My 11 year old daughter Bunny, is soon to be in her very first secondary school production! She absolutely LOVED acting in primary school. Actually scrap that. She absolutely LOVED any kind of performance. Whether it was gymnastics in the school talent show, speaking in an assembly, dancing or even singing in a school play. […]
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A poem about bullying: “As the popular girls mock you”
I wasn’t sure whether this poem about bullying needed an introduction or not. It’s about the impact that bullies had on my experience of secondary school. I have been worrying for quite some time now, about how Bunny will cope at secondary school. I don’t want her to be a victim to bullies or the […]
Bunny’s first week of Secondary School
Bunny has just finished her first week of secondary school. I say week, it was only actually three days, but nevertheless. As my oldest child, this is all completely new territory to me and the only comparisons I can make, are with my own secondary school experiences. I went to a very strict public school […]
Bunny’s Grammar School Entrance Exam Results : Did she get in?
I was recently reminded that I’ve not yet blogged Bunny’s grammar test results! The truth is, I don’t actually know how well she did. I hadn’t realised that when your child sits the grammar school entrance exam (also known as the 11+), you never actually find out their test results. You aren’t given […]
The Late Entrance Exam for Grammar School : Last Minute Preparations
Bunny would like to go to Grammar school and I wrote once before about how we unfortunately missed the application deadline for the initial grammar school entrance exam. We were unsure how likely we were to be successful in getting Bunny accepted for the late entrance test. When I phoned Gloucestershire County Council and spoke […]