homeschool

After another three-and-a-half months of homeschooling, all secondary school students went back into their classrooms this week. Leaving Cert students went back just before the Easter break, and with this year’s state exams approaching, it turns out the majority of students taking the Leaving Certificate this year have opted for a combination of sitting exams […]

5 years ago

Parenting two children on my own, living in a different country from my own family, let me just be the first to say that these past 12 months have been intense. Trying to juggle SeeSaw passwords and senior infants Reading Eggs and helping out with 5th class maths and making four million lunches and catching […]

5 years ago

I don’t know how my kids never starved to death back when they were still in school during the day. I mean; judging by how flipping hungry they are these days, I don’t know how just one packed lunch managed to sustain them during a school day. Honestly. I feel like I am doing little […]

6 years ago

And we’re back here again. Sigh. And here’s us having such high hopes for 2021. I know we are all feeling a little – or maybe a lot – overwhelmed right now. I know I sure am. But I think it’s important to keep in mind that this isn’t home-schooling by choice. This is crisis […]

6 years ago

Did you breathe a big sigh of relief once homeschooling finished up before the summer holidays? I know I sure did. As did my two children – maybe especially so my little boy, who was more than happy to pack away his senior infants books when the term ended and summer holidays began. That’s not […]

6 years ago

If you are anything like me, you are literally counting down the seconds until the school year is out and you are no longer your child’s teacher. Don’t get me wrong – I am loving this time with my children. However, I am not loving Mathletics. Or SeeSaw. Or Reading Eggs. Or Irish (I have […]

6 years ago