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The last school run
After years of random conversations, laughter, rain, snow. sunshine, lost shoes and wind, today was the last school run. So, what comes next? Why is the end of Year Six Summer Term so emotional for sentimental mums and dads everywhere?
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What is wrong with parents?
Forget the kids, what is wrong with the parents? Why are grown-ups causing so many teachers to quit teaching? Here's how an induction evening turned into a terrifying insight into the plight of education in the UK today.
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Why SATs really don’t matter
Testing 10-year-olds' progress in maths and English; a valuable measure of achievement, or are SATs failing to reflect children's abilities? Here's why we need to be looking as much at creativity as we are at English and maths.
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Happy Parenting – 10 magic moments – Part Two
In the second of a two-part post, here are five more moments of happy parenting magic. Amidst the chaos of raising children, it's easy to forget what wonderful human beings they are. So, to remind myself that it's all worthwhile, here are a few more of the things that make me smile as a dad in 2023.
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March Round-Up
Here's everything that we got up to throughout March. From texting mysteries to DIY disasters, puking children, night time injuries, artificial intelligence and runs in the rain.
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What a mess! The school run fashion show fail
I caught sight of myself in the mirror the other morning and was shocked to see an unkempt old man staring back at me. Dressed in shabby clothes, with hair all over the place and a week-old beard, I looked like a mess. However, I'm not alone, it turns out there are thousands of us on the school run every morning.
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Is GPT-4 bad news for teachers, children, bloggers and writers?
Will GPT-4 and artificial intelligence take the art of cheating to a whole new level? And what about those of us who make a living from writing, are we heading for the Job Centre?
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Secondary school life: The day the kid puked in class
My wife and I know very little about our son's secondary school life. His account of each day's academic achievement is usually comprised of a vague grunt. However, events in a maths lesson today changed all that.
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Half term headaches
February half term is never easy, the weather’s usually rubbish and there’s nothing much to do. However, when you also have a 12-year-old who wants to do nothing other than game, and a 10-year-old whose idea of helping around the house is to get dressed, you have a surefire recipe for familial disaster.
