The day of the Grand Depart is fast approaching and today we glimpsed the riders from Garmin Sharp Pro Cycling Team testing out the Yorkshire terrain. Many of the schools in the area have quite rightly been linking their learning to Le Tour Yorkshire this term. The last time we visited Burley Oaks Primary School, we commented on the impressive …
Into the Valleys: Rugby, Music and Well-Being
We were really pleased to be invited to the Rhondda Cynon Taf Head Teachers Conference in Cardiff earlier this month to present our ideas and games. Our debut in the Valleys may have involved an 11 hour round trip, but it was still most worthwhile. The event was kicked off by Phil Steele, a true raconteur, who entertained the delegtes …
Michael Gove is Turning Children into Battery Hens
An eye-catching headline if ever there was one, in an issue of the Evening Standard during our return to London after a 3 month sojourn up north. The article, written by Richard Godwin, made us chuckle as we headed east on the DLR and read his words: “Pity the nation’s six-year-olds. They must have a lot on their minds, what …