report 2024 by the artist This was the murder mystery party that Helena wrote to be her party fun. People were given sheets on their character, family tree, some history… then when they arrived they went to their “rooms” and there was a suitcase each with clues. It went so well. Computer ran out of…
Tag: paper work
curriculum
what even is it? this master that rules us all…. I think of these lovely well-meaning, probably nice people, all sitting around genuinely believing they are doing good for children writing away, contemplating every word. I do think it smacks of what a lawyer (friend’s father) once said about the law – that a belief…
Scary blank page
Today, I woke up after being sick for a while, and my brain was a buzz. When I was last sick, I wrote to a friend of my mother’s, and before I posted the letter she died. My mother and her were really good friends, one who believed in God and one who didn’t. They…
adult school
I like learning, and I particularly like learning about ‘teaching’ and ‘learning’… I think this is what makes me a teacher. I chose my last assignment to be a video and an explanation. I am a little sad it’s over.
Homework
This is the kind of homework I approve of…. Self set showing thought and thinking of their game in the context of the wider world… The child who did this homework has been coming for years. They are charismatic, so very full of amazing ideas, such a leader… They told me they were bullied/teased at…
revisiting
I know that one of my last posts was on revisiting, but I am revisiting revisitng until I get it straight in my head!! I remember ages ago when I worked at the toy library, hearing a parent say to their child, “Don’t get that one you have had it before”. It made me think…
Benefits of reflection
Today we had an appointment at Start Care, a medical research trial Helena is part of. H brought along her science fair project that she was inspired by being in this study. The nurses and the doctor were suitably impressed. They took photos. And Helena, she read it all “I’d forgotten how good it was.”…
homework
I don’t like homework as I have seen how it is detrimental to parent child relationships, all that nagging, all that implying that whatever project the kid had in their head is less important than what someone external to the family believes is important… I did get kids to take home stuff they didn’t finish…
it’s Physical Education/health… (21.08.18)
Mixed with a little bit of physical geography… slope stability? Hmmm maybe I should make it history and show Helena pictures of music festivals and hippies! We went to the beach with the Tuesday homeschooling group and even better, a beach we’d never been to before. I think of the homeschooling group as all the…
homeschoolery 