school-age kids

Whenever I ask my children about what the best bit about their school day was, the answer is pretty much always the same – break time or PE. Running around outside, being with their friends, coming up with games and generally just being active and in fresh air – that is what my children, most […]

3 years ago

Playdates are back. Thanks to Covid, visiting other kids’ houses to play hasn’t been part of most children’s lives for a long time. However, now that we are – finally – starting to see normal life reassume more and more, and the pandemic restrictions fade away (good riddance!), there will once more be room for […]

4 years ago

Children are spending an increasingly bigger proportion of their lives online. These past 12 months really brought this home for many parents, with many worrying about not only the time their children were spending online, but also the type of content they are consuming or accessing while there. And this is why the ISPCC and […]

5 years ago

The benefits of bilingualism. According to new research, students in disadvantaged schools that learn through the Irish language actually do better academically in English reading than their peers in other disadvantaged schools. The study, carried out by Mary Immaculate College (MIC), DCU Institute of Education and the Educational Research Centre (ERC), looked at 13 Irish-medium […]

6 years ago

I have to say, I find the class WhatsApp groups very handy. Unsure of which day is PE day again? Pop a text in the group and you’ll have a reply within seconds. Need to send a party invite? Good, old WhatsApp again. Wondering if your child was, in fact, telling the truth about there […]

6 years ago

Look, we totally get it. School is important – and I am sure most of you, like me, have rules in place when it comes to what is and isn’t allowed on a school night (or, as it is now known as, a home school night). And this is the same for royals, it would […]

6 years ago