• [AD] Saying Thank You To Your Child’s Teacher This Christmas

    November 28, 2019

    Regular readers of my blog will know that I am a father of five children. Three of those children have now left full time education, but I still have seven year old twin girls in junior school. Over the years I have seen my fair share of teachers and it never ceases to amaze me…

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  • When Parents & Teachers Meet – Another Take on the Parent-Teacher Conference

    January 24, 2018

    Mrs. D shares some first-hand advice from a teacher’s perspective in her article “Preparing For the Parent-Teacher Conference” available online at:http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/68592/preparing_for_the_parntteacher_conference.html. It is great to hear an experienced teacher’s perspective on parent-teacher conferences. As a veteran of dozens of the yearly meetings, I’ve certainly formulated my own opinion about how to prepare and navigate the…

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  • My Twins and Parents Evening 

    February 11, 2017

    My four year old twin girls had their second parents evening a few days ago. It’s always a very interesting evening. Trying to extract information from four year olds about what they are doing at school is usually impossible, so it’s nice to see their school books and chat to their teacher about how they…

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  • Christmas Cards, Supermarkets and Teachers. Xmas Marketing or Traditions?

    December 5, 2016

    It’s that time of the year that I love! Christmas! Christmas is without a doubt a magical, wonderful time, and if you have little ones that still believe in Father Christmas it makes it so special! Seeing their eyes light up on Christmas morning are what family memories are made of! I particularly remember my…

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  • Buying Teachers Christmas Presents

    December 9, 2015

    I am not a killjoy, but I have difficulty understanding the ever growing year on year tradition of buying your children’s teachers Christmas presents. This morning I was approached by one of the mother’s at the nursery that R & M attend and I was asked if we had bought the teachers a present for…

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