It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were preparing for your first day at Primary School and now look where we are! The Secondary School journey begins today and I think I’m just as nervous as you. It’s not quite the start that I’d envisaged, not quite the start that we’ve talked about from…Continue reading The Secondary School journey begins
Category: School days
School days – the highs and lows
The end of our Primary School journey
So that’s it, we’ve reached the end of our Primary School journey which began in September 2013 when my son started in the Nursery class at his school. He had his peg in the cloakroom, wellies in the rack and wore school trousers and school shoes for the first time. So began the morning…Continue reading The end of our Primary School journey
The next step to independence – walking home from school
It’ll be a strange Guy Fawke’s night tonight won’t it. None of the usual gatherings around a bonfire, watching a sky full of fireworks. But for us, we will have something to remember, a bit of a milestone moment as my son takes the next step to independence – walking home from school without me. …Continue reading The next step to independence – walking home from school
Learning to take responsibility
My ten-year-old son has always been in the ‘lucky’ position of being an only child, and as such he’s been used to having my undivided attention. In fact, it’s only been in the last eighteen months that he’s even had to get used to the idea of me working away from my home desk at…Continue reading Learning to take responsibility
The Year Five journey begins
I’ve taken time off from the blog over the last few weeks to spend every free moment with my son when I haven’t been working, so it’s been a bit quiet in this little space. The end of the school holidays came along way too fast for us and I wasn’t really prepared for this…Continue reading The Year Five journey begins
A roller coaster week of parenting
Life is never dull with my now nine-year old son. There are highs and lows, as I guess there are with all kids. At this time of year he’s generally just shattered and over excited with his birthday and then the whole idea of Christmas. It’s not always easy to keep up with his emotions…Continue reading A roller coaster week of parenting