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For teachers there are a lot of things to juggle, so asking to help or offer support goes a long way. As parents, we want what’s best for our children, so use this to your advantage with these top tips towards building a relationship with your child’s teachers. This girls prep school in London shares their best advice towards building that relationship. Have a casual chat with them at the right times in the day […]

If you’ve lived with someone before, you’ll know what you like and dislike about cohabiting. There will have been ways you could have been easier to live with (isn’t hindsight a wonderful thing?) and things you now know you absolutely can’t live with.    If you’ve never lived with anyone before, it’ll all be new to you and, although you won’t know what your partner’s like to live with until you move in together, there […]

As a modern woman, one of the things that you are going to be thinking about is how you can stop those pesky signs of age setting in. We all want to retain our youth for as long as possible, and that’s why you’re going to need to know some of these anti-ageing techniques that we’re going to talk about. Keep reading down below if you would like to find out more.   Anti ageing […]

Since I left teaching in January, I have been contacted by a number of fellow teachers congratulating me on my courage to leave and explaining how, although they love teaching, the environment, the work life balance and unrealistic expectations is making them dread going to work every day and they too wish they could leave. The conversations often go the same way, with me discussing my choices and encouraging them to follow their dreams if they […]

Socialising is a key part of a child’s development that will allow them to grow, learn new skills, make friends and be a part of society. It’s why schools encourage a number of different activities and lessons for children to take part in to improve their communication and collaborative skills. Thanks to this private school in London, we take a look at some of the things you can implement if you want to start  helping […]

Where has this year gone? It feels like only yesterday when I was writing our Christmas gift guides and not that long ago that I was creating last years father’s day gift guide. Yet here we are planning for Father’s Day 2021. I am so glad that unlike last year we can plan to celebrate with our loved ones in person and inside! I am sure there will be lots of people enjoying exciting day […]

I can’t quite believe we are four months in to the year already. It seems to be flying past. Our running End to End journey is still going strong although April has been a little bit harder to juggle with the reopening of different places including the boys midweek football practices and weekend matches. This new routine has definitely made it harder to fit everything in but we still managed to run 100 miles this […]

When I started blogging and carrying out reviews never did I expect to be writing about face masks. Or, if I had it would have been the fancy dress type of face masks not those required to keep germs at bay. But here we are living through a global pandemic with a need for face masks on a daily basis. In the early days of Covid most people were wearing either disposable face masks or […]

Interior design has experienced a significant boom in recent years, not least due to the compulsory national lockdowns and restrictions which made remaining at home wholly mandatory for many. No longer able to ignore the more neglected areas of our homes, we had no choice but to fantasize about altering and improving features, furniture, and furnishings throughout our home. With the popularity of interior design and makeover television programs significantly increasing, now, more than ever, […]

Even after you’ve decided you’d like a fireplace, there’s still the choice of wood or gas. Before taking the plunge and making your choice, let’s take a moment to consider the difference between the two and which might be the right fit for your home and lifestyle. It’s often the gentle crackle of burning wood that comes to mind when we think about fires in the home. Since the dawn of mankind, humans have enjoyed […]