Category archives: School

What is The Point of Learning English?

Have you ever sat in a Maths class wondering why you will ever need to be able to do long division without a calculator? Or silently cursed your Geography teacher while learning ab[...]

The Big Bang Fair - London 2013 - Written By You

The Big Bang Fair is the largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths for young people in the UK. Everything they do is aimed at showing young people (primaril[...]

What is The Point in Learning Maths?

Have you ever sat in a Maths class wondering when you will ever need to do long division without a calculator? Or silently cursed your Geography teacher while learning about the fo[...]

Vive le Petit Revolution! - Written By You

I hate the social hierarchy in schools. Firstly, if, like me, you’re at the bottom, you simply are not acceptable in civil society. You’re excluded from most conversations in the [...]

Who Will You Be on World Book Day?

Thursday 7th March will be World Book Day, and they're calling it The Biggest Book Show on Earth! What will YOU do to mark this special occasion? Debbie Young from the chil[...]

Vet Against The Odds

Hello! My name is Lauren, I’m 22 and I’m at university training to be a vet. Like most vet students I like science and animals, what makes me a bit different is that I am partially[...]

Tips For Exam Success

How to tackle exam stress and emerge still smiling... Whether it’s SATs, school entrance exams or simply a test of your knowledge at the end of a topic – exams can be scary. The[...]

What is Home Education Really Like?

My name is Alys. I'm nearly thirteen years old. I've been home educated since I was nine, but before I went to a Montessori school I was home educated. Some people are worried tha[...]

Starting Secondary School - Written By You

12 year old Josie has great advice for those starting secondary school this year. Today at school, my friend and I were talking about year 7's. I remember being new to [...]

Good Teachers, Mean Teachers

I am Alice, and I am 10 years old. My hobby is writing, and I really like English and Spelling, maybe because I find them easy. I used to have a hamster, Nibbles, bu[...]