The fun of school days Year 5 in June
June’s been a great month at school for N. Ok, there’ve been some things he’s not keen on (moaning about the food has increased since the old cook left, and he moaned about that enough!), and having to do more…
Family life
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Cycling to school experience and dilemmas
Tweens and independence. There’s always a stage where children need to be given more independence. But it’s hard to know when that is. Especially when there’s a disagreement between parents as to how to deal with it. I never thought…
Getting kids out of sportswear and where to buy boys sportswear
When children are small it’s easy to decide what they’ll wear. Put them in gorgeous bright colours, pretty dresses, or sweet rompers. But as they grow older they want more of a say. N has been older than many before…
An empty house and a glamping sleepover party
It’s been a long time since parties happened, but now they’re starting back up again. Last weekend N went to a glamping party. So different to the parties we used to have as children, but if you’ve got the outdoor…
School days – May Year 5
This year is flying by, seemingly faster with every month that goes by. May was full of miserable weather, but school still managed to get through a lot. Thankfully N’s couple of sore throats and slightly raised tonsils, was just…
School days in April year 5
The school year is whizzing by. We’re already into the summer term, and hoping that within a month or so, we’ll be able to relax some of the social distancing so the children can do things like sports day, although…
Back to school again and Easter fun
It’s the end of another school term, and we’re getting ever closer to the end of another school year. Year 5, and one that seems to have rushed by, with over half a term of it as remote learning. Thankfully…
Party goody bag ideas for 10-11 year olds
Maybe party bags and goody bag fillers for 10-11 year olds aren’t the same as for children at younger parties. They are probably less fussed about getting party bags given parties tend to move toward smaller get togethers, often activities…
Helping with independence at school
My view on parenting is that it’s our job to make our children ready to be unleashed on the world on their own. At whatever age that ends up being. Hopefully the time they leave home they’re ready for the…
The difference between school learning now and then
The one thing that remote learning has done, has provided parents more of an insight into the work and learning their children are doing. Unless children are in a different room or in headphones all day, school work has been…
Being a natural mother without maternal instinct
Not everyone is a natural mother, or has that maternal instinct that people assume all women will have. I’m definitely not the maternal type – I don’t coo over babies, and never longed for babies or children. When you’ve never…