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RNLI, Water Safety Wednesday, Liam Fayle-parr
Dadbloguk Q&A

Talking water safety with the RNLI’s Liam Fayle-Parr

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has made headlines over recent days courtesy of a certain media commentator (some would say politician). At this time of year, the RNLI doesn’t need such distractions as it’s busy enough guarding beaches and keeping waterways safe during peak holiday season. What should families be keeping in mind if

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Family Life & parenting

Back to School printer giveaway with Cartridge People #AD

As the most challenging of academic years has just ended, I wanted to give my readers something to get excited about. I hope you’ll agree this giveaway with Cartridge People fits the bill as one reader of Dadbloguk will win an HP OfficeJet 7110 wide format printer worth £110 plus a back to School Bundle!

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Family Life & parenting

The weirdest academic year ever comes to an end

That’s a wrap, the 2020/2021 academic year has come to an end for this family. What a year it has been: Draining, challenging and exhausting. I just hope the forthcoming academic year is a much easier experience for youngsters, parents, teachers and everyone working in education and childcare.

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Selling up and moving on thanks to lockdown

We moved house about three years ago. It was a superb decision and one that benefited the family greatly. While I didn’t envisage another move for some considerable time, I have a strange feeling that we may soon be selling up and moving on again and there’s one reason for it: Lockdown.

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Old versus new GCSE grades
Education

Infographic: Old versus new GCSE grades

When I started studying for maths GCSE last year, I was asked several times about the GCSE grading system that was introduced in 2019. It struck me that many people were not aware of how the new and old grading structures compared. I thought it would be useful to produce an inforgraphic comparing old versus

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