2016 – That was the year that was
2016 has been a funny old year. There’s been the shock of countless celebrity deaths – from David Bowie and George Michael to Victoria Wood…
2016 has been a funny old year. There’s been the shock of countless celebrity deaths – from David Bowie and George Michael to Victoria Wood…
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…
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…
It’s been a busy week with school, work and getting our new downstairs toilet put in. Here’s our week in pictures… Day 248 – Sunday…
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…
I can’t believe it’s nearly the end of August and that the end of the school holidays is coming round so fast! I’m not sure…
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…
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…
What if he doesn’t get the marks? What if he doesn’t get the school? What if he doesn’t get his second choice school? What if…
After a morning of hoovering and bathroom cleaning to take my mind off things, I joined the massive queue of parents waiting to pick their…
And so the day arrived. The day we’d been building up to for months – grammar school entrance exam day. I hadn’t pushed my son…