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Monthly Archives: February 2009
A voice of reason.
On the day that it became illegal to take pictures of the police an interesting report was released: Anti-terror measures worldwide have seriously undermined international human rights law, a report by legal experts says. After a three-year global study, the … Continue reading
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Been reading again.
Finished off a couple of books this weekend. First there was The Ropemaker which I was reading to see if Big would like. I’m not sure she would, it doesn’t move fast enough with anything much happening, but I thoroughly … Continue reading
Yet another weekend.
I was very tired yesterday, not least because Tim and I stayed up unfeasibly late the night before catching up on TV (As an aside I highly recommend Big Bang Theory – Season 1 [2007] especially for those of us … Continue reading
Posted in Big, Doodling, drawing and decoration., Making things, OU, Puters!, Small steps
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Head “let children walk on frozen pond” – Suffolk Free Press
On the way to Melrose last weekend we passed a reservoir that was covered in ice, with snow on some of that. It was very beautiful – I almost wish I’d stopped to take pictures of it. I took the … Continue reading
Posted in It's where it is
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Yet more email addresses to contact.
One of the members of the facebook group working against the current home education consultation (what, you haven’t filled it in? where have you been? Off you go, now!) has received a letter from her MP as follows: Had another … Continue reading
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Another Melrose week.
I started to type up notes at Melrose so that I’d have a nice complete blog when I got home. I didn’t get very far. It was far more interesting to sit and chat and crochet or loom, play games, … Continue reading
Posted in Big, Getting to know you, Small steps
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Fertile minds need feeding
From the Guardian, Sir Ken Robinson ponders. ‘Now Sats have gone, what do they expect us to teach?” a teacher asked in an internet chatroom the day the national tests for 14-year-olds were scrapped. She was not alone. While staffrooms … Continue reading
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Error Reporting
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Fitting more in
The children seem to have reached a stage where aimless wandering through the day is insufficient and they are both looking for something more structured to do. So I came down (late again, have stopped taking the diclofenax, would rather … Continue reading
Posted in Ages past, Big, Jonny had two apples, OU, Puters!, Small steps, reeling, writhing
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Am I the only one who sees the irony?
Fifty pupils have been suspended after they went on strike because their school stayed open through the snow. The year 10 and 11 pupils at Nova Hreod school, Swindon, refused to come back in from the playing field after morning … Continue reading
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Disappointed by the select committee
Dear Jax The Chairman has asked me to thank you for your e-mail of 26 January, about the consultation on home education. There are no plans by the Committee to hold an inquiry but I shall ensure that the points … Continue reading
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Disappointed by the LibDems.
I wrote to David Laws, the education spokesperson, as follows, a week ago. Dear Mr Laws I am writing to you in your capacity as Lib Dem spokesperson for education and children’s matters, to inquire as to whether you have … Continue reading
Go to your room!
Whenever I send a child to their room atm (happens a couple of times a day for Big, couple of times a week for Small) they snatch up a book/ workbook whatever, and stamp off in a huff, and forget … Continue reading
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long slow afternoon.
Having a doctors appt at 3.10pm was a bad idea. Despite starting to wrangle children at 2ish, I still ended up with a screaming match with Small when it was time to go – he has no concept of time … Continue reading
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Losing track of the days
The children are doing a lot of reading atm, both working on their HP books. Small is about halfway through book 1 now, and Big is racing through book 4. They’ve watched some tv, though I have noticed that the … Continue reading
Posted in Ages past, Big, OU, Puters!, Small steps, reeling, writhing, things that go bang
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Just in case
Can’t think that anyone who reads here will have missed hearing about the petition against the consultation, but just in case some of you haven’t, it’s here. And have you all responded to the consultation? Or written to your MP? … Continue reading
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Weekends and weekdays, all flowing together.
Given that neither Tim or I are working outside the home atm, the pattern to life here is somewhat fluid. Weekends are slightly more marked in that they are our chances to see the ppl who do work, relatives and … Continue reading
Mockingbird – book review
I usually avoid things labelled Masterworks, a kind of inverse snobbery I acquired from a boyfriend many years ago. He was terribly middle class and pretty much only read literature or Masterworks, and made me feel very stupid for not … Continue reading
My letter to my MP
Found it! Dear Chris McCafferty, I wish to complain about the government’s current consultation on home education which can be found here http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/consultations/index.cfm?action=consultationDetails&consultationId=1605&external=no&menu=1 This consultation does not appear to follow the code of practice for consultations, as it is only … Continue reading
