6000 SA Schools close due to Strikes and Intimidation – August 2010
I don’t get it. Children who are the leaders of the future are being forced not to attend school. What if their parents decide to finally make the move to leave South Africa? Perhaps an exaggeration, but if half of school pupils leave South Africa with their parents to get a better education in another country, that’s a ton of less school fees being paid here in South Africa. I predict that due to strikes and intimidation going on right now, parents who had merely thought of leaving SA before, will be leaving soon. Some may say that missing a few days of school is only a small inconvenience – but I don’t see that 6000 schools closing for a few days is just a small inconvenience. The … Read entire article »
Free ready to print school book cover designs
Feel free to print and use these free school book cover designs. Just do not offer them on your own site or blog, or print them to resell them. These free school book cover designs are meant for A4 size books, that have plastic book covers, or one can cover the book and design the old fashioned way with plastic. There is a slight white border around the designs, should you feel any trimming is needed, but, … Read entire article »
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Do not make healthy school lunches TOO healthy
Kids need a bit of energy to get them through a school day. They do a lot at school, 5 days a week. It does help to give school kids healthy meals and plenty to drink, especially water, but do not let those meals be outrageously “healthy.” How much energy are kids going to get during a school day if all they have in their lunchbox is lettuce and tomato? They might even get sick of totally bland school lunches and not eat at all while they are at school! I’m not saying throw in some chips and sweets, a chocolate or two, or a doughnut (keep the treats for weekends, and even then, try limit the amounts somewhat), but do think about what your kids are eating at … Read entire article »
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Free online typing speed tests (or fun games?)
Free online typing speed tests seem like fun games to me, and not really tests, but if online typing speed tests help improve my typing speed, then I don’t care if they are thought of as tests or games, as long as they are free, and help me improve my typing skills! Why do people want to type faster? Well, if you’re just messing around typing letters to your friends, I don’t think it really matters what speed you type, or if you’re using only two fingers, but if you are earning money from typing or using your pc for writing online articles, then speeding up will mean you can get more work done, and make more money! Children typing up their school projects will also get those projects completed sooner … Read entire article »
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Healthy School Meals equals better Concentration at School
When my eldest son, Basti, started grade 1 about 7 years ago, I heard that the grade 2 teacher was suggesting that a few kids go see someone with their parents, and were ending up on Ritalin. At the time, what I’d very briefly heard about Ritalin did not excite me, or make me want to consider getting Ritalin for my boys. I considered my boys to be pretty wild at times (Zooty was in pre primary), but perhaps more so just regarding each other – they often seemed like they wanted to kill each other – but, still, I did not want to even hear it suggested that I put them on Ritalin. So, I read a few magazines, and decided what I should do to avoid the Ritalin thing. I … Read entire article »
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