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Jul. 15th, 2010 10:00 amThe Monkey Academy is in the news today for pioneering IGSE Science in state schools. Spidermonkey starts IGCSE Science in September after a bit of a panic where they nearly had to cancel and throw everyone at "21st Century Science" instead).
It's good to live in Cambridge, England's geek reservation! "At Parkside we have probably got the most scientifically literate set of parents in the UK," says the Chairman of Governors, who happens to be Reader in Infectious Diseases at the university. If he brings his work into school, this might explain why Spider keeps catching things.
This week, Spider's analysing one of Obama's speeches for an English GCSE assessment. Next week he has a Maths outing to...
... Alton Towers.
Squirrelmonkey heads off to France early on Saturday for a week of markets, cafés, Normandy landings, war cemeteries, Paris, and EuroDisney. While I can just about believe there's Maths at Alton Towers, I'm still trying to think of anything French about EuroDisney. But Spider went on the French trip when he was in Year 7 (it was Parc Astérix in them days), and Squirrel is owed this one. The school made him promise not to take part in dangerous sports or purchase alcohol, tobacco, weapons or explosives. Let's hope that works better than it did with some of the kids in Spider's year...
And I'm off to Peterborough this afternoon to collect my friend, L, who lives in the States. We haven't met for 4 years and we have 6 days to catch up, so I may not be around much on lj this week. But first, I must pick fruit and buy a new loo seat. Do not ask why.
It's good to live in Cambridge, England's geek reservation! "At Parkside we have probably got the most scientifically literate set of parents in the UK," says the Chairman of Governors, who happens to be Reader in Infectious Diseases at the university. If he brings his work into school, this might explain why Spider keeps catching things.
This week, Spider's analysing one of Obama's speeches for an English GCSE assessment. Next week he has a Maths outing to...
... Alton Towers.
Squirrelmonkey heads off to France early on Saturday for a week of markets, cafés, Normandy landings, war cemeteries, Paris, and EuroDisney. While I can just about believe there's Maths at Alton Towers, I'm still trying to think of anything French about EuroDisney. But Spider went on the French trip when he was in Year 7 (it was Parc Astérix in them days), and Squirrel is owed this one. The school made him promise not to take part in dangerous sports or purchase alcohol, tobacco, weapons or explosives. Let's hope that works better than it did with some of the kids in Spider's year...
And I'm off to Peterborough this afternoon to collect my friend, L, who lives in the States. We haven't met for 4 years and we have 6 days to catch up, so I may not be around much on lj this week. But first, I must pick fruit and buy a new loo seat. Do not ask why.
