A short rant about the cost of free education
Belle’s new secondary school has a fancy online payments system. Rather than take dinner money, every child has a card that you can top up from home in chunks. They also use the system to take payments...
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A couple of weeks ago I had the great fortune of attending one of Hen Corner’s courses. I’ve wanted to go on one of these courses for a long time – Sara from Hen Corner writes amazing blog posts that...
View ArticleWhy Is It All Online?
I fully understand and support the use of computers in schools, but as a parent I can’t help but think it’s too much. My eldest is at secondary school now and uses the computer regularly for school...
View ArticleLeave the parenting to the parents, please
After quite an emotionally ‘full on’ year last year, I decided in September that I perhaps needed a bit of time to myself. Having a 5 year old with special needs, and a younger full of beans daughter,...
View ArticleAdventures with my Family
Hi! My name is Alison and I am fed up of spending on a small fortune in the name of family entertainment; so a couple of weeks ago I started a regular Blog called ‘Adventures with my Family‘, click...
View ArticleSchool Dinners Getting Grimmer
We’re a bit of a foodie bunch in our house, we’re very lucky to have 2 kids who will eat pretty much anything. We’ve tried our best to teach them about the importance of a good healthy diet and as a...
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