Budleigh Past and Present

https://tutora.co.uk/get-kids- out-learning Fairlynch has teamed up with an educational organization which we hope will result in more children visiting the Museum, making an afternoon at Fairlynch a truly enriching family experience. And it still costs nothing!   ‘Get Kids Out Learning is an easy way for families to find fun days out local to them, but which still provide great learning and educational opportunities for the kids,’ says CEO Scott Woodley, a former primary school teacher who founded the organisation.  ‘Our website pulls together all of the best educational venues across the UK and allows parents to search for them by region to quickly see all the information they need to plan a great day out!’ Locally, Get Kids Out Learning has teamed up with places like the World of Country Life and Coldharbour Mill; bigger names in the partnership include St Paul’s Cathedral, London, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire and Leeds Castle in Kent.   ...

St Peter's School Church of England Primary School, on Barn Lane, Budleigh Salterton As an ex-teacher in retirement I’ve tended to keep my distance from the increasingly complex world of education. I was never really bright enough to grapple with all that stuff about targets, key stages and so on. Early on in my teaching career I was told by a much revered schoolmaster that red herrings and ‘frees’ – i.e. free periods – were the two most important things in education. Along with those I’d obviously add that we should be teaching children consideration for others, kindness, common sense, curiosity and open-mindedness and general politeness. Maybe I’m just old fashioned. Happy children from St Peter's School learn about stuff in the Museum  So I was impressed the other day while walking past St Peter’s C of E Primary School to be stopped by some of the children on the other side of the fence. “Could you get our ball back p...