Monthly Archives: February 2008

There’s a surprise. Stop Blair.

(Start him with the green flag and press space when he pauses). Learn more about this project

The research says home-educated children perform better and that children from disadvantaged backgrounds can improve disproportionately. Home-educated pupils are less likely to watch TV or spend hours on computers. from the guardian Intrigued that they also think that steiner education … Continue reading →

You may recall (um can’t actually remember whether I blogged it or only twittered!) but I got £738 for my car. Knock off the excess, and that’s a very small amount. I sent in a couple of letters asking how … Continue reading →

I’d set this to post into the future to space my thoughts out a little, but that feature appears to be broken in this version of wordpress. I’d upgrade but hey, I do programming all day and sometimes I’d like … Continue reading →

“Daddy always lets us have five more minutes” “After I’ve washed your hair.” And mummy, like daddy, always goes up at least five minutes before she actually wants them out of the bath It’s not been a bad day today. … Continue reading →

Tories ponder baby nurses for all Tory leader David Cameron has asked shadow children’s secretary Michael Gove and shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley to travel to the Netherland to observe the scheme in action and consider its applicability to the … Continue reading →

Yesterday Small looked mournfully at my pile of post and asked why no one sends him letters. I pointed out that he never sends letters, and that maybe if he did, he would get replies. He was rather taken with … Continue reading →

The Government has been considering feedback and looking carefully at the implications that the proposed changes could have on the system. It is clear from the considerable work done so far that more time than originally planned is needed to … Continue reading →

I want one of these.