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I've decided to document large boy's journey through his year 6 experiences with a series of posts sharing a tongue in cheek assessment of what it's like having a 10 or 11 year old child. SATS Hmm maybe not so much tongue in cheek on this on. Not to mention it would probably have been… Continue reading Year 6 Horrors: 4 SATS
I've decided to document large boy's journey through his year 6 experiences with a series of posts sharing a tongue in cheek assessment of what it's like having a 10 or 11 year old child. The Drama Oh the drama! Sooooo much drama and we're only at the start of the pre-teen phase. Every time… Continue reading Year 6 Horrors: 3 The Drama
I've decided to document large boy's journey through his year 6 experiences with a series of posts sharing a tongue in cheek assessment of what it's like having a 10 or 11 year old child. Social Media We held out for so long. Lots of other children in large boy's class seemed to have phones… Continue reading Year 6 Horrors: 2 Social Media
I've decided to document large boy's journey through his year 6 experiences with a series of posts sharing a (mostly tongue in cheek) assessment of what it's like having a 10 or 11 year old child. The Attitude Me oh my this child has developed a whole other way of behaving and communicating. My lovely,… Continue reading Year 6 Horrors: 1 The Attitude
Oh me oh my, large boy is growing up! He's heading for 11 years old and has just started year 6, his final year at primary school. Part of me is shocked and horrified, baffled as to how we got to this point so fast. Another part of me is quite enjoying watching him grow… Continue reading Pre-teen independence
I follow the wonderful That MidLife MaMa Donna on Facebook and she's ace. In particular, one of her posts caught my eye recently. https://www.facebook.com/100063737432941/posts/pfbid08qsLmXzsnDUZpw6LhbFHqzjDG4XSXf2WC29NTVq1To3JsNe5Qr2wLpGq3qgyTYFhl/ WordPress seems to trim the text there, here's what Donna said: Find your daughter’s teacher on social media and friend her. This is the advice I received last night. Immediately I… Continue reading To friend (verb) or not?
Back to school 2022 feels normal again, more like 2021. Which is a far cry from 2020 but back to how 2019 was. It's been sort of normal, at least it's only been 5 weeks away from their friends compared to the 20 or so in 2020. Next year will be very different again, with… Continue reading Back to school 2022
Are we nearly there yet? Almost holidays Almost the end of daily routines Weekly clubs already over Taxi service to sports is done with Peace and quiet looming, stretching to the horizon Or Kids off school, bored and nagging Interruptions, requests for snacks and screen time Organising activities and friends to play Money leaking to… Continue reading Almost there
Ever since large boy started school and I discovered the joys of making my own fruit gin (coincidentally the same year, or was it a coincidence?), I've made gifts for teachers and TAs for Christmas and the end of the summer term. I love giving them something we've made at home - if I've put… Continue reading Teachers’ gifts 2022
I've been reading How to Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong by Elizabeth Day recently. I'm not sure how I stumbled across it but it's a really interesting read. https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Fail-Everything-Learned-Things-ebook/dp/B07H3DRJG3 It's definitely taking precedence over my reading homework for my future leaders initiative: https://twitter.com/AndSmelly/status/1540448254504194049?s=20&t=0p0irTiB6Kxc1tDvY5iXnw I think we all dwell on our "failures"… Continue reading Three failures (and why that’s a good thing)
Smelly Socks and Garden Peas 