29th June
Blog Stories
After nearly thirteen years of working for UFA it feels very surreal to be completing my last few days. A few months ago I was offered an exciting new opportunity to work with a group of schools, which I felt would be a new challenge for me and the opportunity to continue contributing to making a
24th June
Articles
I got into the business of education through a more unusual route than many colleagues; I home educated my daughters for almost all of their primary phase and a couple of years of KS3 in the younger one’s case. In the process I learnt much about how children learn when allowed to do so
17th June
Articles
Last week, I finally got a task at the bottom of my to do list at home; sorting out the piles and piles of young children’s books that were still taking pride of place on the bookshelf and yet has been untouched for such a long time. I found myself thumbing through beautifully illustrated fairy
7th June
Blog Stories
When my eleven year old son rang me at work the other day, my heart sank. A call at work normally signals a disaster. Detention, the dog eating the remote control, the list is long and varied. But this time he was quick to get to the point. “Small or big potatoes, Mum?” That
