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What we learned from home-schooling

ONE OF the best aspects of helping to educate our granddaughter Beatrix, via home-schooling, is just how definite her seven-years-old views are on a whole bunch of subjects. This was brought home to us very clearly as we were asked to assist her with learning about ‘Our Environment’.

On a crisp afternoon, we donned our muck-about outdoor clothing and went in search of litter in the area, armed with thick gloves and a couple of transparent local authority recycling sacks that we are supplied with to recycle our own

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