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Homeschooling and School

Supporting your children through their education can be one of the trickier parts of parenting older children. We’ve all forgotten much of what we learnt at school and teaching methods have changed pretty drastically.

In this section you’ll find posts about helping your child if they are struggling, supporting reluctant readers and some great tips on learning times tables.

You'll also find information and advice homeschooling as we chose to home educate one of our children.

Why I Wish I had chosen Deferred School Entry for my Summer Born Son

Written by Josie

Summer born child on the first day of school

My oldest child is a July baby, so falls well into the summer born category. Before he started school I looked into the possibility of deferring him a year. Ultimately we decided not to. He’s in year 4 at now but with the benefit of hindsight I wish I had chosen deferred school entry. Hopefully […]

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A blog about trying to raise independent kids while retaining a sense of humour. Me: I’m Josie, a 44 year old introvert and former librarian. Them: My husband Chris, Boy Child who is 12 and Girl Child who is 10. The others: Hera the cat and Baxter the dog. Read More…

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