What has happened to sellotape in recent years? It used to be that if you brought “own brand” sticky tape you took your chances, but sellotape could be trusted to do the job, albeit at a price. Now though the sellotape brand is a guarantee of complete sticktastic failure. I spent 20 minutes earlier wrestling [Continue]
So recent courgette updates. At home on the counter we have 9 courgettes and 3 diddy diddy baby courgettes. For lunch today I managed to use 2 courgettes. We had courgettes stuffed with feta and tomatoes with peppers stuffed with cream cheese and couscous and sautéed potatoes. Very very yummy. Other courgette meals have included [Continue]
I have recently delved into the world of the Freedom of Information Act. Under the act the people of this country have the right to request the release of information held by public bodies. It’s all about transparency. For apparently obvious reasons, the government added in a number of safeguards, under which public departments [Continue]
The Eternal Flame recently got together, to do some practicing, some team building activities, trips out and a lot of fun! Some photos from the fun we had are at the bottom of the post To find out more about the eternal fame or become a fan you can check us out on: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Eternal-Flame/38257682742?ref=ts# [Continue]
I was at the beach the other day with my new camera (thank You Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Gibson!) and decided to do a Dad and take pictures of the beautiful scenery on the beach. So here are the pebbles on the beach! [Continue]
Over the last few days I have been posting a series of blog articles looking at the Badman review of home education, and proposals to introduce new legislation on the back of it. If you don’t know about the review, or the catastrophic effects it could have on educational freedoms and family rights in the [Continue]
This is the last post in my series. I may blog more on the subject of Badman (click on the keyword to see!) but in even more random fashion. I have saved what for us could be the worst until last. This could spell the end of autonomous or child led home education in the [Continue]
So what are we doing at 8pm on a Saturday Night. Dinner was late so I’m doing the dishes for the others though education is still going on. Rebekah has become quite politicised with all this Badman stuff going on. She has been reading comments on the Newsround site (as she blogged) and came downstairs [Continue]
Having just read the Newsround chat page about home education. I realize it’s not only the government but the children of England who do not have a CLUE about home education. They sit there writing about how “If I was home educated I couldn’t make friends” and “My Mum’s not a teacher so I couldn’t [Continue]
The girl’s are busy getting ready for an early dash to the library this morning. They are determined to get to the library for opening time in order to be the first on the “Reading Challenge” list. No pressure from the parents, they just like reading and like the library. Oh, and Rebekah in particular [Continue]
