Sometimes your children really surprise you and make you proud. This week was one of those moments. N isn’t a loud child. He’ll chat non-stop once he’d got the measure of someone, and is confident being around them. But he’s…
I’m the first to admit I’m really competitive. And I’d like N to be more so. Maybe if he was, he’d be more bothered to achieve more. But he just wants to do things right – which for him, and…
Most of us, parents and children, aren’t fans of homework. There’s been research saying it’s not beneficial and obviously it takes up after school time where children have activities or need to have family time and relax. I have to…
I read a post the other day saying how home education can save a lot of money over the school age years. Not having to buy school uniform, no expensive school trips to pay for, no asks from the school…
When children start school there’s some pretty big milestones. Each year they achieve so much and when they return after the summer they seem so much older than they were when they left the previous school year. N has just…
When our children start school we often worry a lot. Are they settling in? Have they made friends? But mostly, how are they getting on academically? Unless you’re a teacher or have older children to compare them to, it’s very…
It’s nearly the start of the school year, which means everyone’s getting children kitted out in school uniform and new shoes. For us, we’re struggling on finding royal blue jogging trousers, because the school suppliers only do size 7/8 and…
You might have seen in the news this week about politicians saying that children should be learning more before they start school. Obviously the media exaggerated it, but essentially it sounds like they’re saying children should be know their phonics…
It feels like N’s been on summer holidays for ages, but we’re only into the second week. I wanted to do my usual round up of his school year because yet again this year has been one to celebrate. He’s…
School’s out for the summer. With it being the last week of the school year this week’s school days has been a busy one as usual. Garden party N’s school have a tradition of having a garden party each year….
I love sports day. I didn’t always love it when I was really young. Where we first lived, at nursery and then my first primary school, I was terrible at sports day. All the other children would have finished the…
