Spiritual Emphasis Week

 

This week we have had Keith Smith with us from Texas teaching our middle school and high school kids every day. Middle school have been considering what it means to be transformed rather than conformed, while high school have been walking through the Song of Songs with Keith. It has been a great week having Keith teach our kids, and please be praying for them as they consider the things they have been discussing.

Shoes, Cows and Umbrellas

I have been reading a study, which looked at child feeding practices in a rural area of Ethiopia. 25 % of children aged 6-8 months and 52% of children aged 12-23 months in this area have stunted growth. Part of the study examined differences between families where the children did or did not have stunted growth. There were all the factors you might expect: age of parents, education of parents, the food being given to the child, maternal stature ...

New teachers and past students

If you missed the video of our new teachers on facebook you can find it here:

http://binghamacademy.net/latest-news/2014/8/21/meet-our-new-teachers-for-20142015

And to see where some of our graduates have headed to this year you can also check out this video:

http://binghamacademy.net/latest-news/2014/8/22/bingham-graduates-are-well-equipped-for-university-study

School begins for another year

Today was the first day of school, and the boys loved every minute of it by the sounds of it. I wonder how long that will last?

 Tom and Miss Burch in Grade 5 (the last year of elementary/primary school)

my £2.10 bench

I popped out to the junk shop last week. I had seen what I thought was a dolls sized cot as we drove past so I went to have a closer look. It turned out it was a tiny wooden cot about the size of a moses basket, actually for a real baby, so too big really for dolls (or keeping in Lily's bedroom!), so instead I bought a bench. One day it will be dry enough to actually sit on it.