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Category: Family Life & parenting

Education

The future of the school report

When I was at secondary school, I had a chemistry teacher who was quite a character. He was very sarcastic and this appealed to me greatly. He also travelled to school every day on a motorbike, which gave him a slightly rebellious edge and made all the other teachers seem very boring in comparison.

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Family Life & parenting

Hurtling towards the summer holidays

Does anyone else feel like they’re in an out of control tailspin, hurtling towards the summer school holiday? I didn’t expect to feel like this. With a lot of attractions closed, travel limited and one child at school and one being homeschooled, I thought we’d have a gentle and stree-free slide into the summer break.

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Family Life & parenting

We need to talk about school transport

When I was five years old, I used to travel home from school by bus. Bizarrely, I can still remember one of the bus driver’s names. Well, his nickname anyway. It was Peachy.

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Family Life & parenting

Ladybird crossing!

There’s a funny story behind this photograph of a ladybird crossing. This week has been very demanding (more about that in a moment). Feeling the need to take a break from it all for an hour or so, I shut myself away and started working on a new project using Photoshop.

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