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Harvest Horror – The Final Outcome

Many of you have been following the story of what happened to me at my son’s Harvest Festival in October this year and the subsequent letters to and from school. Today marks the final instalment in the saga. Following on from the Chair of Governors’ response to my complaint,[…]

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12th December 2013 / / 6 Comments / Breastfeeding / , , , , , ,

Harvest Horror – Saturday update

I have been overwhelmed with the support I have received from all over the world. Thank you so much for reminding me how strong we can be together. Through comments on my blog post and Facebook, I have learned that the letter sent home to parents was also[…]

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19th October 2013 / / 38 Comments / Breastfeeding / , , ,

Stop Press – The Headteacher Responds

Earlier today, I blogged about being asked to stop breastfeeding at my son’s Harvest Festival.  The situation was discussed briefly on a closed Facebook for parents and carers of children at the school.  The discussion was very supportive. It seems. however, that someone alerted the head teacher to[…]

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18th October 2013 / / 39 Comments / Breastfeeding / , , , , ,
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The Case of the Mysterious Egg, Part 1

Much excitement at Bean’s school yesterday. At the start of the day, there were three men standing in the school field, inside a cordoned off area. This caused lots of chatter in the playground, but we adults heard nothing more about it until home time. When the children[…]

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7th June 2011 / / Leave a comment / Family / , , ,

Pass Me a Bucket Please …

Well, this isn’t the blog post I had planned to write today; that will have to wait for another day now.  Today has not gone according to plan at all. I don’t normally take my son to school in the mornings; my husband takes him on his way[…]

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14th April 2011 / / Leave a comment / Family / , , ,