It's cold up North... but less complicated?
Watching The Big School Lottery, it was the children that my heart went out to. Following the families as they puzzle, debate, hope and nail-bitingly wait I wondered if every parent across England...
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Learn now pay later (when you can afford it)
Before I sat down to write this, I googled ‘degree in university funding’. No results found. This was a blow because with the complexity of issues involved, the myriad of different viewpoints on offer...
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Balancing the nativity activity
I have to admit to having felt a wee bit 'bah humbug' recently - and not just because I spent a good chunk of Monday stuck in a slushy, icy gridlock. Thinking back to my own school days, I remember my...
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What do you want to be (able to do) when you grow up?
My 4 year-old son has recently announced that he wants to be a racing car driver when he grows up. Despite the inherent danger of the profession and the constant threat of media intrusion, I'm fairly...
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Better e-safe than sorry - Safer Internet Day
Last week I met up with some old school friends, one evening, for a bit of a (child-free) catch up. Before the waiter had had a chance to politely interrupt us for the third time - on the vague...
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World Book Day with a Scots twist
To mark World Book Day on 3rd March, the children in my son’s class were challenged to create a new eco-themed Mr Man. And so, the slightly overzealous Mr Recycle came into being! Great fun all round -...
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Let's have a heated debate!
Between the AV referendum and the Scottish Parliamentary elections earlier this month, there has been more than one or two opinions aired in my house over the past wee while. Although I wouldn't say...
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