Daily Archives: Tue Jun 9 2009

Big wants to learn

Victorions Where we live Math’s Spelling Sionce a new langwig? Craft Poetry Accordingly, her library haul included two books on toys, Toys (What Was It Like in the Past?) and Look Inside a Victorian Toyshop. I found Seashore (Usborne Nature … Continue reading

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Small wants to learn

How lite is fire How hot is fire How cold is ice How fast is the sun How slow is the earth How good is Federer Yes, the last one made me laugh too. I should point out that although … Continue reading

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Because we should blog the bad with the good…

The day started with us overhearing a very convoluted game the children were playing downstairs (sleeping in the loft room means all noise comes up through the open hatch and as the children are not really capable of quiet, we … Continue reading

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More political stuff, Mark Field on home ed.

Conservative MP Mark Field leads debate into home education and home education review. Conservative MP Mark Field sets out the concerns being raised in his Westminster Hall debate on home education. On January 19, the Department for Children, Schools and … Continue reading

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Possibly the best reason for home education I’ve seen today

Timesonline Children ‘no longer reading for pleasure’ An emphasis on “functional literacy” in the classroom has left little time to read for pleasure, it was claimed. The comments by Frank Cottrell Boyce, who won the Carnegie Medal for children’s writing … Continue reading

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Looking at bikes.

Can’t actually remember what went on this morning (maybe there’s a drawback to not brightkiting after all ) although I’m sure there was something that I was planning on blogging. Then just before lunchtime we decided we’d walk out with … Continue reading

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