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The EHEapp is very much a project in development. We’ll keep you posted as to what’s happening and what features we’re working on.

The truth about numeracy

The truth about numeracy

I’m a programmer – I work with numbers everyday – but as a child I never learnt any maths – and by maths I mean the sort of thing that’s being taught in our schools; I never learnt my times tables, I never learnt any algebra – I never even learnt to count in any sort...

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

The government guidance to local authorities includes a sentence about parents providing evidence of expected progression in their child’s education. This post is about what that means for different philosophies of education.

What are Educational Elements

What are Educational Elements

When designing the EHEapp we quickly realised that we wanted to take whatever activities we were doing with our children and get the app to reflect the educational elements the activity actually encompassed. We wanted all the great things we do with our children and...

Sharing your journal

Sharing your journal

So you’ve kept a journal, you’ve created a philosophy of education and you’ve listed your resources. This article is about what to do next.

What is progress?

One of the key issues your local authority will look for is progress; so what exactly is progress, how do you measure it, and what is your child supposed to be progressing in?