Responsibilities

I'm beginning to realise the new responsibilities that come with having a child at primary school. Suddenly there is a PTA to support, letters to reply to in time, events at school to remember and arranging play dates. There is also practising the letter that is set each day (homework). Trying to fit this in after school when everyone is a bit tired and grumpy and dinner needs cooking etc is hard! I can't imagine what it will be like with 'proper homework'!

We had Chloe's parents' evening this week and all went well! We were able to discuss the few worries we had about friendships in the class and the teachers gave us a few targets for Chloe. These were things we can practice at home, including writing her numbers and recognising letters in words. It was so nice to see what she has been doing this year and hearing from the teachers the progress she's making. However it is a little daunting being given targets for her and knowing that we have a responsibility to help her be prepared for lessons at school, by doing work at home. It's not a big task really but I want to get it right! How do parents manage to keep track of 4+ children when they're all at school? 

Anyway, I'm feeling so happy about how Chloe is progressing and thankfully she has a natural interest in letters (and pleasing her teachers!).