loopyloulaura

I’ve taken the plunge this week and listened to my first ever audiobook. I honestly have no idea why I have resisted them for so long. I have always been a bookworm, to my parents’ joy but also irritation. As a parent myself now, I know just how dull it can be to read the […]

There is a real push this year on school attendance. After a devastating few years due to Covid, the need for regular attendance is more important than ever. So you can expect schools to be very hot on absence in response to government expectations and interventions. When should I keep my child home? Obviously there […]

When I was a kid at school I couldn’t run. I didn’t want to and I literally couldn’t. I have exercise induced asthma so I used that to feed my hatred of PE. Skip ahead a decade (or two! seriously not feeling like I’m in my 40s!) and I have joined the crazy jogger brigade […]

Yateley Common has been part of my life for so long. I remember picnics there as a child (my mum’s were infamous for their regimental style!) and I have been on school trips there as a parent and member of staff for my own children. As part of our project to appreciate the local area […]

  I’m not really sure I’d heard of tics before I started dating Chris and moved in with Ollie the collie. Seeing a round mouldy-sweetcorn-looking lump on the floor was a bit gross but better than trying to remove it from a reluctant and wriggly pet! The kids have also had tics after going on […]