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Beans had his first day of pre-school today, after two settling-in-with-mommy sessions. He’s been allocated five afternoons as we’re entitled to 15 hours of pre-school fun, but we’re seeing which afternoons suit him best. As as he’s a summer birthday, our poor little Beaner is going to be wiped out for one, and secondly I’m…
It’s World Book Day! With two boys at school we have two costumes to come up with. Lyoto initially wanted to be Brad the Zombie Bunny from My Dead Bunny, and then decided he would be [zombie] Peter Pan instead. I’m happy with that. I’m also quite grumpy about being unprepared again for another school…
As a teacher, as a parent, I’m very aware of the role that Ofsted play in my children’s education. I’ve been on the receiving end of several “outstanding” inspections as a teacher, and a “good” inspection as a parent. As a teacher, the result was far more important to me than as a parent I’ll…
This evening I might just be winning the worst parent award. Getting Jensen’s clothes ready for school tomorrow, I noticed his coat in the kitchen and was rifling through his pockets to empty the sticks and stones he collected after his birthday scoot at the Common, when I noticed how thin his coat felt compared…
It’s the Summer nightmare. As soon as our little ones break for the holidays, we’re already thinking about it. School uniform. Get it too early and they’ll have grown out of it, too late and you’re left with the potential of getting nothing the dregs – or even worse, nothing. With every supermarket pushing their…
Three weeks and he’s completed the year – his first year of formal education. It’s bittersweet – the sad part? He’s growing up. The happy part? A new milestone; the school photograph, and it’s gorgeously handsome. On a side note – £18 for a download? Really? I’m glad he’s smiling!