Around London in 8 Destinations: The Actual Day

Warning!!  Ultra, ultra looooong post coming up with over 60 photos.  Apologies (but it was such a good day, I couldn't resist 🙂  ) The morning eventually arrived.  We were all experiencing a mixture of anxiety and exhilaration.  I had spent a night worrying whether I was pushing the chicks out of the nest too…

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Around London in 8 Destinations: Planning Session Two

As part of their summer challenge, the three older children would need to plan, prepare an itinerary for and execute a whole day in London by themselves.  They would be required to visit 8 Victorian land sites, taking their photo outside each one.  Their smaller challenges to be completed during the four weeks of summer…

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Around London in Eight Destinations: Planning Session One

Things were about to get interesting.  As part of their summer challenge, the three older children would need to plan, prepare an itinerary for and execute a whole day in London by themselves.  They would be required to visit 8 Victorian land sites, taking their photo outside each one.  Their smaller challenges to be completed…

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Implementing Gatto’s Guerrilla Curriculum: Part three

Here's my final post on Gatto's Guerrilla Curriculum and ideas I have for implementing it. Just as a reminder, Gatto believes every child’s learning experience should include (I have crossed out the items previously discussed in last weeks' post): Substantial community service Apprenticeships Parent Partnerships on school time Team projects (gardens, cross-age tutoring, talent shows,…

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