Doing Your Best

Doing Your Best

I spent a good deal of my twenties and thirties running, along with fantastically energetic and creative colleagues, our school Cub Pack. We had heaps of fun doing campfire cooking (I never realised how useful this would be but I regularly find myself calling on this...
Home Education or Homeschool?

Home Education or Homeschool?

Home Education or Home Schooling? What’s the difference and does it really matter? Are labels relevant? Well, the short answer is yes, in my opinion, it does matter. In the U.K. it is the responsibility of parents to ensure that their children receive a suitable...
Educating at Home

Educating at Home

What very strange times we find ourselves in, friends. My son and I are asthmatic and we all have coughs so we are currently hiding from the world – for how long, who knows, but it’s going to be a long spring! I know many of you are in the same boat; you may be...
Learning Through Literature: The First World War

Learning Through Literature: The First World War

Learning Through Literature: The First World War “Mummy, why are there poppies everywhere?” It is inevitable that our children will have questions at this time of year, about poppies, remembrance and war, about the purpose of remembering and the historical events...
Beginning our Home Education Journey

Beginning our Home Education Journey

Beginning Our Home Education Journey This week, many of my fellow mums are busy getting ready for their little ones to take their first steps into the world and head off to school, buying their first uniform and shiny new shoes, wondering how their baby got so big and...
How to Write a Good Story

How to Write a Good Story

How to Write A Good Story We are natural storytellers.  Yet writing a story is a surprisingly complex process and can be overwhelming. Here are some tips for getting past that overwhelm. What Makes a Good Story? A short story should be a snapshot of a moment in time...