We’ve had, not surprisingly given the love of gym in this house, a bit of a Tweddle worship week this week. On Wednesday we went down to the O2 to watch the qualifying day of the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Fran, Amelie and i loved it and Maddy alternated between reading and watching 😆 We […]

On Monday some home educators and their children have been invited to go to the Select Committee enquiry and speak with them. They will, hopefully, get a chance for their voices and opinions to be heard. I thought perhaps there might be an opportunity to hand over a document with the thoughts of some other […]

Consultation Questions My responses (others do it far better!) 1. Do you agree that these proposals strike the right balance between the rights of parents to home educate and the rights of children to receive a suitable education? Disagree: These proposals recommend uninvited entry into the homes of innocent people on the presumption that they […]

I love Kirsty for that phrase 😆 Let’s see. I’m not going to remember it all but it hasn’t been a mostly earth shattering fortnight so it won’t matter. We had a bimbly weekend followed by a Monday with Zoe and her girls where we made a celtic game from Fimo (learning a caning technique […]

Honestly, you’d think i have nothing better to do. Like educate my children, for example. Fortunately for Badman, Balls and Brown, my maths is now much better than when i left school so i can help them regain a little bit of perspective. It is even less nice when newspapers who should know better, get […]

Maths (3) Latin (1) Science (2) German (1) French (1) Geography (1) Reading (3) Music Practice (4) Music Theory (1) English (1) History (2) Cooking (1) Project Work (1) Religions (1) Fran wants to be a bit more organised about her work now, which i think is probably a good idea. A couple of her […]

Today i got accused of expecting my children to “win my approval” and having much about my parenting that this person did not agree with and that my ideas of “good behaviour” should be rejected. The inference was that my parenting is manipulative and coercive and not approved of. Which is, i guess, that person’s […]

These gardens are lovely and next year i really must buy a summer pass so we can go more often – assuming we get a summer of course. It is attached to the Sculpture Gardens which used to be free and it makes me very cross that it no longer is and so i’ve tended […]

Yesterday the girls and i took another trip to the Royal Institute to watch a science lecture; this time it was about magnets and electricity and was excellent. While i liked last weeks, it didn’t have enough explanation in it but this one was both interesting, fun and informative. The lecturer was good and had […]