On the mornings I head into town for work I usually leave for the train at the same time that all the teeny weeny primary school children are being walked up to to our local school. These days my morning […]
How quickly did September come round? School’s back for the winter and now we face the long trek to Christmas, via a brief October half-term break. Still, there’s a lot to be said for shiny new uniform and September in […]
So I’m wondering how many parents actually kept their primary school children off school today? It’s a big deal to make a protest of this nature as it means, unless you are a stay at home parent, that you had […]
HELLOOOOO….long time no blog. Home again. I hope you’ve all had a lovely summer. We’ve been away again, just arrived back today to the most revolting house ever. Why I ever thought I could leave my son in charge I […]
My son strolled off to school looking pretty cool this morning. It’s “mufti day” so they can wear their own clothes. The school only do this for good reason so I assumed it would be raising money for some charity […]
It seems a little bit extreme to suggest that tutoring children after school is child abuse, but that is what Gail Larkin, president of the National Association of Head Teachers has said. I sure all my children would agree, especially […]
A friend of my son’s has just come back from an amazing time teaching english in Yangzhou, China. She very kindly offered to write about her experience and it is a fascinating read. Especially the cultural differences that she discovers […]
I still have three children on their summer holiday – which seems longer than everyone else right? Hasn’t everyone else’s kids gone back to school now?? My son doesn’t start until next Monday – at 11am he tells me – […]
Two of my children have now finished school! My daughter’s secondary education is over and another chapter in our lives is shut. Now she moves on to a chapter where I no longer play a starring role. Just a little […]
Decorations down? All nearly back to normal? Still got brandy butter in your fridge? (tempting to spoon it out of container now and not bother with a mouldy mince pie). Love this idea – if my tree didn’t look so […]
Welcome to the beginning of term and every parents nightmare. Sticky back plastic. If teachers realised what a total stress this was for us parents I don’t think they’d put us through it. They’d get someone to do it at […]
“One of the best ways to ensure that children develop healthy eating habits is to instil a love of cooking” says food writer Hattie Ellis in The Independent on Sunday and she then goes on to recommend a number of […]
