16th December 2012
My three year old daughter is a massive fan of classic musical films such as Annie, The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz. She likes nothing more than to curl up on the sofa and mouth along the words.…
6th December 2012
A friend forwarded me a really interesting article by journalist Simon Kuper in the FT magazine recently. It tells the story of how, in Jamaica in the 1980s, a group of community health workers began…
29th November 2012
Here at Perform, we often get contacted by casting directors asking if we can provide them children for auditions. They are generally surprised when we tell them that we that this is not something we do…
11th September 2012
Most parents of school-age children will have read (or at least scanned) an Ofsted Report and these undoubtedly play a major part in the choices we make about schools for our children. The best schools…
17th August 2012
My son starts primary school in September and he's incredibly excited about it. It feels like a real milestone moving from a nursery to a big school especially as he hasn't been at the school's…
2nd August 2012
My son's starting Reception class in September, so the Tiger Mother in me contacted the school to ask when he could start learning an instrument. Apparently, his school has a policy of not starting…
23rd July 2012
Most parents I talk to are naturally very interested in the school that their child goes to. Whether they are choosing state or independent, collectively it seems that they spend hours touring schools,…
19th June 2012
So what do we all think about Michael Gove's phonics check? There's been a flurry of Twitter activity in the past few days and lots of arguments for and against. Whatever your view, this week all…
12th June 2012
Next week, my two-and-a-half year old daughter is going into hospital to have a minor procedure. Because she's so young, I spoke to a friend who works as a Hospital Play Specialist about the best way…
31st May 2012
No parent wants to hear that their child is the victim of bullying. However, statistics show that one in every three children is bullied so unfortunately it is something that we need to be aware of. Bullying…
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