
We all love the Winnie-the-Pooh books, but did you know…?
In this week’s post I thought I’d try and answer some of those questions that so many children ask when we read this wonderful book, Winne-the-Pooh. So let’s have a [ . . . ]
David Beckham – a voice for children
During a visit to a north London primary school in November last year, David met pupils aged 5 to 11 to talk about the issues that affect them most such [ . . . ]
The Samaritans – Giving your time and empathy…at the end of the phone.
In today’s blog post, as part of the Charity series, I’m thinking about those people who work in a full-time job, or who are bringing up their families, and then [ . . . ]
Princess Diana – the real Queen of Hearts
Today’s post in the ‘Charity and the people behind them’ series is about a person I admired and still think about today. She’s often in my thoughts and as I [ . . . ]
Talking PANTS with your child or children in your care
I absolutely love this new awareness campaign from the NSPCC, a charity close to my heart and which, as a mother, always pulls at my heartstrings when I see their [ . . . ]
Charity and Octavia Hill’s Legacy
This post links to the series ‘Charity and the people behind them’ but also with my previous post on homelessness. A colleague of mine mentioned Octavia Trust when I was [ . . . ]
Dame Alice Owen – More than an educator
As the Director and Owner of Elisa’s Tutorial School I am tutoring children to achieve their potential and gain their place at some of London’s top independent, private and grammar [ . . . ]
Mark Zuckerberg – giving to charity
Mark Zuckerberg is most famous as the Facebook founder and billionaire CEO. He and his wife, have promised to give away 99 percent of their Facebook shares to help charity via their [ . . . ]
Bill Gates…this is God’s work
Welcome back to my ‘Charity and the people behind them’ series. A few years ago, at the age of 57 Bill Gates admitted he was a restless man and wanted [ . . . ]
Sir Bob Geldof – more than just a Boomtown rat!
Sir Bob Geldof features in today’s ‘Charity and the people behind them’ blog post series. After writing about Mother Teresa I spent much of this week thinking about an article [ . . . ]
The UK education system is failing children with special educational needs
A recent survey has found that there has been a 57% increase in children with special educational needs being home-schooled. The reasons for this are manifold: too few places in [ . . . ]
The Bayeux Tapestry is coming to the UK
I remember doing history lessons at school and my homework was to draw a section of the Bayeux Tapestry and write the story it told. The tapestry actually tells the [ . . . ]
Could you be a Mother Teresa?
Continuing the charity blog post series “Charity and the people behind them” I’m thinking about Mother Teresa today. In 1946 Teresa travelled to Darjeeling for a retreat. It was on that [ . . . ]
Charity and food donation boxes
Welcome back to another post in the blog series “Charity and the people behind them”. This week I’m thinking about how some people are so poverty-stricken in our cities that [ . . . ]
Blue Peter – best children’s show ever!
I remember rushing home from school, grabbing a snack and sitting in front of the television ready for Blue Peter with my younger brother. It was the highlight of our [ . . . ]
Let’s say goodbye to plastic straws
The scale of environmental problems in the world today makes me wonder whether the bit that I do really does make a difference. Plastic, when it was invented, was hailed [ . . . ]
Will your child benefit from tutoring?
Hello again everyone. Hope 2018 has been good for you and your family so far. If you caught my last post, on how to make this the best year for [ . . . ]