Coaching Parents and Students for Success
Ade reached the bus stop just in time, just as the bus arrived. “Why does mum always nag anyway?” he smirked. “At least I always manage to catch the last possible bus apart from the few odd times when… Oh
Have you heard of the man who went shopping casually only to come back with supplies plenty enough to start a mini-store? The story goes like this… His wife had given him a short list of the stationery items their
I remember it as if it was yesterday, out of the blue, my mobile phone started vibrating incessantly even though it was on silent mode. The torrent of messages meant my downtime flew out of the window as curiosity got
Do you sometimes think there’s no end to the number of things that would change with COVID-19? I do sometimes but have to constantly remind myself to embrace the new normal! To be honest, although some changes are entirely new,
I sat there stunned when the news broke. Deep down I had sensed that it was a matter of time before a decision was taken to close schools yet I was hoping we might get through the pandemic without that
My mum had a saying when we were young, ‘Too much of one thing is good for nothing.’ At the time I just thought it was another one of my mum’s weird Jamaican sayings. As I’ve become older, I realise
As a Teacher of English for over 12 years and mother for over 8 years, I know all too well how demanding life can be. As parents, we are constantly being reminded of the importance of literacy and Maths in
A few years ago, Cilia who is a member of my church wanted to become a school teacher. She is a university graduate so ideally it should have been relatively easy to go ahead with the PGCE course and become
Have you ever experienced things turning out so differently from what you’d imagined? Well, I have… multiple times too! it is always a humble reminder that we don’t have all the answers. One such experience came with my younger son. If
Are you a child of the 1970s or 80s and do you remember a BBC television programme called Record Breakers? The premise behind the show was that there were people out there who were exceptional in some way or other