A Touch Of The Bake-Offs

Anyone else feel a little Leith at this time of year? Have you got your Prue on? Is your soggy … More

All The Guilt. All Of It!

Four years ago I gave up a career of twenty years. For twenty years I’d relentlessly educated. I’d spent Sunday … More

“With fondness I remembered all the magic of mundane.” Never has a sentence resonated more. As we have begun to … More

A Children’s Guide to Understanding the Coronavirus I’ve spent my twenty year career trying to break down concepts to children, … More

What’s the soundtrack to your days? As I circumnavigated the forest this morning I tried to unpick why I had … More

Today saw the end of Lockdown Version 2.0. Will there be a V3.0? Chances are high for January I’d say … More

Old Me, New Me… Just Me. The old Karen could run 12 kilometres home, after a day at work. Old … More

We are in lockdown but today we celebrated freedom. Locked-down freedom. Does that still count? Semi-freedom? Frockdown? Lockdom? Whatever you … More

All in the Context Phonics. Feel the fear? I’ve seen a lot of changes in the curriculum over the years. … More

The upside of losing naps Having naps snatched away from us was brutal and unforgiving. Admittedly I did damn well … More