What's the Alternative
And come to think of it, IS there an alternative? Oh, yes, there most definitely is as around 20,000 home educated children will tell you. And then there are the schools where league tables and tests are far less important than encouraging children to think for themselves – even if that means they decide not to go to lessons at all.
Schools, like children, come in all shapes and sizes but mostly they conform to the norm – lessons, playtime, after-school activities and so on and so forth.
What is right for one child might be misery for another so although there is no bunking off lessons altogether, when it comes to making a decision about the education of your child, there is more choice out there than you might imagine. It’s not all reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic.
The debate rumbles on with no end date in sight. Does the genetic code that you are born with dictate your personality, your behaviour and your successes (or failures) throughout your life? Or is it
ALL work and no play makes Jack a dull boy - and it doesn't do much for Jill either. Play is a serious business. It's vital to the development of every child. It allows children to work out not only
Planning for E-Day: taking the stress out of exam time. Exam season is looming so here is some advice for coping with exam stress.
A NEW free school could emerge if plans to build it are given the go-ahead by the Government to educate 140 pupils at the existing Kingsland site in Dunstable and the former Roecroft Lower School site in Stotfold.