I was watching Have I got news for you? just now and someone was asking if anyone had any button anecdotes. Do you? I'd love to hear them!
Apparently, it's really hard to get rid of your grandmother's button collection.
I also have another one!
I was just typing up my 400+ comments for all the school's music reports. And if any of you are parents, how closely do you read and take note of subjects like music, art, geography. Really I am intrigued to know. What do you think of reports? Which bits do you pay closest attention to? What would you most like to read. And if you aren't a parent, what's your opinion?
I have a third question:
I am going to karaoke tomorrow and I might have to sing. What would you sing? I'm thinking of doing a silly mock-Shirley Bassey Diamonds are forever if I HAVE to choose something (cringe!) but I feel silly!
My swap-parcels are sorted so I don't have to stress anymore about those- just school stuff!! I am having a lovely time at my sister's this evening despite having to sit and type reports!
We've just eaten
1) the Windsmoor label looks old
2) It's a size 10 but I can
Could you hazard a guess for me on how old it might be?
Allow me to be honest here, as a parent i pay very close attention to everything that is in my sons report even though i do not believe anything in them. Everything in the report is all nice nice which i don't like. I do have friends who are teachers who say it's because they do not want to offend some parents. I would rather have the truth. The worst thing i have ever read in Master T's report was 'there is room for improvement' Sorry for the rant. I love the skirt and the necklace. The colours are beautiful and they both go together.
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ReplyDeleteThat skirt is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI read everything on my sons reports. I like to know how they are in comparison with the expected levels, where they can improve and their attitude towards the subject.
The worse thing I ever read was when my son was referred to as 'she' throughout!
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CUTE skirt! Even if is a bit snug, I can't tell at all! Must suffer for beauty right? LOL
ReplyDeleteMy mom used to play with buttons when she was little. I'm not kidding.
I like to bust out 80's songs when I do karoake, which I haven't for a long time. Ooh or Abba is good too. Can't go wrong with Dancing Queen!
What a great skirt. My daughter is 5 and is in reception. Up until the last parents evening I found her reports to be very generic and impersonal. I put this down to the fact that there are so many children in the class and the teachers simply don't have the time to observe each child as an individual. At her last parents evening we recived some very positive feedback which corresponded with things we knew to be true and this was very heartening. I am personally very keen to know how she is doing and to recieve feedback x
ReplyDeleteI'm really glad to hear that you read them closely! Because writing school reports is the most harrowing, awful part of teaching and I never get feedback from parents about what's in them and therefore I never know what they think! I spend soo soo long trying to make sure I have mentioned everything I want to say. We are told to phrase things positively Millie- saying what they are good at, what they are beginning to do (i.e. not secure at) and what they can do with support (i.e. can't do independently), and I wish I could be brutally honest sometimes. That said, we always put specific targets for the core subjects for that specific child such as 'x needs to start using complex sentences using the connectives a,b,c as their writing mainly contains simple sentences!'
ReplyDeleteI really don't like our new report format which for the foundation subjects (art, music, PE, PHSE, Geography, History, D&T) gives a mere 10 lines to write about ALL those things! I hate it- I can't say what I want to say in those 10 lines! I've just been handwriting (I think better when handwriting) some art report comments and what I wanted to say about art alone takes up 4 lines! In the old format I used to write about 5 lines about music. Now I am expected to cram it into one short sentence!
That said, in the general comments, I tend to say it how it is! I will say if someone does not follow advice or behaves badly, or interacts badly with other children!
More than a bit in love with that skirt! xo
ReplyDeletelove that skirt on you. I find that anything pre-1995 seems to expect me to have an hourglass figure and has no hope in heck of fitting.
ReplyDeleteLove the skirt! I don't know how old; I never find anything as beautiful in any charity shop!
ReplyDeleteI always sing Bjork's "It's oh so quiet" at karaoke. Works every time :)
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That vintage skirt is adorable! I love the colorful stripes! I haven't visited your blog in AGES. Good to be back! Although it's weird to see you not wearing a hat. (;
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Emily