Tag Archives: children
ACE week
This is not a post about how fab my week was – actually it was pretty nice – but about a week at school when the normal teaching schedule is suspended. It stands for Alternative Curricular, uh, something. I could hazard … Continue reading
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam…
The last few spam items I’ve received have quoted the title of the blog within the description which is how, I think, it has passed through the filter. This morning as I cleared through them I began to sing Monty … Continue reading
The Rise of Idiocy
I am a vegetarian, have always been a vegetarian and I was lucky to be brought up by vegetarians so I didn’t fall into the awful trap that besets ‘new vegetarians’ who suffer from protein and vitamin deficiencies because their … Continue reading
A Future Full of Drones
Today I read about a new doll that will mimic breastfeeding and cry if it isn’t burped. Do the manufacturers understand the three important stages of play? Do they appreciate that one of the vital components is imagination and they … Continue reading
Wish I’d thought of that!
Unlike the chap who liked the product so much he bought the company (Remington?), I just sit around bemoaning the fact that I didn’t come up with the idea in the first place to anyone who will listen and admit … Continue reading
Fragile Minds
As most of you know, I work in a school library. Now, aswell as having material to support the curriculum, we stock items that appeal and will broaden the pupil’s thinking. We keep the Simpson’s books because they are visually appealing, quite informative, … Continue reading
The Big Reveal
As science comes ever closer to unravelling the mysteries of the Universe (although I believe we have so far seen about 1 cm out of 100 miles of mystery) there are some things in life that should remain secret. Things … Continue reading
Banished by Bea Turvey
Scribbled thoughts of a mad woman 