The SATs – are they really necessary?
This has been the month of tests; 10 year-olds up and down the country have been cramming, learning and sweating over those all-important tests called the SATs or Standard Assessment [ . . . ]
Author: Elisa
Immigration & our education system
Over the last few decades, our society has absorbed a huge number of immigrant newcomers with remarkable ease, but things are changing … people can feel trouble and strife building, [ . . . ]
University Choices.
A lot of institutions disguise under the word “university” offering abysmal courses that neither benefits the student nor society as a whole. The false representation of education these days is [ . . . ]
Parents Panic Over Exams.
Parents have been advised to avoid passing on their anxiety and worry of getting in to top independent schools on to their children. The pressure to get into the [ . . . ]
Finding The Right One.
All happily married women clap your hands in glee and congratulate yourselves on being in a better position than most singletons. We saw how Bridgette Jones struggled with being single [ . . . ]
The Mysterious Harry Potter Chair.
Wow! The chair that J.K Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series sat on whilst she wrote the first two books has been sold for £278,000. Again, I say [ . . . ]
Sexist Bullying.
The world is really changing, gone are the days where as a female, being brilliant and intelligent in class or school in general was highly attractive. You were praised and [ . . . ]
Violent Toddlers.
The violence of children as young as one has become rampant, so many nurseries have had to expel so many children due to biting other children and attacking the nursery [ . . . ]
Five year olds, who speak better, do better.
According to research, children who can’t speak properly by the age of five have been said to be more likely to fail their SATS when they are older. Five year [ . . . ]
“I Am The Greatest”: Muhammad Ali
“To be a champion, you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are” – Muhammad Ali. There’s a major new exhibition about the former undisputed world [ . . . ]
Launderettes: The end of an era?
I remember loading up my iKea laundry bag filled with my student friends’ clothes and mine; I hated the journey walking down to the launderette even though it was quite [ . . . ]
Life.
I believe that when it comes to the end of our life on this planet, everyone feels there wasn’t enough time. I know some people make a decision to end [ . . . ]
The Queen’s 90th Birthday
I stopped liking the Queen when princess Diana died or was killed!!! I will always remember Diana’s brother speaking at her funeral, and from that moment I erred on the [ . . . ]
Weddings: small and cosy OR lavish and extravagant?
History seems to suggest that the bigger the wedding, the shorter the marriage, particularly in the showbiz world, but is this applicable to us normal beings too. This actually seems [ . . . ]
Is nature better than TV?
In an age of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, the internet especially Google, television and YouTube, is it actually important to be able to physically know what bugs [ . . . ]
Are the private schools taking over?
Will improved state education force private schools to shut? As state schools improve, it is getting to the point parents fail to see the point in paying for private education. [ . . . ]
Easter
I usually go to church especially at Easter and Christmas, and I particularly enjoyed the services on Good Friday and Easter Sunday because I found them to be very uplifting [ . . . ]
Confidence in life, where do we start?
Confidence could somewhat be described as a talent, you either possess it or you don’t. It’s really not something that can be taught in the classroom or learnt by a [ . . . ]
How those thank you notes will really help your kids.
I personally love the little common albeit small courtesies such as please and thank you, however in this new era, its quite uncommon especially thank you notes. On the other [ . . . ]
What are free schools?
The Conservative government had pledged to open 500 new free schools over the next 5 years. This is a great new policy as it will create 270,000 additional school places [ . . . ]