A few months ago I wrote this blog post about school dinners v packed lunches. It was, essentially, my personal manifesto as to why I believed that packed lunches were the way forward. If I were a politician, I’d have to concede that I’ve made a policy u-turn. I take it all back, I’m a
Where do you stand in the great Parents’ Evening Debate? Do you think they are a waste of time, or do you appreciate them? I ask because we’ve just had one at my daughter’s school. Personally speaking, I like parents’ evening a lot. Although the consultations are short, you get a few minutes one-on-one with
Last night my eldest child, Helen, starting making her own poetry book. She’s always been inspired by books and from time to time I find bits of A4 paper, folded in half with stories written in them and pictures drawn on the pages. Yesterday, however, she was inspired to write a poem.
I don’t know about you, but when I was at school, I wasn’t taught phonics. This approach to teaching children to spell and read was introduced long after I had left school. Now my oldest child is in education, this is causing some minor issues. I totally get phonics. I think they’re brilliant. The frightening
The summer holidays have been a time of reflection for me. I have had immense fun with both my kids. There have been trips to the seaside, a week in Scotland with “Pink Granny” as Toddler Adams calls her, a few days with their other granny in the Cotswolds, a day trip to France and,
