… and those not already in on it, you might find a small change has been made to the blog design. Applause to the first to spot the difference and work out the meaning!

We’ve had, not surprisingly given the love of gym in this house, a bit of a Tweddle worship week this week.
On Wednesday we went down to the O2 to watch the qualifying day of the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Fran, Amelie and i loved it and Maddy alternated between reading and watching [...]

On Monday some home educators and their children have been invited to go to the Select Committee enquiry and speak with them. They will, hopefully, get a chance for their voices and opinions to be heard.
I thought perhaps there might be an opportunity to hand over a document with the thoughts of some other children [...]

Consultation Questions My responses (others do it far better!)
1. Do you agree that these proposals strike the right balance between the rights of parents to home educate and the rights of children to receive a suitable education?
Disagree: These proposals recommend uninvited entry into the homes of innocent people on the presumption that they may be [...]

I love Kirsty for that phrase
Let’s see. I’m not going to remember it all but it hasn’t been a mostly earth shattering fortnight so it won’t matter.
We had a bimbly weekend followed by a Monday with Zoe and her girls where we made a celtic game from Fimo (learning a caning technique – [...]

Honestly, you’d think i have nothing better to do. Like educate my children, for example. Fortunately for Badman, Balls and Brown, my maths is now much better than when i left school so i can help them regain a little bit of perspective.
It is even less nice when newspapers who should know better, get on [...]

Inspired by Helen and Jax.
You have conspired to question whether my children are safe in their own home, with their own parents, without any evidence of justification for doing so. My children are my children, conceived and grown by me, fed and clothed by me, nurtured and loved by me, taught to walk and to [...]