End of term report: June 2014

It’s not quite the end of the week – but it is nearly the end of term. And you can bet that, come mid August, all those bright wee things will have sprouted extra inches of leg and new hairstyles and far more in-depth knowledge of whatever it is they’re keen on. So maybe it’s …

That was the week that was: early May 14

We’re into May. It’s a strange time of year in school circles – feels like pretty much every week has a different pattern. Occasional days here; school productions there (not yet for Junior Reader, but the school got to watch the final year classes going through their paces). Junior Reader has become interested in birds …

Event management: parents wanted

Once upon a time, many moons ago it seems, I would do a spot of event management. Not ‘big corporate event, 600 delegates’ kind of events, but still, arrangements to make, people to look after. Maybe it’s the current school holidays that brings it to mind, but I’d like to think that my event management …

A Christmas Carol: Christmas parties

Ah, the Christmas party. Top contender for most feared Christmas experience? Or is that a little harsh? Clothes shops think otherwise. Let there be little black dresses, and let them be sparkly too. Hairdressers gear up for the workload that goes with other people’s party season. You know what they say. Introverts and extroverts both …

A Christmas Carol: buying presents

When it comes to Christmas present buying, I seem to have lost my mojo. It wasn’t always so. I don’t want to adopt the Scrooge approach. I read a bit today about Saint Nicholas, and his frequent and anonymous gift giving. That seemed like a good thing. At the same time, I seem to have …