Tag Archives: Perth Academy

Bricks in the wall

If I was left with even a niggling doubt that my childrens’ school has turned into an exam machine, this Christmas end of term has kicked the proverbial crutch right out from under it and eaten its Smartie tube. Do … Continue reading

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The Gallery: All the colours of the rainbow

This was originally posted on 1st July 2009 and has been recycled for Tara’s Gallery over at Sticky FIngers. This week the theme is The 7 Deadly Sins, and if you read on I’m sure you’ll get the gist of … Continue reading

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Just call me gummy

Excuse me while I spit some teeth. I’ll add them to the pile my daughter spat when she got home from school today. There she was, working away hard in French, head down, when a stretch Hummer drew up to … Continue reading

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ICT – what’s that for then?

A comment from Stirling High School’s Alan Hamilton on Ollie Bray’s post on the evils (not!) of Wikipedia reminded me of a post I’ve been brewing for a while lamenting my lown lack of obsoleteness – bear with me it … Continue reading

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