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

[Ad] It’s only taken me 44 years but the weekend saw me finally set foot in the Big Top. My … More

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

Terrible Twos? Threenager? What more does the developmental continuum have to throw at us? Just when I thought 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