Mum and dad’s vicar
The Rainbows I run is in the church hall of mum and dad’s church. It’s a nice little parish, very leafy, very wealthy and I think they thought they were getting a suitably dignified, traditional vicar. They got Leslie instead. Very dignified to be fair. Traditional? hmmm, only when it suits her! I like her. She pops in after Rainbows for a chat every now and then and we talk Montessori, allowing creativity to grow in children, stillness, the need for solitude, the bizarreness of shouting for quiet, the disservice we do our children by keeping them busy busy busy. I really do like her. She was telling me yesterday that she wants to set up a "Montessori Sunday School" (it’s called Godly Play and it uses the Monte ethos to allow children to develop their own understanding of faith) and was telling me about a fab looking book that she will lend me once she’s finished. "The Blessing of the Skinned Knee" - how to bring up self relient kids. The first chapter looks good.
It just felt very refreshing and reassuring that some people out there actually don’t buy into the whole fast paced, measurable, accountable education crap that is being inflicted on school children.
