Amazing parents’ evening
My younger son is a highly intelligent boy, who has always been a long way ahead of his peers. Now he’s at a grammar school…
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Project 365 2017 Week 12
It hasn’t been the best week in our house, with yet another virus lasting the full week. Here’s our week in pictures… Day 78 –…
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A lack of PE
I love our primary school and always have. It’s pretty good academically, the teachers are lovely, the building is fabulous and they really strive to…
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Project 365 2017 Week 9
The photos this week are pretty boring – and seemed to be largely focused on my own entertainment, but we’ve had some good news, so…
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Secondary school allocation – she got it!
It’s almost six months since my daughter sat the grammar school entrance exam she’d worked so hard for. It’s almost five months since we received…
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Why I think a girls’ school is the right place for my boy
It is nearly a year since my eldest, the bright boy who does very little school work, announced his intentions to go to grammar school…
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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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Project 366 Week 40
A combination of me being busy with work and the colder, darker days means the photos are pretty boring this week. No doubt something we’ll…
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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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‘I don’t want year 7 to end’
Well, my younger son has finished school for the year. Year 7 is over. And he’s not happy. While most kids can’t wait for school…
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The long jump and not being the underdog
A few weeks ago, in PE class, my younger son did his first ever long jump. After he’d jumped, the teacher stopped the class and…
