Learning on the job

I am a pedant with a red pen in hand. As much as I moan about marking, there is something satisfying about standing OVER someone’s work,...

This week our pastor preached on the ten commandments. This caused disproportionate excitement in our house, sadly not just because the...

A lot has happened in the past couple of weeks. There has been some unexpected drama, and I hope that the fact that I have thought at...

The road we travel down as we set off to school is completely lined with daffodils. This warms my heart each morning, and I’ve commented...

“You’re always running!” Mary told me as she dodged out of the way so I could shoot past, "Whenever I see you you're running!" She’s not...

The early days of motherhood were a blur for me: sleep deprivation, sickness, generally feeling overwhelmed and out of my depth. “Ah!”...

Screen time is a tightly restricted and highly valued commodity in our house. Weekend chores are completed in an eager flurry for the...

Gratuitous 'Hamilton' picture: There is perhaps nothing that reveals the ugliness of my heart more than its schadenfreude: the pleasure...

I may have mentioned just once or twice (!) that I love “Hamilton”, and that we went to see it this week. It really is an amazing...

Aside from when it comes to the marking, I’d say I’m quite an enthusiastic teacher. (My eldest, after seeing me present the story at...

My new church is currently running a series of women’s evening events. These are brilliant, both in content (biblical, practical,...

I’ve been blessed with a very stable, comfortable sort of life, so for me, trauma is something that has happened to other people...

I’ve often wondered what men talk about when women aren’t in the room. Apparently I’m in good company here, as Jane Austen famously never...

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an...

I love our new house. I especially love the big dining table that we can finally put to use now restrictions are lifted – what a joy to...

I’m ill. Send pity. Not the covid kind of ill, thank goodness, just the “I’m a teacher and it’s September” snivelling kind of ill, the...

September: a significant month in the life of a family all involved in education. For years, every September I had a recurring imposter...

It’s my 25th blog (google tells me this is a ‘quadranscentennial’ event, what a lovely ridiculous Latinate word!) and I reckon it’s...

My youngest found some photo books with pictures of our family from before he was born. He was quite forlorn to see his brothers having...

I love the Radfords and the Duggars and TV shows called things like “15 kids and counting”. Homes with big sibling groups look like so...