Archive for the ‘Kids’ Category

Organising for a Trip

I often wonder why I do it….. I say to Dave that what a good idea it will be to go to a particular conference with him, and then it hits me in the run up to going just how much I have to do to get organised for a trip. It takes Dave about [...]

Review of the Decade

The last post that I did was a Review of the Year picking out the highlights of the 2009. Last year was a very busy, but very enjoyable year and a culmination of the hard work that we have been putting in over the last ten years really. This has led me to dig out [...]

Charlie Bit My Finger

This video has been around for a couple of years now but its brilliant and everytime the kids go on YouTube to look at “funny” videos they will always go to this one, its a classic. Amazing that its had nearly 140,000,000 views.

How Important Are School League Tables?

Everything these days is rated and ranked and given a score. But does the score always reflect the true picture of performance especially when it is taken as an average with many factors involved.
Last week the League Table scores for my kids primary school were released, and I had previously believed that their school [...]

Private Tuition in Ripon

I have been saying for a few years now that I need to get my oldest son Miles a private tutor, and I have finally made my mind up to get sorted.
Miles is really bright and very good at Maths, spelling, ICT, science and all other subjects but has always struggled with his literacy. [...]