I got into Arctic foxes while we were doing a Senior SMARTIES class on BIOMES. The first biome we discussed was the tundra. As our homework, we had to write about an animal and how it’s well adapted to its habitat. I chose the Arctic fox. So let’s get into it! This is an Arctic…
The Senior SMARTIES have just completed a class on BIOMES and one of the things we did was that we looked at some of the amazing wildlife in different parts of the world. When we covered the Amazon rainforest, I found a really adorable creature… Y’all… I think this could be my new best friend!…
When I first joined SMARTIES, I felt quite overwhelmed. Being the more bookish sort and a humanities graduate, I adore literature and I can spend ages delving into theory… the very thought of engaging young minds and making science happen in the classroom though scared me to bits. But needs must – we all know…
It is hard to believe that it has been 5 years since our first SMARTIES class. Five. Back then, we mummas hadn’t a clue… not really. All we knew was that we wanted a quality education for our children. We also knew that we wanted them to have a lot of wonder, a lot of…
