Type IT! and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme What is the DofE? The Duke of Edinburgh award scheme is an opportunity to discover new interests and a tool to develop essential skills for life and work.   It is also respected by employers as a mark of achievement. 14-24 year-olds can do a DofE programme…

Things for kids to do in the summer for free!     At home or outdoors   Mini beast hunt. You can find some useful identification charts here https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/PDF/Minbeasts%20pack.pdf   Craft with nature Collect fallen leaves, petals and twigs and make your own artwork.  You could recreate your favourite animal or a scene.   Create…

Learning to touch type has some great benefits.     While you might have a mental image of rows of young ladies sitting behind their manual typewriters, touch-typing is not an outdated practice and is becoming more and more relevant. Learning to touch type is actually a really valuable skill, easier to pick up as a…

Typing and technology through the ages by a 47 year old. What has your experience been with typing and technology through the years?   I remember my son asking me if cars were “a thing” when I was young!   At age 47, it is funny to think that when I was a child, all communication…

Type in comfort – Here are our Type IT! Hay fever tips   We always like our students to type in comfort.  Hay fever is something which affects a lot of us and there is nothing worse than sitting in a classroom or in front of a computer at work, with itchy eyes, a tickly…