Family Life & parenting
An introduction to Google Home
The other day I found myself in East London. It was a part of the city full of old warehouses that have been converted intro trendy flats.
April 4, 2017
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Improving academic achievement via text message
Coming up to the end of the school term, you may have noticed a news story about in the press about a new and simple method of improving pupil performance. The method: sending parents text messages to inform them whether homework was completed on time, let them know what their children were learning and remind
August 4, 2016
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Childhood and parenting, what’s changed over the years?
I was lying in bed this morning thinking of the ways childhood and parenting have changed since I was young. I’m pleased to say some things are exactly the same. For instance, my kids are as excited about Christmas as I ever was. I couldn’t help putting together a list of things that have changed
December 16, 2015
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I love you phonics, but you do my head in
I don’t know about you, but when I was at school, I wasn’t taught phonics. This approach to teaching children to spell and read was introduced long after I had left school. Now my oldest child is in education, this is causing some minor issues. I totally get phonics. I think they’re brilliant. The frightening
November 9, 2015
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Balancing homework and family life; it’s difficult
My eldest daughter, Helen, recently started Year Two at primary school. As she’s getting older, her education and the teaching methods used are getting more formal. This is hardly surprising, it’s what you’d expect. There has, however, been one very significant change; homework. The quantity and variety of homework has increased exponentially.
October 5, 2015
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