As an ex-teacher, I’m constantly surprised how many parents don’t read school reports with their kids! If you knew how much blood, sweat, tears and effort goes into putting those reports together……
Tag: high school
Last year, Victoria’s Department of Education and Training announced that escalating disputes between parents and teachers and principals would lead to independent mediation. Mediation seems extreme, and expensive, so it’s timely to…
I’ve got two in high school this year – Year 7 and Year 8 – but we still feel really new to it all. Especially the workload. Trying to help two not-very-organised…
There is not much scarier than raising teens. We all sniggered and laughed at our ‘threenager’, but nothing is quite as crazy as a teen mid rebellion. They will fight you for…
Our eldest child went to a Montessori preschool and I learned such a lot from his lovely teacher. One of the first things she taught me was to foster independence. This meant…
I was just about to rattle off a really great article with my most useful homework tips, but I stopped. I mean, how useful is one person’s advice really? Every home is…