Archive for February, 2009
Philip Pullman will deliver a keynote speech at the Convention on Modern Liberty at the Institute of Education in London tomorrow
February 28th, 2009 | 
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Philip Pullman
Are such things done on Albion’s shore?
The image of this nation that haunts me most powerfully is that of the sleeping giant Albion in William Blake’s prophetic books. Sleep, profound and inveterate slumber: that is the condition of Britain today.
We do not know what is happening to us. In the world outside, great events take place, great figures move and act, great matters unfold, and this nation of Albion murmurs and stirs while malevolent voices whisper in the darkness – the voices of the new laws that are silently strangling the old freedoms the nation still dreams it enjoys. Read the rest of this entry »
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I spy…..Childrens Poet?
And todays question is:
Who wrote the following childrens poems.
Never Wear Your Wellies in the House,
Last weeks question : What are the difference between a meadow pipit and a tree pipit?
Answer?
Tree pipits may be distinguished by their heavier bill, shorter hind claw and fine streaking on the flank – they also have very different calls.
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Shakespear!
We recently managed to get hold of.. with some help from J, a boxed set of childrens shakespear books. Redhouse books.
This morning we enjoyed, Midsummers Nights Dream and Romeo And Juliet in bed, and This evening we read, Twelfth Night.
Asha absolutely loved them.. They are illustrated enough for her to enjoy looking at the line drawings, and ask questions whilst listening to the stories…
Fantastic.. And because they arent tooo long, I can read her a whole book in less than an hour.
Now which Key Stage do they cover Shakespere in 
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In respons to the further propganda use by NSPCC and Dept of Child
http://www.victoria-climbie.org.uk/
What’s New
Article appearing in The Independent Online (26 Feb)
Is the Government right to be concerned about home schooling
VCF – The Victoria Climbié Foundation UK is genuinely concerned about the link being made between Victoria Climbié and home education, and Victoria as a hidden child. Victoria was neither home-educated nor hidden.
The reality is that there is no such thing as a ‘hidden’ child, only children who are allowed to fall through the gaps. The key issue here is how statutory services interact with children that are known within the child protection system.
And I do feel that untill the goverment is able to look after the children it has been given responisiblity for, then it needs to leave the rest of us alone!!!
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Not posted properly for a while..
I seem to be having a bit of a block.. Not really sure what is causing it.
Anyway, what have we been doing for the last two weeks? Ummmm.
Works backwards – Today is shove tuesday. We had a great pancake party, and ate far too many pancakes. P came round, and we all enjoyed ourselves.
We did shopping in bangor today, and asha bought herself a new set of plastic kitchen toys.
Monday – Naomi and 4 kids came round, and we had a lovely evening playing. In day time, Asha and i did assorted things with paper, and made sample musical instruments up out of junk for clas project on Wednesday.
Sunday – recovered from trip to grannys, and had T, and his parents round to play / eat. Went well. Made some mars bar covered fudge!
Saturday – played at grannys.
Friday – travelled down to grannys.
Thursday – recovered from wed, made some bread.Met new social worker.. Went well.
Wednesday – CLAS and Gwerin meeting, new record, home before 7.30
Tuesday – wrapped some vanilla fudge up for J and A at clas. Spoke to A, and J on telephone today. Friend came round to play, after i had done shopping.
Monday. I did some shopping, and collasped in heap i think.
Sunday -
Saturday – was it snowdrop weekend at penrhyn? If it was we went there is Gwerin, and had a great time!…….
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A facebook book list.. how many have you read??
The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up? I got 68!?
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1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
x (some of them) 4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling
x 5 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
6 The Bible -
7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
running total: 8
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Have you paid for a school trip during school hours??
The survey found that 10% of primary and 32% of secondary schools admitted they did make compulsory charges for trips which were linked to the national curriculum.
Only 38% of parents knew that they should not pay for trips during school hours, according to the report.
Mr Balls also said he was, “very concerned that some schools risk putting extra pressure on family
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7867848.stm
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Perhaps NICE should have done there job properly in the first place!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7881116.stm
“The group considered a range of complex issue in great depth taking full account of the views of patient groups and health professionals.”
And he added the court case was “diverting resources away” from NICE’s core work.
The hearing is expected to last two days and the guidance will remain in place until the judge gives his verdict.
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Pantomime
We took Asha to see a friend in a Pantomime today in Ellesmere port, at the civic hall.
Although during parts of it Asha was very upset, she did say on the way home she loved it, wants to see it again, and thought G was very very funny in it!
Asha also enjoyed seeing Granny and Grandad I think!
Tonight when we got home Asha enjoyed playing around with a torch, making shadows. After a few minutes I found some work sheets to formalise this exercise onto.. So today she has had a very educational day!
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