Blogs from Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

This is just a short message. More of a test than anything else. I am one of nine teachers about to fly out to Estonia for a week of our half term. Our time will be spent visiting schools of Estonia to learn about the educational system and attempt to map it on to our own to see if we might improve how we and / or our schools approach teaching and learning. Each day will end in a meeting in which the nine of use will discuss what has been experienced and learnt. I will attempt to write a blog after each meeting and post pictures of what has been seen and experienced. Till tomorrow........ read more

We finally arrived at Heathrow. We picked up our baggage and dashed off to the car rental lot. Considering that driving on the so-called "wrong" side of the road was new for us, we opted to pay a little more for a car with an automatic transmission. We didn't care to cause any head-on collisions due to having to multi-task, thank you very much! Perhaps the busy roads around Heathrow didn't provide the optimum environment to cut your teeth driving in the UK, but Seth quickly got the hang of it. Once we were on the M25, he was very relaxed and we were on our way to meet Seth's family in Burton-upon-Trent. The World Pony Driving Championships were being held nearby at Catton Hall in South Derbyshire. When we arrived, everyone was already out at ... read more