Children's University Blog
Who would have thought it - a Children's University blog?! It seems like a good idea to use this communication vehicle and stay in touch with the real world out there and inform, update, question and remind...! So, here we go!
And the winner is ...
And the winner is … All the children and young people who are 'signed up' to their local Children's Universities …!!!!!!
It was great to receive The Third Sector Excellence Award 2012 a few weeks ago - 'Small Charity, Big Achiever' … it is brilliant to feel proud of what so many of us achieve collectively!
Read MoreOzBlog
On 31st March 1988 I left my very first school where I had worked as a teacher (and loved it!): Taverham High School, just outside Norwich. I said my goodbyes to children, parents and colleagues and moved on (to Winifred Holtby School in Hull). One of the colleagues I said goodbye to was Keith Bartley, Senior Teacher. 24 ½ years later, on 3rd September 2012 in Adelaide, Australia, I said hello again to Keith...
Read MoreHappy Olympics ..!
The excitement is everywhere … from the bridges across the Tyne in Newcastle to Old Trafford and from Harpfield Primary School in Stoke to the Royal Holloway University in London, from Service Children's Education in Germany to Knockloughrim Primary School's community in Northern Ireland, from Borders to Douglas and from Cardiff to … well everywhere really!
Read MoreOoh aah … raise the bar
How good of Eric to drop by and say "Bonjour" last week! Many thanks to all of the Children's University professionals who attended our one day summer gathering at The Theatre of Dreams in Manchester … the thing just grows and grows!
Read MoreFriendships are better than normal ships
This card arrived a few days ago and I wanted to share it with you a) because I think it's fab and b) because it's true …! And talking about friends …
Read MoreHappy 5th Birthday
16th April 2007 … and five years on! Many thanks to all who have travelled with us, either all the way or part of it. And Happy Birthday of course!
Read MoreLittle Boxes
Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky, Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes all the same...
Read MoreHappy I-Love-You Day
"… As many times as I went out was as many times as I got lost. But I was never lost. I was always somewhere in Venice…"
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