Did you know that trailblazing scientist Marie Curie broke the law by joining a secret, underground study group known as The Flying University because in that era women were not allowed to receive higher education? In this day and age it sounds ridiculous to think that a woman would have to go to such lengths
With leaves falling from the trees and the skies having been grey for the past week, I felt the need to share this close-up image of a bee collecting pollen from a flower. I thought we could all do with a dash of colour.
The words Parent Teacher Association and its acronym PTA can elicit the strongest of opinions from parents. I’ve noticed us mums and dads tend to fall into two camps: Those that are incredibly keen to help and those, the majority if I’m honest, who treat the regular requests for help and donations as an irritation.
For several months I’ve been regularly opening a file of photographs I have stored on my computer. They’re ‘above average’ images that I know I could improve with a little editing. More often than not, I stare at them blankly for a while, get completely flummoxed and then find I have to dash off on
Looking around the school playground a while ago, I made an interesting observation. I noticed that the Year 5 kids were almost all as tall, if not taller, than their mothers. In a few cases, kids of that age were also taller than their fathers.
