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
secondary school
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
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
Applying for secondary schools and the questions to ask
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…
Looking round secondary school open days online
I can’t believe this is N’s 6th year at school. He’s in year 5 and that means next September we’ll be applying for secondary schools for him. Although we’ve got a year, I’d rather do some thinking now so we’re…