At the moment we are dealing with our first ever negative experience at my daughter’s high school. On Friday, our daughter came home and told us that they had four people come to their Science class and talk about Christianity…. Read More ›
Student
Open Letter To America
Dear America, I am writing to express my concern over the direction in which you seem to be heading. You used to be ‘the home of the brave, the land of the free’, the cool kid who the rest of… Read More ›
Classrooms
…it is our responsibility as teachers to have in our classrooms what the children need, to make a rich and varied environment for them to live, learn and grow in. ‘The school won’t let me get anything’ is not an… Read More ›
John Holt in ‘What Do I Do Monday?’
“One of the things adults do, and above all in schools, is invade, in every possible way, the lives and privacy of their students. There are master keys to the students’ ‘lockers’ in schools, so that administrators may search them… Read More ›
Camp Out and Water Wise
Well, the kids are home and they are full of news about their day. Annelise had her year two camp out on the oval today. She tells me she was in the biggest tent and they had damper and a… Read More ›
Rafferty's Rules [Currently Being Refurbished] 