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The 6 Benefits Of Planning School Trips For The Children

May 16, 2022 By Ellen

Planning school trips are not only ideal for their learning but there are many other benefits that come from taking children away to new places. It doesn’t matter if the trip is to a new country or not, the experience and learning will still be abundant. If you question whether or not you should […]

Top Tips For Helping Your Child Learn A New Language

May 4, 2022 By Ellen

Picking up a new language can be a new way of learning for a whole host of young children. It’s also the perfect time for children to develop these skills; picking up a language earlier in life helps a child learn a language in a more positive way. To help your child with their new […]

Going for a wee

May 4, 2017 By Ellen

Then off you go, it’s first on the left. by Vrangtante Brun via Flickr OK. Better now? It’s not that kind of wee I want to talk about. It’s the wee “we”, a pronoun – first person plural. Clearly it’s a very useful little world. “We are a grandmother,” wouldn’t have the same whiff of […]

Don’t put a g in my sandwich

March 31, 2017 By Ellen

OK, I listen to a lot of radio and if the radio’s not on, I’m probably eavesdropping. So I hear a lot of words. Perhaps that qualifies me to make the following observations. You don’t need to say ‘impact upon’ when you really mean ‘affect’. Changing tack means you are trying a different direction. Changing […]

What’s on my mind this week (the really not very exciting version)

February 11, 2017 By Ellen

Have you ever had so much to write about that you didn’t know where to start? And as a result didn’t start at all? That’s me this week. Not, of course, that any of it is very exciting. Nothing in the realm of ‘you’ll never believe this’ or even ‘wow’, just ordinary stuff, only lots […]