Category Archives: Education

The Wrong Sort of Child

Posted on June 26, 2018 by suecowley

Do not apply to come to our school If you cannot comply with every rule And if your child has SEND We’re not the place for them to be. There’s another school just up the road And we don’t plan … Continue reading →

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What Works for What?

Posted on February 28, 2017 by suecowley

“If you’re not using evidence, you must be using prejudice …” Kevan Collins, EEF In our brave new world of research based this and evidence informed that, I am very much swimming against the tide, because I don’t think we … Continue reading →

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Carrots

Posted on January 22, 2017 by suecowley

Ever since I started growing vegetables, I have been a dab hand at growing carrots. In the first few years that I grew them, the children would form a queue for the place where they could pull up handfuls of … Continue reading →

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