Category: Education
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Kids have no idea where food comes from
Too many children grow up thinking vegetables come from the supermarket rather than from the ground’ Alan Titchmarsh Why it’s important to teach kids gardening I was doing a bit of research for this post I wanted to write about the fantastic things the Gardening Club is doing at my daughter’s school and became distracted and…
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9 Strange Easter Traditions from Around the World
In Association with First Choice Easter Traditions in Other Countries I’ve been living in the UK for 15 years now, originally from Canada and for the most part Easter and the traditions around it are fairly similar; people giving up things for Lent, attending church, decorating Easter Eggs, a visit from the Easter Bunny, overindulging…
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Chrissie Duck!
Tonight I was telling hubby about the Flap Jack debacle, where they’ve been banned due to Health and Safety issues, some kid was hit in the head with one. His immediate response was, as predicted, a rant about the nanny state, which I completely agree. Then he moved on to talking about, as he does,…
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Spelling Roolz!
People are forever apologizing on Twitter for spelling mistakes, but to be honest, being a former primary school teacher I can read just about anything. I also have a knack for reading upside down. Funnily though, I used to be a very good speller until I started teaching, now I look at everything twice. Sometimes…