The new school open evening
My daughter had the open evening for her new grammar school last week. She had literally been counting down the days to it. By the…
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The GCSEs are over!
So that’s it. The GCSEs are over! My son took his final exam, physics, on Friday. Ten subjects, two years of learning, four months of…
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The GCSE juggling act
I thought it was weird at first that my son didn’t get study leave for his GCSEs. We always had it back in the day,…
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The GCSEs have started!
Well, the GCSEs have been underway for a few days and I’m pleased to say things are going pretty well. My son is in a…
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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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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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Starting the GCSE revision
Now I’m not sure when the optimum time to start GCSE revision is, but my instinct tells me it’s February half-term – three months before…
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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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The GCSE mocks
After the high of his year 10 exams last year, in which his teachers perhaps realised for the first time that my son was more…
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Being Mummy
I love being Mummy. That’s how I see myself. Mummy, not Mum. I love those families where the kids call their parents Mummy and Daddy…
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(Final) Christmas performances
This is a year of lasts for us. My daughter is in year 6 at school and not only is it her final year at…
