A tourist visits school

In September 2009, I sent my nine year old daughter to school for the first time. This was her first experience of formal education, having been autonomously educated or "unschooled."

Friday, 18 December 2009

It's all over

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When I was one I ate a bun The day I went to sea Just over a year ago, I found a scrap of paper on which The Kid had written these lyrics, t...

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Thursday, 17 December 2009

Goodbyes

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She has finally officially decided to leave and told everyone, and in went the deregistration letter. Apparently there is a waiting list for...

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Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Bunking off

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Small Fry has been very ill for several days. As The Kid seemed slightly off-colour Sunday, I kept her home yesterday in case she was headin...

Sunday, 13 December 2009

Uniformity

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In the beginning, I was so keen to conform. I tried to establish what the school's actual uniform policy was, so I could follow it to th...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Trying too hard

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I realise with some embarrassment that I've been driving myself to appear the perfect school parent. Zealously adhering to the school un...

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Sisters

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There was one person who did not enjoy the Kid's school holiday last month. Her little sister was distraught. 48 hours after we'd wa...

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Parent teacher meeting

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I don't know what I was expecting, but this wasn't it. The teacher continues to be lovely and there were no unpleasant shocks at the...

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