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 [ . . . ]
A rise in school translators
The news this week reports on an alarming increase in special teaching assistants to translate for Eastern European children. Despite the budget cuts, the staff are paid up to £65 [ . . . ]
Children from Syria
I’m sure you’ve seen the hundreds of news stories surrounding Syrian refugees. This week, this picture drew my attention. A poor mother bathing her baby over a puddle in the [ . . . ]
Helen Downie’s amazing artwork
Now-a-days, the phrase ‘Instagram sensation’ describes a lot of people who have become famous due to Instagram and the likes of Facebook & Twitter. The blog-sphere is blowing up, literally, [ . . . ]
LISTS
Everyone writes lists – well I do! Regardless of how many phones, tablets or computers we have, a written list seems to be the essential tool for the brain to [ . . . ]
Enid Blyton’s famous five
My favourite books for children are The Famous Five. I read them myself as a child and encouraged my son to read them. They became my friends and I joined [ . . . ]
Mother’s Day
We can criticise the commercial aspect of Mother’s day and the card shops / flower shops who make money out of it but I think it’s wonderful. It is a [ . . . ]
Brit Awards
What a night for Adele. I was delighted, she is my favourite singer, high up there with Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse (both sadly no longer with us). She’s back [ . . . ]
Child sexual abuse now an epidemic.
The tremendous increase in child sexual abuse is overwhelming. In the UK alone, the police spend about one billion pounds a year tackling over 70,000 cases of child sex offences. [ . . . ]
Eating Disorders
We often hear about eating disorders in the news, and frankly I find them alarming! Having read up on the matter, I think we should start addressing it much earlier [ . . . ]
JK Rowling’s book – a must read for life lessons, you’ll be surprised!
As I am a Harry Potter fan, a book by JK Rowling called Very good lives: The Fringe Benefits Of Failure And The Importance Of Imagination would always be a [ . . . ]
Charlotte Brontë has come to the National Portrait Gallery
To mark the bicentenary of her birth on 21st April 1816, the devoted cult which has been supporting the author since her death, shows no sign of abating. The power [ . . . ]
London 11 Year olds in school crisis
Thursday’s Daily Standard reports that more than 28,000 London children will miss out on their first choice of secondary school this year. Last year, nearly 27,000 children were not given [ . . . ]
Why is English so hard?
Happiness
The are three things that make me happy: writing, cooking and helping others hoping I can make them happier. I cook for everyone I know…my biggest two loves are my [ . . . ]