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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
Over the last year children (and their teachers) have had a lot thrown at them. It’s certainly something they’ll look back on as part of history, with hopefully…