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By Rachel M Posted on September 8, 2020September 8, 2020

Online schooling

The kids started back at their online school yesterday. Everything went very well and I think they even enjoyed it. They were both ready to go back. Elizabeth started labelling … Continue reading Online schooling

Categories: JournalTags: education, learning, online school, school, Scotland
By Rachel M Posted on May 1, 2020

Would you agree to quarantine in a “facility”?

There was a good article in The Times last weekend – Coronavirus: The new rhythms of life will jolt and jar as we try to live with this horrible teenager. … Continue reading Would you agree to quarantine in a “facility”?

Categories: JournalTags: child care, covid-19, eduction, pandemic, quarantine, school, virus, working mothers
By Rachel M Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020

May you live through interesting times

There’s a Chinese curse, may you live through interesting times. On a personal level, the Christchurch earthquakes make this pandemic seem like a walk in the park because that was … Continue reading May you live through interesting times

Categories: JournalTags: Chinese curse, ebola, education, farming, Foodstory, pandemic, school, Vegan, virus
By Rachel M Posted on April 7, 2020

All humans must self-isolate by order of the Daleks

I saw this on Twitter yesterday. I don’t know where it was taken but it’s obviously somewhere in the UK – the scenery, the sky, the houses, the signs, and … Continue reading All humans must self-isolate by order of the Daleks

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, Bonobo, covid19, education, pandemic, school, Scotland, Vegan
By Rachel M Posted on March 7, 2020March 7, 2020

Elizabeth got a bronze medal

Elizabeth competed in the Robert Burns World Federation North East of Scotland schools competition today. She recited The Banks O’ Doon by Robert Burns and did marvellously. She came third … Continue reading Elizabeth got a bronze medal

Categories: JournalTags: competition, coronavirus, poem, poetry, Robert Burns, school, The Banks O' Doon
By Rachel M Posted on January 30, 2020

Elizabeth’s application form

Elizabeth has applied to be on a Scratch game creator team at school. She completed the application form all by herself. We never even saw it until she’d filled it … Continue reading Elizabeth’s application form

Categories: JournalTags: application form, coding, Elizabeth, Kids, programming, school
By Rachel M Posted on September 15, 2019September 15, 2019

State schooling

Daniel started high school last month and he’s loving it. I was worried about it all summer but I needn’t have been. He’s settled in so well, his best friend … Continue reading State schooling

Categories: JournalTags: education, school, schooling, state school
By Rachel M Posted on June 27, 2019

Scottish education, doggies, and Brexit

The Scottish state-funded education system is brilliant. Daniel will be starting secondary school in August and they have a transitioning program for pupils that starts in primary 6, two years … Continue reading Scottish education, doggies, and Brexit

Categories: JournalTags: Boris Johnson, Borrow My Doggy, Brexit, cartoon, dogs, education, school
By Rachel M Posted on March 26, 2019

LGBT lessons and protesting parents

Parents in Manchester have been protesting outside schools about the No Outsiders programme which teaches kids that it’s ok to be gay. When I first saw the protestors I thought … Continue reading LGBT lessons and protesting parents

Categories: JournalTags: education, human rights, LGBT, school
By Rachel M Posted on November 23, 2018

The amazing Daniel

I’m so proud of this boy who was voted House Captain by his peers! Well done, Daniel. You can’t see the yellow badge very well so I took a closeup … Continue reading The amazing Daniel

Categories: JournalTags: Daniel, house captain, school
By Rachel M Posted on November 16, 2018November 16, 2018

My kids are amazing and I was on TV!

It was parent-teacher interviews at school last night and I’m so proud of the kids. They’re just amazing in every way. Elizabeth, according to her teacher, finishes her maths work … Continue reading My kids are amazing and I was on TV!

Categories: JournalTags: BBC, children, cycling, Daniel, education, Elizabeth, media, school, sustrans
By Rachel M Posted on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018

The Plant Police

Elizabeth (who is 8) and her friend have started a committee at lunchtime called The Plant Police. The aim of this committee – from what I understand – is to … Continue reading The Plant Police

Categories: JournalTags: campaign, committee, Elizabeth, Kids, school
By Rachel M Posted on May 21, 2017March 2, 2018

International Festival

I have spent most of this weekend hard at work in the kitchen. The school had an international festival today and the mum organising it asked me whether I’d like … Continue reading International Festival

Categories: Journal, VeganTags: cooking, diversity, good, school, Vegan, vegetarian
By Rachel M Posted on April 1, 2017April 1, 2017

Making friends at school and cycling in the rain

It’s tough when your kids don’t have any friends at school. That has been the case for Daniel until this year. He was put into the wrong year when we … Continue reading Making friends at school and cycling in the rain

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, autism, beach, Busby, cargo bike, children, cycling, daffodils, education, laser tag, rain, school
By Rachel M Posted on September 12, 2016September 12, 2016

The school garden

I spent most of my day off yesterday working in the school garden. Somehow it doesn’t look much better despite my best efforts. It’s just an ugly garden. Most of my … Continue reading The school garden

Categories: JournalTags: children, gardening, gardens, plants, playground, school
By Rachel M Posted on June 8, 2016

Repeating a year at school

We got some great news today about Daniel: it looks like they’re going to let him repeat year 5 next year at school. It might seem like a strange thing … Continue reading Repeating a year at school

Categories: JournalTags: autism, education, school
By Rachel M Posted on March 14, 2016March 14, 2016

The school garden

I spent most of my day off yesterday in the garden at school with Ben and a friend, weeding and putting in new plants. There’s a small garden there but it has been … Continue reading The school garden

Categories: JournalTags: gardening, gardens, plants, school, schools, Scotland
By Rachel M Posted on March 10, 2016March 10, 2016

Flatland

The school playground saga continues and we’re in the process of getting several quotes. Companies that install new playground equipment offer a no-obligation design and quote service and I met one fellow … Continue reading Flatland

Categories: JournalTags: bikes, cargo bikes, cycling, exercise, Flatland, play, playgrounds, school
By Rachel M Posted on June 8, 2015June 8, 2015

How many girlfriends does a boy need?

Daniel said to Ben the other night, “Did you have any girlfriends when you were at school?”. Here’s the ensuing conversation: Me: Do you have a girlfriend, Daniel? Daniel: Creeper … Continue reading How many girlfriends does a boy need?

Categories: JournalTags: conversation, girlfriend, Kids, school
By Rachel M Posted on February 3, 2015

Fabricating data

No, this post is not about climate scientists fabricating data to make it look like the earth is warming because they’re not and the earth really is warming. This post … Continue reading Fabricating data

Categories: educationTags: education, homework, Kids, school, science

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