Daniel started high school last month and he’s loving it. I was worried about it all summer but […]
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The Scottish state-funded education system is brilliant. Daniel will be starting secondary school in August and they have […]
Parents in Manchester have been protesting outside schools about the No Outsiders programme which teaches kids that it’s […]
I’m so proud of this boy who was voted House Captain by his peers! Well done, Daniel. You […]
It was parent-teacher interviews at school last night and I’m so proud of the kids. They’re just amazing […]
Elizabeth (who is 8) and her friend have started a committee at lunchtime called The Plant Police. The […]
I have spent most of this weekend hard at work in the kitchen. The school had an international […]
It’s tough when your kids don’t have any friends at school. That has been the case for Daniel […]
I spent most of my day off yesterday working in the school garden. Somehow it doesn’t look much better […]
We got some great news today about Daniel: it looks like they’re going to let him repeat year […]
I spent most of my day off yesterday in the garden at school with Ben and a friend, weeding and putting […]
The school playground saga continues and we’re in the process of getting several quotes. Companies that install new playground […]
Daniel said to Ben the other night, “Did you have any girlfriends when you were at school?”. Here’s […]
No, this post is not about climate scientists fabricating data to make it look like the earth is […]
It’s a momentous week for me. Both my babies are at school. I no longer have a child […]
I loved everything about the state-funded school my son attended for 6 months when we were in the […]
I am hobbling around like an 80-year-old today. The reason for this is that I’ve started running. I […]
I thought I would write about my experiences with the UK state schooling system now that Daniel has […]
Once a week, I spend an hour and a bit helping out in Daniel’s class at school. Daniel […]
