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Adjusting to year 10
I don’t remember year 10 being a particularly big step up for my eldest (probably because he never did much work, whatever year he was…
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The GCSE options
The time has come for my younger son to take his GCSE options. Since my eldest did his options three years ago, a lot has…
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Starting to shine again
My younger son is a highly intelligent boy. He goes to a very selective grammar school, full of highly intelligent boys and girls. Yet, for…
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A birthday trip to Dismaland
Living in land-locked Gloucestershire, Weston-super-Mare, at about an hour away, is our ‘local’ beach. We went there as kids and now we take our own…
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Inspiration: The circle of life
Recently, my mum and dad had a sort-out at home. They found some of my sister’s old school work. I was pregnant with my eldest…
