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We threw a really fun PTA parents party sort of thing at our school recently, and it went down a storm. It was a sort of a show, sort of an event, dinner and drinks, all sorts!

Everyone brought a dish from home, and there was plenty of beer and wine on offer for everyone. It was a great chance for the parents to get to know the teachers better and on a more personal level, and everyone seemed to have such a great time.

But what was best, was that a load of the male teachers, though not including the headmaster, dressed up in wigs, womens dresses and high heels and did a hilarious sing-a-long skit. It could've been really rubbish, but everyone was roaring with laughter.

I've been forbidden from putting pictures on the internet, though I have many, sorry! But the teachers were almost as good as this:

Photo: Elsie esq. (Flickr)

I writing this in complete and utter shock after seeing a somewhat concerning article on the news. A female teaching assistant has been fired from her job and is now looking at doing 16 months jail time for having sex with two 15 year old pupils.
How did this ever happen? I genuinely don’t understand how such a thing can ever happen. How on earth can a woman like this have ever been left along long enough with pupils to end up swapping phone numbers with them and then to go home and have sex with them. Our schools are simply not doing enough to protect our children and I have had enough I’m afraid.
I don’t know about you but I think it’s time that we spoke to the schools head on and voiced our concerns, we need more thorough checks.
I’m organising a meeting soon with other parents from my kids school and think that is possibly something that you should consider too.
Image: oldses

British universities have warned the Science Minister David Willetts over the detrimental effects the deep cuts in the research budgets will have on the UK economy. We all know budget cuts are bad in any domain, but let’s have a look at the impact of less research on the British economy.
* Loss of highly skilled people. Top researchers will move to other countries where research and development budgets haven’t been affected by the crisis.
* Recruitment will suffer. Given the highly mobile talent base, foreign researchers won’t be stimulated to move to the UK.
* The UK is known for its top research standards that brought countless financial benefits. In a world where research stimulates the economy, fewer innovations will lead to milder growth rates. Also, this hard-earned advantage over competitor educational institutes could easily be lost in a matter of only a few years.
Research intensive universities will, according to President of UCL, Professor Malcolm Grant, go through deeply worrying times