The grammar school test – she did it!
We’d tried to put the results of the grammar school test out of our heads. We had the panto auditions to look forward to take…
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The grammar school test – how did it go?
I’ll be honest, I was a little nervous about my daughter sitting the grammar school entrance exam. I think most parents are. It wasn’t about…
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Grammar school test – ups and downs
It’s just a few weeks until my daughter sits her grammar school entrance exam/ 11+/ whatever you want to call it. I suspect I’ve written…
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The year 7 revision
As a teenager, I didn’t know how to revise. Nobody taught us back in those days. In fact, what I did was the exact opposite…
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The year 10 exams
My eldest’s last school report made depressing reading. There were far too many predictions of Cs and even Ds at GCSE. My son is not…
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The girls’ grammar school
For a long time, since she was in year 2 or even earlier, I’ve had a very clear view of which school my daughter would…
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Keeping up at school with Education Quizzes
With the national curriculum changing, and becoming increasingly demanding, many parents are keen to do whatever they can to support their children’s education at home….
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Aiming high
Just before my younger son started grammar school, I listened to the head teacher speak and I was in awe. In awe of what an…
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The grammar school test and the maths
It’s hard to believe it, but my daughter will sit the grammar school entrance exam this year. Hard to believe because her big brother only…
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Dysgraphia?
It was a post on Facebook that caught my eye. Fellow blogger and fellow mum-of-teen-son-facing-GCSEs-in-the-not-too-distant-future, Kate of Striking Mum, wrote that she was worried that…
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The secondary transfer juggernaut
It is only a few weeks since the new batch of eager (and not so eager) year 7s, my own son included, started at secondary…
