Hello everyone, I hope you and your families are safe and well. It’s that time of the year when our future leaders and shapers are set free from their studies with a final hurrah of hat-tossing and merrymaking. Every celebration provides a sense of closure for one chapter of life,…
Hello everyone, I hope you and your families are safe and well. This week we will be covering a way to put your child (or yourself) back together after a meltdown in lockdown, as well as fresh ideas for birthdays and boredom busting whilst stuck at home. Yesterday at 11.46…
I hope you are all keeping both safe and finding ways to break free from the Groundhog Day of lockdown. This week we cover why slowing down is good for you, the perils of forwarding WhatsApp videos and how laughter boosts your immune system. My wife turned 39 last week.…
After 48 hours of coronavirus lockdown, I have a newfound admiration for 3 things: Single parent families. Monday was chaos. My wife had to go to work so it was just me with 2 boys, (aged 6 & 10), detained in the confines of our flat with a poorly planned…
My mother spent many of the final years of her teaching career in trouble with Ofsted, the UK governing body. Her teaching approach was unconventional but she believed that children learn best when it’s contextualised in meaningful ways and when they have a sense of ownership. This involved unleashing their…
Mums are amazing. They come out of the maternity ward having given birth not only to a child but a complete set of mum superpowers. We thought it fitting to compile the definitive list this Mother’s Day. Here they are, enjoy. 1. Magical healing powers Doctor, therapist, medicine woman and…
Like everything else this year, September has been tough to plan. The kids may or may not be back to school, their pencil cases brimming with new pencils, pens and spare facemasks. And it’s hardly business as usual for the rest of us. But we’ll adapt and find a way…
