School - Blogs & Blog Posts

Parents lose right to withdraw children from sex education lessons by The Chronicles from the Empire on Nov 5, 2009Parents are to lose the right to withdraw their child from sex education classes when the youngster reaches 15, the Daily Mail reports. The move means all teenagers will receive at least one year’s worth of lessons covering sex, contraception a...

Australian antisemitic textbook claims polygamy “commonly practised” in Israel by The Chronicles from the Empire on Oct 28, 2009A new textbook introduced into a Sydney, Australia school charges that “much modern conflict in the world is related to the reactions of other groups to the Jewish people”, and that polygamy is “commonly practiced in the Jewish State”...

Scarefest and Stash Crafts by Samsara's Scribblings on Oct 28, 2009On Sunday, Sis and I went to Alton Towers, a huge theme park and had an amazing day. The weather was a little cold, but we laughed so hard that the tears ran down our faces. We went on all the big rides and screamed our heads off – a little fear is...

School bans birthday cakes by The Chronicles from the Empire on Oct 22, 2009A school in Hertfordshire has banned pupils from bringing in sweets and even birthday cakes, the Daily Telegraph reports. Wood End Primary School in Harpenden had previously told pupils not to play football in the playground for fear that children mi...

Surface Over Content by A London Locksmith on Oct 8, 2009This move towards looking good and away from actually having any skills is getting me down. I’ve just dropped my motorbike off for a service. The two guys who used to book in the bikes and who knew something about bikes have gone. In their plac...

1970 Calling by davblog on Oct 1, 2009Nadine Dorries seems to be writing her blog today from about forty years ago. She's talking about single mothers.I like the idea that we can introduce a structure that will capture 16 and 17 year old girls and teach them...

Building Web Sites is Easy by davblog on Sep 29, 2009The geek shall inherit the Earth. But the semi-geek won't be far behind.Back in April I wrote a piece about MPs' web sites. I came to the conclusion that a large number of MPs have web sites that are over-complex...