When I was a child, I used to walk to the school and back twice a day during school terms. It was fun and good exercise except on those rainy or freezing days. Nowadays though, kids are collected by their parents or grandparents for var ...
In England, almost every school has its Summer Fete every summer. Its an event for people related to the school such as students, teachers, parents, siblings and other family members to have some fun together under the lovely summer sunshine (not always available though due to the typi ...
When I ask my children how they are getting on in the school, I do it with the intention of knowing if they are okay or need any help. But every so often, I get the told off from them by hearing this: Mum, please stop bei ...
The golden evening sunshine was pouring on the plain and the river running quietly through the greens. The spring was in my opinion, the best season in Oxford . The birds were singing happily on the branches and colourful flowers swaying in the gentle breeze. ...
One other thing that I like about our daughters school in Oxford is the fact that despite of being a private school, the teachers are making every effort in working with the children to raise money for different charities - not only for ...
There are three different School Orchestras in the Senior Department of our childrens school, according to the players grades and abilities. Our eldest daughter has been in this department for two terms (there are three terms in a ...
Compared with the amount of homework that I used to do or number of hours that their cousin is spending on her homework in Beijing , our children really should be grateful of the spare time they have got left to play, in ...
Further to my previous piece, what I like to mention next about the schooling herein Oxford is the effort that the majority of parentsput into towards the school activities. Ever ...
I feel that the Chinese and British education systems are very much different, and so are the parents attitudes towards this subject. I have no intentions he ...
The Girls Under 11 (Years Old) Chess Championship is the only Girls Team event that the English Primary Schools Chess Association ( http://www.epsca.org.uk/ ) organizes every year in the UK, which started in 1984. 14 County teams ...