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Encouraging children to donate to charity
ByEmma January 12, 2022
Yet again I’ve been surprised by charity generosity. N is so different to me as a child. He’s so generous and always wants to donate to charity. Sometimes we have to rein him in a bit. Nowadays, with the internet…
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Review of 2021 and looking forward to 2022
ByEmma December 30, 2021
Well, we’ve reached the end of another year. Another in limbo year when some things were pretty much back to normal (tennis), but others (socialising) was still nowhere near back to normal thanks to Covid still being rampant. Fingers crossed…
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School Days in December Year 6
ByEmma December 19, 2021
I think this December’s school days has been a mixed bag. The fun of the end of the school year and festive week with non normal school days. But having to do a Christmas play that not many of them…
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School days Year 6 November
ByEmma December 1, 2021
November was a funny month. It’s approaching Christmas, but they’re still working as normal with the fun stuff not yet happening. N’s still been wearing shorts despite the temperature dropping, although thankfully the one day there was snow, he did…
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Food & Drink | School days
Making easy packed lunches with less hassle
ByEmma September 16, 2023
N’s always had hot school dinners ever since starting school. Mainly because I get home from work too late to be then making tea up to an hour later. And when he was in after school club, he had a…
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Enjoying eating out with kids
ByEmma November 10, 2021
Like many people we’re partial to a good meal out. We don’t really go out for dinner other than the occasional pub meal with family, especially the big family Christmas eve meal. But N and I do quite often eat…
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Primary school days Year 6 – October
ByEmma October 26, 2021
That’s two months into the final primary school year and as per usual, it’s whizzing by. Even N thinks it’s gone quickly. Ending in half term, and lots of rising Covid cases across the country, and especially in schools, we’re…
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School days Year 6 September
ByEmma September 30, 2021
The final year of primary school has arrived. N doesn’t seem that fussed about the milestone of this year. It probably impacts parents more as they can’t believe their child has already whizzed through primary. Now is the time when…
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Applying for secondary schools and the questions to ask
ByEmma September 24, 2021
Now N’s in year 6 and school’s back, it means it’s time to think about applying for secondary schools. We’ve got until the end of October to apply – in our case it’s 4 schools we can put down, although…
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Parenting
Only children as they get older
ByEmma August 16, 2021
So far, having an only child has been great. The anticipated downsides that I might have expected haven’t really appeared. Having an only child has only been a benefit for us. But has this changed as N’s grown? After having…
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The end of year 5 school days
ByEmma July 26, 2021
July, the last month of the school year, and it’s been quite a spectacular one. With Covid rules, pretty much a full term of remote learning, and our school’s mini bubbles to help even further, it’s been an odd year….
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