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Sats, Sats, Sats

I hate Sats. Poor daughter one is really suffering. Despite endless conversations about why they are a test of the teachers, not of the children, she has succumbed to Sats…

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Exam fever

Exam fever

There is exam fever in my house this week, with my ten-year-old sitting her SATs exams and my 17-year-old doing her AS exams in a week's time. There are revision…

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Secondary school

Daughter one has got into the secondary school she wanted to go to. So has her best friend. Yippee. Now we just have to fill in loads of forms and…

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Sats

Anyone who thinks that half term is about resting should come round our house. While nobody wanted to get dressed at all on Monday, that didn't mean they were inactive.…

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Playing games

Playing games

I have spent the weekend feeling guilty and trying to make recompense for not being able to be in two places at once, namely playing hotels with bonkers and big girl…

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Related tags: Feminism | SATs