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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Saturday is party day
for Big at least Knowing that she had to be offthepath for 1pm I dragged myself out of bed in plenty of time to get Big going. It turned out to be in plenty of time to have many running … Continue reading
Posted in Ages past, Big, Jonny had two apples, Small steps, reeling, writhing
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Disappearing from the Times.
Edited 02/03/09 – as the article has now reappeared, I’m removing the full text, if you want to read it all, go to the Times. There was briefly an article by Philip Pullman in the times, but it seems to … Continue reading
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the rest of the day.
Big has been attached to the couch, reading Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince. She finished it this evening, and pronounced it very sad, thus proving she’s made of sterner stuff than me, as I wept copiously She wants to … Continue reading
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Must try harder.
when I don’t blog regularly, I forget what we’ve been doing. I don’t like having gaps in my memory, so I prefer it when I’m blogging regularly. Must try harder. Yesterday we were at the beans. The children got up … Continue reading
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Mon night onwards.
On Mon evening, Small put his geometry set to new and innovative uses, digging holes in his pj top, before moving on to his hand Half baked plans for dropping him at mother’s Tues evening so that I could both … Continue reading
Backdating…
Getting behind with blogging, this is the story of Monday, typed up on Tues at Merry’s, and posted from the Beans on Weds Can’t be bothered to change the date though! After the children get bored they move on to … Continue reading
Isn’t this the kind of thing that ppl end up in court over?
Would have thought that this sort of thing should class as incitement to terrorism given the other things that have been classed as that :/ The government has apologised for causing offence as it withdrew a school pack asking pupils … Continue reading
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Betrayal…
I’ve been at the Times again. Two articles that caught my eye: This:- This country’s education system is a betrayal of this country’s children. It blunts their intelligence, narrows their perspectives and blasts their future prospects. How often does that … Continue reading
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Deborah Orr: No excuses – only better schooling
Another of Labour’s supposed successes has been stripped of its baubles, with yesterday’s damning investigation into the state of Britain’s primary schools, describing them as being in “severely utilitarian and philistine times”. I suppose one should be glad that the … Continue reading
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Reading levels again.
Out of interest, following the Harry Potter fest, I revisited the reading tests that I did in December with the offspring. Small now gets about half the words in each box up to 88, never missing more than a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Big, Small steps, reeling, writhing
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Making another complaint.
I wish to make a complaint about the episode of Waterloo Road shown on Weds 18/02 on BBC 1, and also available on IPlayer. From the BBCs own impartiality and drama guide: “When drama realistically portrays living people or contemporary … Continue reading
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Boredom is good for them.
Over the last day or two, the children have started to get bored of the television and computer. This shows quite simply – they fight, which is not so good, and then they start to do other things, which is … Continue reading
Book updates.
Big has 6 Red Fox Ballet Books that she’d like to sell – as listed here, Red Fox Ballet Books Collection – Set of 6 Books (Titles Include: Little Swan, Louisa in the Wings…..). She’d be thrilled with £11.99 for … Continue reading
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The things I do for home education
I’ve just sat through the episode of Waterloo Road on IPlayer (the things I do for home education). Where do I start? So we’ve got the broken family, where dad has just reappeared on the scene after 12 years absent … Continue reading
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Things to get rid off
I will be listing these items on Ebay/ Amazon over the next few days. If anyone would like them before they get listed there and save me the effort, please let me know. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 … Continue reading
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Fab giveaway
Just come from the Currently Crafting You can make it giveaway which I reached via a new blogring member at We are here (there are several new blogring members now that I’m active and spending time on it again, do … Continue reading
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Unsuccessful charity shop scouring
Given the number of Harry Potters in print, I find it slightly amazing how few there are in the charity shops in this town – our only find today was Azkaban, and we already have two copies of that. Oh … Continue reading
Posted in Ages past, Big, Puters!, Small steps, fainting in coils, reeling, writhing
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Politicising the offspring.
This afternoon Big and I have wrapped IT and civics together by sitting down to talk through and complete her response to the current review on home education. Her identifier was 1103, so the numbers are climbing steadily this week, … Continue reading
Posted in Ages past, Big, OU, Puters!, Small steps, political stuff, ranting or raving, reeling, writhing, rhythm of the day
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Answer from the department.
My MP has forwarded a letter from Sarah McCarthy-Fry that I’ve seen dotted about the internet. It’s a standard letter and doesn’t address any of our individual concerns. My MP says “if there are any points you would like me … Continue reading
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Yet more Harry Potter
You have to be careful when talking to literal minded youngsters. Small ended up sobbing on my lap at lunchtime today as he hadn’t had any breakfast. It had not been Tim’s intention to prevent the eating of breakfast when … Continue reading
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