Tag Archives: teaching
Perseverence
I’m reading a book called ‘It’s your time you’re wasting’, by Frank Chalk – a clever pen name as the book is about modern teaching methods using the modern way to discipline pupils; much of the old ways of teaching … Continue reading
Reading Diary
In my son’s school the children have to keep a reading diary more to show that they have been reading rather than a record of what has been read. Today, on FB, someone posted a list of ‘classics’ and asked which … Continue reading
Growing up
This April, provided we are lucky enough to get tickets, we shall take the children to see Lord Of The Flies in Regents Park. A wonderful, if disturbing story of the powerful force that is peer-pressure. Ever since we decided … Continue reading
Learning Curves
I want instant information and knowledge download just like Neo in the Matrix. I keep telling my kids that the learning process is important, it teaches you things over and above the actual content of the subject you’re studying, but … Continue reading
Banished by Bea Turvey
Scribbled thoughts of a mad woman 