We need fewer exams and more wilderness in education

Ben Fogle

The original link to this article is http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/dec/17/we-need-fewer-exams-and-more-wilderness-in-education

Government plans to introduce national tests for seven-year-olds shows just how far our exam obsession has come. Our kids now face constant assessment as politicians attempt to measure the success of schools. Children have become tiny cogs in a box-ticking government machine. Education has l...

Dear Members,

Yes it’s time for a fun day with the family, it is our annual garden and wild bird count on the 28^th November for 2015.

We have attached our birding list for you to update and forward back to the office, or just write down the names of the birds and send it to us by the 5^th December 2015.  A few photographs of individuals or groups bird watching will just be wonderful.

You can sit quietly in your garden and watch for an hour or two, or form a group and go out for a few hours.

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Dear Members,

The Department of Agriculture will be releasing biological control on Queen of the Night (Nagblom) on the 7^th October 2015.

Queen of the Night is a Category 1 declared weed, we have had great success with our biological program even if it takes a long time to kill the plant. Once the plant has been infested with the mealie bug you cannot receive a Directive.

Please let me know if you have any on your property, if you are working you may have to show me before hand so I ...