The leavers’ hoodie tradition
We’re now into the second half of the school year and GCSEs and A Levels are getting ever closer. I can’t believe that my own…
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Good with little children
For my daughter, there were many highlights of Year 6 – from the school residential to the leavers’ play right through to receiving a trophy…
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Project 365 2017 Weeks 29 & 30
It’s been a busy couple of weeks – my daughter’s last week at primary school, the start of the school holidays and an awful lot…
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How to organise a Year 6 leavers’ event
Leaving primary school is a big rite of passage. Most schools will go to a lot of effort to mark this for the kids –…
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The final leavers’ assembly
I’d been feeling emotional for a few days about the end of primary school for my daughter – and the end of 12 years of…
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Primary school lasts
At the start of this year, I felt I was ready for primary school to be over. My daughter, my youngest child, was in year…
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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 school residentials and the empty house
At 6.45am on Monday, I dropped my son off at school for a residential. At 7.45am on Monday, I dropped my daughter off at school…
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Project 365 2017 Week 19
It’s been a funny week, with my daughter going into school early with her friend for SATs every day and both the younger kids finishing…
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The prefects
It’s only in the last couple of weeks that it’s dawned on me. With one child in year 11 and one in year 6, I’ve…
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