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CWS Bill Update 23 January 2026 - In the 15 minute video below I explain what happened in last Wednesday’s Lords Report Stage, when it was expected that Peers would begin to debate amendmen...
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Comfort food - Lentil stew! Onion, carrot, celery, potato, plus roots and greens skulking in the fridge. And red lentils. Plus *Marigold Boullion Original.** *Not rece...
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Marking an anniversary - Covid and its aftermath, three years on.
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No pressure - At this stage in our home ed journey, I need this reminder. I have occasionally struggled with comparing my HE kids to school-going kids, but for the mo...
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Boot sale, childrens clothing & Back to Rufford We Go - Sunday morning started early with our visit to the boot sales near us, it was a good turnout and I picked lots of bargains up! I had forgotten how much I l...
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What Ofsted SHOULD be doing! - Here we go again. The press barrage that precedes some sort of action by the DfE has started up yet again. We have the BBC here, the Telegraph there, The...
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New guidance and consultation on registration - The Department for Education has this morning published: - new guidance for local authorities and parents; - a response to last year's cons...
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Gruff's Response to the Draft EHE Guidelines Consultation - *8 How effective are the current voluntary registration schemes run by some local authorities? What would be the advantages and disadvantages of mandat...
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Ellie's Treasures is moving ... - to Wordpress - please catch up with life at Ellie's Treasures on my new blog site.
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Lord Soley and the registration and monitoring of home educated children and families - Oh, Lord Soley. He was active during Badman times (2009-2010), and he doesn't appear to like home educators or the fact of home education altogether. A lo...
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Catching up on our days... - I’m a little late with the new year greeting I know, but finally I feel we are finding our feet again and starting to feel our way around some sort of dail...
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{life} Spring is the sun shining on the rain... - Primula cortusoides Daffodils Ready to play Running at the skate park At the top Daisy Spring... is the sun shining on the rain and the rain fa...
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Parlor Decorating Ideas - 5 Steps To A Beautiful Living Room - There are numerous approaches to beautify your lounge room. As this is generally the room where a family amuses visitors and hangs out, much thought norma...
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back to it - Hello. After taking well over a year off from this little space, I'm back.
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All my children went to secular school! You can't offer them as good an experience! And update on our home ed outcome. - "All my children went to secular school and grew up having faced trials and tribulations of what a school experience offers. There are limitations to home...
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The Phoenix Garden Party - An hour later I peeked in and there was a party Phoenix Worm founder Craig Sheppard, a retired entomologist and expert on BSF, raises his larvae on a steri...
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Celts and Roman Britain – Children’s Historical Fiction - There is an abundance of stories about Roman Britain, many focusing on the Celts versus Romans theme. For younger readers: Cuda of the Celts by Susan Ash...
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“Breastfeeding is the biological norm, not ‘best'” - BAPS(UK) is the Breastfeeding and Parenting Support Group (UK). One of the things I liked about them was that they sent out the rules/ethos of the group b...
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What? - Bloody hell......we have...SUNSHINE!!!! Yay.
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All Aboard The Home Education Merry Go Round - Looks like it's time to awaken from the peaceful slumber of the past couple of years and jump aboard the home education merry go round again. News of hush...
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I’m Sorry To Tell You… - …but this is not Michelle writing but her daughter Iona. Unfortunately my mum passed away on Tuesday night. As most of you know, she had experienced a long...
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Hello and goodbye again :) - Well hellooooo :)) Anybody left out there? I am just popping over... I nearly didn't get on as I couldn't remember log in details! All those years writin...
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Bargainous Delights - When my wonderful husband took me out to dinner on Friday night, my equally wonderful daughter made a lavender salt hand scrub, which dare I say is probabl...
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Hello & Goodbye - So yes, I am still alive :-) I've been putting this 'final post' off for ages, as it feels a bit sad, but I think the time has come. I did think I would c...
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Back to blogging and back from a holiday. - Ok so it's been a while since I blogged, no real reason for stopping, life just got in the way for a while. I thought returning from our holiday would be a ...
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Naomi finished her time at Firfield - Last day at school meant writing and signing on tee-shirts. final assembly and lots of tears ( you can see naomi wiping her eyes) All dressed up and ready...
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A magical place - Today we visited Crook Hall in Durham, a place we return to once every couple of years. Each time, its charm increases, its interior displays have develop...
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Is Cumbria LA showing BadManners? - Cumbria has for a long time been a county with a well functioning EHE (Elective Home Education) department within the LA, headed by Marie Barnes, who is bo...
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Finding out - Not something to be done for a test, not something we do because we must, not something we can pass or fail. Finding out is natural learning, normal every...
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Get Rid of Hitler’s Law… NOW! - To start with… Rowan Fortune-Wood’s video that first introduced me to the struggle of home educators in Germany… Homeschooling is illegal in Germany as wel...
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Freedom or Death - Tech, Freedom In Education blogger, recently made a comment on her Facebook status: "Capitulation? No thanks. I'll go down fighting for what is right, not ...
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In National Theatres Now... - The Ministry of Elective Home Education is advising parental and psychological guidance for Scary Movie 6 - The Return of the Grave Robbers. This productio...
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Where to go next - It feels as though this post has been a long time in the making because it's been a long time in the thinking. It's about something that's at the heart of ...
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