The BBC say: When given a chance to let their minds go, it’s amazing what children can come up with. In Bristol, a special style of lesson has been developed precisely to give pupils in Key Stage 3 (11 to 14-year-olds) an opportunity to further investigate questions and issues like this. In these lessons, called [...]
Child led education
Interested in a different approach to education for the wee ones? Lewes New School (that my Sherry Juniors go to) use a ‘child led’ approach. There’s an article about the approach and them here.
Things I like: Rottingdean Montessori Nursery
Here’s a bit of whuffie love. Those of you with kids will know that choosing any kind of care for them is difficult. Some places are really “not very good” and it often takes parents a while to realise this. I look back to when I was choosing a nursery and think that a positive/negative [...]
On the topic of education – Sir Ken Robinson
One of my favourite videos. Watched it many times. Seen Sir Ken Robinson live. Love it.
HeroCampBrighton – calling all (Super)Heros
I came across HeroCamp via Tara Hunt and felt inspired. The idea is to address an issue, organise an intense event to discuss and potentially plant seeds to solve problems. HeroCamp is happening later this year in the US and will be on the topic of Education. I’d like to do a HeroCamp in the [...]
That thing called education
Since having kids I’ve put a lot more thought into the ‘education system’. I’ve never really liked it to begin with, but after years of thought and investigation I am definitely am less keen now. Simply put – I don’t like the system, it sucks. It’s all wrong. Full of systems, processes and tests that [...]
Hey, Sir Ken Robinson…
Hey, Sir Ken Robinson, I love your work, but am very disappointed in your new site. Sorry. It doesn’t do you justice. (that’s a tweet in a blog post!)





