Warning! Don’t eat this food!

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Professor John Ashton of the Faculty of Public Health was on BBC Radio 4’s World at One today speaking about children’s health. One of our major food manufacturers has seen a need to put a warning label on a range … Continue reading →

Education for Wellbeing

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In education, as in life, our central concern is wellbeing . . . for children and young people, and for adults. In our view wellbeing is not a vague or a nebulous concept. Wellbeing is complex but definable. There are … Continue reading →

Inspirational Castaways – Tanya Byron and Ken Robinson

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We’re big fans of the BBC and of Radio 4, whose coverage of the arts, education, politics and current affairs is often superb. As we all know, it’s impossible to please all of the people all of the time, and … Continue reading →

Life After Christmas

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Is there life after Christmas? Well there certainly was after the Mayan so-called doomsday,and there will be after this holiday season too. Though it may not start properly for many of us until normal levels of alcohol and blood sugar … Continue reading →

Drop Everything and Read

As schools begin the new school term we have our usual list of aspirations for education in this country and indeed globally. There are revolutions happening across the world and still in the UK we are stuck with an archaic, … Continue reading →

Curiosity, Questions and Learning.

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Why? It’s a word that parents are unnecessarily fearful of. Why? It’s a question that a toddler instinctively asks as he is learning about his life, his environment and all the strange, exciting newness that he witnesses every day. Why … Continue reading →

An Ologist and a Garden Designer

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. “You could do geology,” they said. “Really?” “Yes – it’s a new course we’re starting this year. We’ve recruited a really keen new teacher to run it.” “Really?” “Yes. You’re one of the best in your class at geography, … Continue reading →

A Genuine National Debate?

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3Di today turns its attention to a recent column in the Guardian in which Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, calls for the government to lead “a genuine national debate about the future needs of all children in all schools.” This … Continue reading →