Reflections on year 12 and year 10
Another school year is over and my kids have reached the end of year 12 and year 10. It’s been a big year for both…
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Back to school, back to normal?
It’s already been three weeks since my kids went back to school. Although they were looking forward to a bit of normality after six months…
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Doing GCSE PE
If you have a child who is good at sport and loves it, GCSE PE is a fantastic thing to study. But they really do…
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My biggest teenage parenting struggle
I’m nearly five years into parenting teenagers. I now have three teenagers – one of them nearly an adult, one who is 15 and a…
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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 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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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…
