Mindfulness in Schools
While tests and tougher standards are making school more stressful than ever for students, it is good to know that a coping mechanism is emerging to counteract this trend – [ . . . ]
Teacher burn-out causes brain-drain
International schools and foreign branches of elite private schools are tempting thousands of state school teachers to leave the UK, causing a skill brain-drain. We are investing tax-payers’ money in [ . . . ]
SATs resits – not a good idea!
Will the government’s bad decisions regarding the SATs never end?? It seems not, now that they are saying that students who don’t do well in their 11+ exams next year [ . . . ]
Harambe pays for poor parenting?
Parenting took a lot of flack in the media last week. My previous post was about the Japanese parents who left their boy in a forest as a punishment. This [ . . . ]
The SATs in shambles
If you have been reading my blog posts on SATs, you will know that I think they should be stopped. This was because they are unfair and unnecessary, in my [ . . . ]
Children missing school for holidays
Everyone’s talking about it. A father was taken to court because he took his daughter out of school for a family holiday during term time. He won the case. Mr. [ . . . ]
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 [ . . . ]
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 [ . . . ]