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  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    A quieter day today.
    Still we collected DH's car ftom the menders, mowed, pruned, mucked out two cars...
    In money news NSD. Day #1 of storecupboard challenge.
    Actually tomorrow will be spendy. Haircuts, school shoes x3.
    Today I am grateful for
    * a bit of down time
    * I have a cleaner car
    * blackberries are getting ripe
    * a lie in. Sort of.
    * puppylove is still exhausted so less than usually annoying!
  • HelenDaveKids
    HelenDaveKids Posts: 3,177 Forumite
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  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    Nice to see you, Helen.

    God Bless and keep all those families who are involved in A level results day today.
  • Karmacat
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    From me too ... it means everything at the time ...
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  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    Well hope everyone with A levels got what they needed.

    So proud of DH. His department's results were LEGENDARY! A blizzard of A*s, As and Bs. Yay for state education.

    A very spendy day but to save money I have
    * packed drinks, snacks and coffee for our morning out.
    * tipped the hairdresser with money I found in the car
    * avoided paying for parking
    * bought garden edging from B&M instead of the garden centre
    That's all I can think of!
  • AlexLK
    AlexLK Posts: 6,125 Forumite
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    edited 13 August 2015 at 10:29PM
    Some great results there. What does your husband teach?

    As for state education, I never thought a lot of it until looking into the best option for my son's first school. More or less since birth his name had been down on the list for him to attend my old prep school. However, he was very reluctant about school and we started looking into the two local village schools. We found our village school to be a really supportive environment for our son and one where every child is known as an individual (there's just under 30 children aged 4-11). Anyhow, to cut a long story short, we ended up choosing the village school where he will start in September. The whole experience so far has really started to change my views on state education. :)
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  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,671 Forumite
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    Oooh - hello newbie;):D


    Well done to DH - good teachers are a godsend :T DD has the most fantastic and inspirational Eng Lang teacher who is so passionate about his subject - am sure she will carry memories of him for many years


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  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    Thanks greent. Good news for your DD.

    Alex I am all too aware it isn't perfect. We made the hard choice to remove ours from the village school/pre school system because this particular school was failing DD1 (they predicted her a 4a in Maths SATS. I knew she was a 5B on an average day since I had actually been teaching her some maths...
    Anyway it did one thing well, which was make them feel safe. So very important.

    DH teaches Law.

    Estate agent coming today to prepare the new listing. Unaccustomed as I am to housework...
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 8,939 Forumite
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    Teachers can make such a difference, my dd had such a great english teacher she still keeps in contact and goes to visit and do talks for her current students. Well done and thanks to all of you stars who have helped our kids acheive so much :T
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  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    That's nice that she still goes back.
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