On this day, 24th August, next year our eldest daughter will collect her GCSE results. It might seem odd to be looking so far into the future but the reality is that it will be upon us before we know it. She has a huge year ahead of her so I thought it would be […]
In three weeks time, our fourteen-years-old daughter will travel to Austria with 26 other students from her school. She’s there for a week and will be living with a girl called Maria and her family in the south-east of the country. What an amazing opportunity she’s got in front of her on this Austrian Exchange. Tonight […]
My daughter came home from school today crying. It was the first day back after Christmas and she was upset about not doing well in a piece of English work. What is it about our education system in the UK. I have no complaints with my daughters’ school or the teacher there whatsoever. My issue […]
In this post, I will be continuing on from my previous post about maths. It’s often the case that us parents look at maths homework and realise that things are taught differently nowadays. In part 1 I looked at addition and subtraction so in this second part it will all about multiplication and division. Before […]
If your a parent of a primary school age child then the chances are that you are involved in assisting them with their homework. Maths homework, in particular, can be a real struggle for some parents. I have to admit that there have been occasions when I’ve seen what they have to do and not had a […]
I wrote recently about the pros and cons of homework where I discussed my views on this divisive subject. One of the cons is that it eats into family time and chilling out time. A few nights ago, I spent about 2 hours, in and around making tea and a lemon drizzle cake, helping Delilah with her […]
The deadline for applying for secondary school places for a year 7 starts is Wednesday 31st October 2018. I’m sure many parents are on the ball and have their application submitted. But many will still be deliberating the decision and not have theirs in yet. If you fall into the latter category then don’t make […]
Readers of the blog may remember a post earlier this year where I discussed that we had moved our teenage girls to a new secondary school. As we approach the first break of the new school year I thought now would be a great time to talk about how it’s going. Why we moved secondary […]
