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Daughter one may not have counted a lot of snails on her recent biology field trip, but... read more
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Daughter one may not have counted a lot of snails on her recent biology field trip, but... read more
You know how you sign children up to things that they express enthusiasm for and then five... read more
Only son has gone bath bomb crazy since he got a set of bath bombs for his birthday. Asked... read more
Gone are the days when a company employed you and you remained there long term, working... read more
Daughter one was due at school at 6.45am on Sunday for the first stage of her Biology... read more
It's been a busy week of news with a lot of focus on social mobility and inequality. The... read more
It's sports day season and people have come home with varying degrees of excitement and... read more
I've warned the teenagers that they need to give advanced notice of plans to go out in the... read more
We are down one Spanish exchange student, which means everyone can now fit in the car.... read more
We've got a Spanish exchange student staying this week. She is 14. She barely speaks.... read more
Sometimes there are just no words. The sheer unbearable awfulness of events in West London... read more
Only son is on an anti-school campaign. He still can't get to grips with the huge... read more
We have a Spanish exchange student arriving tomorrow and daughter two assures me that her... read more
There's been no word from daughter three. Her school has banned mobile phones for the... read more
Daughter three has gone on an exchange. She wasn't looking forward to it. It didn't help... read more
My partner has been away on one of his regular trips to Spain since last week. Typically I... read more
I went to pick up only son the other day and his teacher came out waving a piece of paper.... read more
Sometimes the day doesn't go as planned. "Mum, can you pick me up early - I'm on study... read more
I've long been a fan of Eurovision, but daughters one and two have taken that enthusiasm... read more
There have been a lot of reports around about skills shortages recently. One out this week... read more
Daughter two has gone on a Spanish exchange and the ground is shifting in her absence.... read more