children

Formal Lessons? from LissaT ^Pro 21 days old

Apparently there has been a report, rejected out of hand by the government, which recommends that formal schooling should not begin until children are ...

Unexpected Day Out from LissaT ^Pro 88 days old

[ ... ] at once. Both children had spent an energetic morning riding their horses since they had eaten breakfast and they were HUNGRY!!! Here they are ...

Another Day Out from LissaT ^Pro 97 days old

[ ... ] and took the children on our way. There wasn't anything any of us could do there, and I NEEDED the coffee boost of the picnic. So, on to the ...

Childhood Leisure from LissaT ^Pro 105 days old

Today's sermon took the form of the second of two talks about the work of the Children's Society - the first was the history and today's was a synopsis ...

Dyslexia from LissaT ^Pro 139 days old

I have just seen on the News that the government is promising extra specialist teachers for children with dyslexia. Good for them. It just so happens ...

Wilderspin National School from LissaT ^Pro 284 days old

[ ... ] where children will spend a half day at school in 1897. The building is now absolutely fantastic - really authentic where it needs to be, ...

Please to Remember . . . from LissaT ^Pro 368 days old

[ ... ] is better for children, but there are only two children who can still be called children - William whose birthday is on November 5th and who hates ...

Black Week from LissaT ^Pro 368 days old

[ ... ] what the children mean with with their chatter of radiators, toilets and electric lights, and I soon realised that this was the rare child who ...

School Dinners from LissaT ^Pro 383 days old

[ ... ] (teachers and children) - 2 sittings x 2 rooms x 5 tables x 8 people - staying for school dinners so a group of about twelve trustworthy girls from ...

What's in a Name? from LissaT ^Pro 387 days old

Recently I was at a school where all - or nearly all - the children had lovely old-fashioned names. All that is except one who was named Centime. Why? It ...