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Archive for January 2020

#DreamTeam 189

Thank you for being so welcoming as I join #DreamTeam with 3 Little Buttons and Navigating Baby as a permanent host, yay exciting! It is our last #DreamTeam of January (such a loooooong month!) Take a look at the rules, add our badge (I’m on it now!) and join us for the Dream Team linky! […]

Preparing to start infant school

Zach turns 4 in April so will be starting infant school in September. Less that 9 months to prepare him (and me!) for this big change. Having worked in schools I thought I would come up with some top tips to help make a smooth transition for children as well as parents:   Toilet training. […]

#GlobalBlogging 147

Happy Monday everyone and welcome to #GlobalBlogging! Is January the longest month? Last week was hugely busy with work so hoping for it to be less hectic this week (although have a PTA meeting and Scout Exectutive meeting and a work briefing…) Please encourage your friends to join us by sharing on social media (or […]

Normalising and celebrating difference: inspiring our children

Before I had Matthew, I worked in a school and we had an Aboriginee visit to conduct an assembly. He asked who were better, white or blacks. It took several minutes of guesses for one child to speak out that they were the same. At university, I studied Women’s Studies but by the time I […]

#Project366 2020 week 4

Day 19: the biggest potato I’ve ever seen! Made fantastic roasties 😀 Day 20: ooh it’s chilly (but such a relief that the rain has stopped!) Day 21: a little bit of ice artistry on the side of my car before school Day 22: I went to two meetings over the previous two nights so […]