Tag: ranting or raving
A quick rant.
I’ve been inspired by an article in a newspaper to have a quick end of year rant. Toby Young is displaying his educational ignorance in the Independent. As the father of three boys under five, I share the Government’s concerns. My oldest boy, four-year-old Ludo, started in reception last September and is finding it more…
The story of the carpark.
We went to the park this afternoon, as I mentioned. After a couple of hours we headed back to the car, to discover that someone had been there before us. Someone who had smashed the passenger side window and taken the satnav. Nothing else. They didn’t take the few coins that are in the central…
Excluding four year olds
Schools need not expel under 7s In the report, The Exclusion From School of Children Aged Four To Seven, Ofsted said most children “responded well to the school’s expectations”, but a few found this difficult. In the BBC report on tv about this, the reporter said something about looking into why these situations occur. I’ve…
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, good. Tim and I have had several conversations about it all, and it’s pretty much…
Waste of money
We have just received through the post four separate envelopes, each containing three pages (printed on each side at least) about “the development of a New Health Centre” in town. I’ve yet to work out what is wrong with the two doctors’ surgeries that they are planning to replace, but apparently they are not sufficient…
This is a good one.
Garden Organic outraged at plans to charge schools and community groups for composting I am frequently very annoyed that homes are practically blackmailed into recycling, sorting out waste, composting and all the rest, and you go to work or school, and there’s just bin loads of stuff being tipped into biffa skips. According to the…
Christmas no 2 and a birthday.
It’s Princess’s birthday today, so we gathered in a softplay area and gave her presents. We gave her a pack of books and an England supporter kit, and other ppl just kept on giving. I lost count of how many presents there were, took up several bags when we went to carry them all out…
Not adding up
I have been struggling to keep the joint bank account under control for some time now, and tonight, in a moment of clarity, I suddenly realised why. We have two credit cards with one provider and my understanding was that we were paying a minimum payment on one, and a capped £500 on the other.…
UK's renewable energy efforts 'ineffective' | Environment | The Guardian
UK’s renewable energy efforts ‘ineffective’ | Environment | The Guardian Britain ranked 31st in the cost league of 35 countries, prompting criticism from environmental group Greenpeace. “Our renewables industry has been left to wither on the vine while our European neighbours have raced ahead, creating new jobs as well as fighting climate change and securing…
BBC NEWS | UK | Weak teachers 'put off pupils'
BBC NEWS | UK | Weak teachers ‘put off pupils’ Ms Gilbert said teaching rated as “satisfactory” was not good enough, especially in deprived areas. Definition of the word satisfactory from the OED: “4. a. Sufficient for the needs of the case, adequate.” Personally, I would have said that sufficient for the needs of the…