The summer break of 2014 was a bit of a shock to the system. With my eldest having been in school for an entire academic year, it took some major adjustment getting used to having her around 24/7 again. Added to this, her little sister was no longer a baby. She was a fully-fledged
Helen, my six year old, has just come home from school with one of those letters. You know, one of those that explains in stark terms that your child is about to receive a lesson in sex and relationship education (SRE).
A few days ago my eldest daughter, Helen, came home from school with some homework. She had to write some sentences including split vowel digraphs. I’ve spent an awful lot of my life writing for a living and this was an entirely new concept to me. I quizzed my daughter and asked her to
Are you concerned about the amount of pressure children are put under in the education system? It’s something I have previously written about, although with only one young child at school the pressure isn’t too bad at this stage.
Just over a year ago my eldest, Helen, started school. I was nervous about this event. It wasn’t just the fact my daughter would need settling into school, but the fact that I would be doing the pick up and collection each day. In other words, as a stay at home dad I would
