We’re going on a long holiday soon. Not quite sure how long it will last at this stage…however it does mean that we are ‘unschooling‘ our two wonderful boys – currently aged 5 & 6.
Aaron (our 6 year old) is starting to read and write. Ben still has a way to go, he can write [...]
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Pi is 3.14159265….
Many of us have Pi = 3.14159265… drummed into our heads.
There’s probably numerous other extremely other important things drummed into our heads. I remember Pi and doing maths related around to it. It wasn’t difficult at the time.
My sons were telling us what Pi was. They’re too young to actually make sense of it, but [...]
Interest led work activities
I was chatting to a mum today about life as working mother. What she use to do, what she’d like to do. What I do, which took a wee while to explain
She described what I do as similar to the child led education approach that our boys experience at Lewes New School. Which [...]
Ch-ch-changes…!
Ok, so my kids can lay their claim to fame. Their lovely school put a lot of love, energy and hardwork into creating the Changes song by David Bowie. It’s been made into a video and will very cooly be release on iTunes in mid September.
How cool is that?
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unschool.me
I’ve started a blog about different ways of learning and education over at unschool.me
It’s more of a note taking exercise at the moment. Stuff I see, hear, read….
Over 50% rejects acceptable?
In 2007 just 44% of young people achieved what the govenment considers to be the baseline: five GCSE passes including English and maths…school is dramatically failing, event at this most basic of tasks. Any manufacturer who consistently produced over 50% of rejects would not stay in business for long – source What’s the Point of [...]
Home education uproar
Home Education has always been on my list of options for my boys. Although I opted for Lewes New School in the end (which is fab) it’s still on my list…just not now, got too much on my plate at the moment.
I’m not shy in saying that I think the educational system here mostly sucks. [...]
Who needs graduates, eh?
This article on the BBC has wound me up.
The government is urging graduates to consider a spell working abroad, whether in internships or volunteering, to avoid the worst of the recession.
The advice is backed by the National Union of Students and is being handed out on leaflets at universities over the next couple of weeks.
Just [...]
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