A month before the date chosen to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our church I was asked to write this book. I asked all those around me for stories and anecdotes but few were forthcoming, so forgive me if my own family features a bit more than it should. I knew a little of the history of the pioneer farming families and the gum digging days, and thought this was a great way to make sure some of that history of the area and the little country church was not lost.

It is the little things that make a person come to life in a story, the minutiae of daily life. We know the bare bones of the life of these people but that makes them so one-dimensional. I have taken the story we know, and using imagination and Google, have brought them to life in a way that makes them live and breathe naturally. It is a work of fiction but built on a solid skeleton of fact.

This is a collection of poems written over many years and for many reasons. There is no connecting overall idea. The subjects range from the sublime to the ridiculous, from a garden party at Buckingham Palace to saving the life of a whale, and in many other directions. I have always wanted to know more. Why was Wordsworth wandering that hill when he saw those daffodils? And what was the inspiration for the word jabberwocky? Words have always fascinated me, but ideas even more so. When I de...

Focus on integrating research on nutrient cycling, crop nutrient processing and the environmental impact of fertiliser use to identify ways of improving nutrient use efficiency (NUE) in the use of particular fertilisersIncludes research on a range of secondary macronutrients and micronutrients including: calcium, magnesium, zinc, boron, manganese and molybdenumReviews a wide range of options for reducing/optimising current levels of fertiliser use

耀中學校自1932年在香港創立後，經過九十多年的不斷實踐，發展出一套結合中國儒家思想與西方教育理念的教學法。本書即重點探討耀中教學法背後的哲學理念，即以生成課程、幼兒主導的探究和多語言為中心，其核心主要包括十二種價值觀。這些價值觀貫穿於學校日常實踐之中，藉以建立對幼兒的信任和尊重的關係，以及發揮幼兒在學習中的主觀能動性，培養他們的全人發展，為人類社會作貢獻。本書既是一本研究專著，同時也是一本教學指南。

This volume details the Yew Chung Approach and the Twelve Values that exemplify the approach as a unique contribution to the field of early childhood education.The Yew Chung Education Foundation (YCEF) in Hong Kong is a nonprofit organization and a high-quality early childhood program that promotes a global lens and multilingualism through an emergent curriculum. This book explores the Twelve Values that exemplify the approach, including relationships, the emergent curriculum, inqu...