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 […]
Ask most children if they like homework and you would expect to get a firm “no” as the answer. Ask parents and you’re more likely to get a mixed response about it. Some schools have rebranded homework as home learning, either way, it’s the same thing. But what are the pros and cons of homework? […]
Three and a half years ago we moved away from our home and started a new life in the country. Doing that meant uprooting the girls and moving schools. At the time the eldest two were in years 5 and 4, the younger two in reception and nursey. At those ages it’s wasn’t such a […]
As a parent, you will undoubtedly understand the term “Dad’s Taxi” or “Mum’s Taxi”. In some cases, it could even be “Gran’s Taxi”. You get what I’m saying here though – yes? Of course you do. It’s the fact that as parents to our ever more demanding off-spring we tend to find our selves running around […]
Our girls all go to dance school. They all spend many hours a week at dance and theatre classes on top of their academic education in school. They do it because they love it and they enjoy it and they do the exams, both RAD and IDTA, because they want to learn and progress. It is […]
You may realise by now that I have some strong views on education and the ways schools are run in general. I take a dim view of the way the Department for Education operates and with that a dim view of how some school operate. But, I can’t stand the fact that state-funded grammar school still […]
Let’s face it, here in the UK we don’t get that much snow now do we? Well, okay I guess up in Scotland they see far more than we do here in Yorkshire. The funny thing is that since we moved to North Yorkshire just over 3 and a half years ago we’ve not really […]
