The latest courgette creation
Courgette bread rolls, look nicer than they taste but a recipe that can definitely be worked on. [Continue]
Calbourne Water Mill (aka my longest blog post ever!)
So we arrived at Calbourne Water Mill and Jonathan wanted to go straight to the fire engine room. However it wasn’t Jonathan that made it onto the fire engine and got a hat on first, it was [Continue]
Bookworm
Jonathan joining the rest of the family of bookworms (they are your kids honestly Martin!). I thought he was interested in the Vikings and found this easy reader in the library for him, he told me he [Continue]
Where’s the fire? – The Great Educational Balls up – Part 9
OK, this is a biggy for democracy lovers out there. Anyone who holds to the principle “legislate at haste, repent at leisure” (he says mangling a quotation, sorry, but it was good enough for [Continue]
Chalk, pastel and charcoal drawings
We do a regular art session once a week here. This was sparked off by Ruth wanting to doing some more arty stuff and knowing that we are more inclined to do it if we have a friend join us we do have [Continue]
Government Maths – The Great Educational Balls up – Part 8 (or maybe 27)
OK, the following was released after a Freedom of Information request. 5. Known to social care 25 of the 90 LAs asked responded (28% response rate). • Based on the data we have from the 25 LAs, the [Continue]
But there’s more support for home educators isn’t there? – The Great Educational Balls up -Part 7
Erm yes. Except, no. The Badman review makes some recommendations for extra support for home educators. It also dresses up some unnecessary and intrusive interventions as support. Some of the [Continue]
The Danger of Defining Education – The Great Educational Balls up – Part 6
The Badman review calls for a new definition of what constitutes a suitable and efficient education: “Recommendation 2 That the DCSF review the current statutory definition of what constitutes a [Continue]
It won’t cost any more – eh? – The Great Educational Balls up – Part 5
Apparently the new measures proposed aren’t going to cost anything significant, and the recommendations that would cost money (essential the only ones that might have given something back to HEers) [Continue]
Ant chased by hedgehog
We did some chalk and charcoal insect pictures the other day. Jonathan did an ant chased by a hedgehog. He was really pleased with this picture but thought that for it to be realistic the hedgehog [Continue]