Private Tuition: Giving Your Kids the Best Education

May 17, 2012 in School

“I’m paying my children’s school fees, why should I be paying any more?” This is a question often reiterated when parents start to look towards further educating their child with private tuition.

Got kids at high school? Is it really like that? Guest post from Ces Loftus

January 18, 2011 in Kids tips, Latest, Life, Mums tips, School

I hated my first two years at high school, I was bullied constantly to the extent I started playing truent to escape it and considered ways to end my life. [...]

Mum to mum – I need your advice. Guest post from Ces Loftus

January 10, 2011 in Latest, Life, School

We recently moved from a not so nice area ‘Up North’ to a lovely area in our dream location Dorset. We had been trying to move for over a year [...]

Following the Home Education Path

November 29, 2010 in Latest, Life, Mums tips, School

My two boys are aged 8 and 10 years and they have never been to school. When my husband and I chose to have children we always assumed they would [...]

Mum, I Want a Website

November 27, 2010 in Latest, Life, School

As kids grow, their requests to us change. “Mum, I want a doll”, “Mum, I want a bike” and then, all of sudden, it becomes “Mum, I want a website”. [...]

That first school trip away

November 25, 2010 in Latest, Life, School

He did it! I did not imagine that he would, my boy loves being home and has yet to even manage a sleepover with chums – he tries and wants [...]

The Spelling Bee winner is….

November 23, 2010 in Mums tips, School

Image via Wikipedia My daughter is in year 4 of primary school and so has reached the stage of having more complex words to learn each week that she is [...]

How you can take part in Anti-bullying Week 15th-19th November!

November 15, 2010 in Kids tips, Latest, Life, Mums tips, School

Taking Action Together is the theme of this years anti-bullying week, running from the 15th – 19th November 2010. In a survey conducted by Bullying UK in 2006, 69 % [...]

Schooling costs – trips

November 11, 2010 in Latest, Life, School

Image via Wikipedia If I’m honest, I don’t recall that many school trips when I was young, many moons ago – I do remember one to a hill with leylines [...]