In my Mother’s generation, learning to cook was the main output of a girls education (although my Mother even went as far to learn how to teach Home Economics!). In this generation, Food Technology (as it is now known) is considered a bit of a coasting lesson, fills in the time, and sometimes (if you [...]
Just over 40 years ago, 14,000 British children, aged 11, were asked to write a 30-minute essay on were they aimed to be as a grown up. Now in their early 50′s, these people have been asked to review and comment upon their essay, and how closely they have managed to follow their plan for [...]
Education is a lengthy and costly process, however with websites offering discount vouchers you should always be able to chip away at the monthly costs.
In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, Shadow Children’s Secretary, Michael Gove, confirmed that the Tories are in talks with foreign educational groups, and said that should the Conservatives win the next election, they intend to set up similarly run state schools in England. At present, our school system is very much focused on [...]
I have been looking into booking our first family holiday abroad – it is a very exciting time! The children are now 12 and 14 (so they are both in secondary school), and are very excited to be going somewhere outside of the UK – and hoping to put some of their newly acquired language [...]
Once up on a time, to cheat in a school exam would mean peering closely over your friend’s shoulder to see what they were writing, and hoping Mr. Smith wouldn’t notice. In this day and age, a small device in your pocket, or even your ear, can provide you with all of the answers, with [...]