How and why? The Government is gradually integrating Children’s Centres into connected Primary Schools by ensuring that their budget and funding is now accessed through the school. Children’s Centres are being more closely scrutinised with respect to their value for money! This ignored the value that they provide to the community which they serve AND their value to schools Read more…
I went to a Bloggers Meet Up last week and I got talking to a lovely gent called Jason. Although we talked for a while he said one thing that really stood out for me. He managed to articulate something that’s been in my mind for some time. Recently, he was speaking Read more…
Do you know about this march? I think it’s so exciting! Empowering. For me, it also shows that there’s hope. That people are willing to be honest, open and transparent about what they want and don’t want. All too often there seems to be an increasing pattern, a culture of Read more…
I attended an NUT meeting recently. It was all about academies. The guest speaker was Alasdair Smith. He represented the Anti Academies Alliance. Here’s the minutes from the meeting. Alasdair was kind enough to check it and amend where necessary. Some information about academies The previous government wanted to use Read more…
The title ‘Am I a man? Am I a woman? Should there be any confusion?’ sounds strange doesn’t it or did you catch my drift straight away? From the horses mouth (the mouths of some men) Men are good at single tasking. They are skilled at focusing on one task Read more…
You may know that I am a teacher. I am not a parent but I obviously know and meet many parents. Beyond the working day, I meet parents and parents to be, in the same way most of you probably do. So what’s all this got to do with tuition? Read more…
This is a strange one. I went to a NUT course and met someone who didn’t agree with groups who are backing banning teachers who are part of the BNP. I’ve put some arguments for and against banning them below. Do you have any other views? Here are some arguments Read more…
