Why join the PTA at your kids’ school
Why join the PTA at your kids’ school. If you’re not involved, here’s why you should be joining, and how it benefits parents, students, school and teachers
School days
Easy tips to improve your vocabulary
Easy tips to improve your vocabulary in writing, reading and speech across the english language at any age and ability
Lost school uniform – primary vs secondary
Does the amount of lost school uniform reduce once children move from primary school to secondary school. Here’s one experience
Reminiscing about old school reports and photos
Reminiscing llooking at old school reports and photos, with some comedy moments and come back from teachers.
Differences from primary to secondary school
Some of the differences from primary to secondary school, how it changes for parents who’re now further from the information and day to day
How to do the school run (without annoying others)
Tips on how to do the school run (by car) assuming you’re a new school parent. It’s only common sense
Mixed ability PE or set by ability in school
Setting, streaming, ability grouping. Whatever you want to call it, it’s different in most schools. Most secondary schools seem to set children from Year 7 in maths, and possibly science. Languages tends to come later, and English seems to happen…
Becoming a high school mum
The move to becoming a high school mum, and how life changes when you’ve got children moving from primary to secondary school
Tips in preparing for high school (secondary)
Preparing for high school or secondary school means a lot more independence, but as parents there’s still lots you can do to help
The end of primary school days
How the end of primary school played out, the end of year 6 and time to move on.
School days in Year 6 May
May’s been a really busy month for school days. I expect most year 6s are pleased it’s over, and they can look forward to the fun end of their school days as they prepare to transition to secondary school. Here’s…