Holding it in I recently came across the new Andrex toilet roll advert that highlights a shocking statistic: a staggering number of children are holding in their poo at school. And while the number is genuinely alarming, I couldn’t help but feel the campaign completely misses the point. Let’s be clear — poor-quality toilet roll […]
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Let our girls be girls Let Our Girls Be Girls: A Mum’s Journey Through the Pre-Teen Years Being a mum to a 12-year-old is a rollercoaster of emotions. One minute you’re watching her laugh at silly TikToks, the next she’s slamming her bedroom door because you didn’t let her shave her legs yet. I’ll admit
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Expanding their Horizons Enough is Enough: We Need to Rethink What Education Really Means As a former mainstream secondary school teacher with 20 years of experience, I can tell you this without hesitation: some of the most joyful, enthusiastic conversations I had with students weren’t about test scores or target grades—they were when they told
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The Weight of the Role After nearly two decades in the classroom, shaping minds and delivering lessons, we thought we understood what it meant to be a teacher. We believed we were making a difference—and in many cases, we were. But it wasn’t until our own children entered high school that the full enormity of
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