molly_issue28_autumn WEBLINKS

EDUCATION
Family time
Normally, at this point in
the year, as the leaves
slowly turn golden brown
and the nights begin to
draw in, I anticipate what
lies ahead that ruminate on
the new term, but instead,
I’m going to look back.
Newspaper columnist Sam
Curtis, 47, lives in Lincoln,
with her husband Leigh
and their two children,
Lottie, 11, and Louie, 4
You can follow Sam on:
Twitter: @sammanfa
Instagram: sammanfa1
Facebook: SamCurtisWrites
Back at the recent six-week holiday which I have spent with my
children, cramming in as much as possible, before my eldest child
begins secondary school and my four-year-old returns to complete
what will be his final year in pre-school.
And, as they are both heading back to the classroom, I thought
I’d refresh myself of the Three R’s – Reading, (W)Riting and
(A)Rithmetic by devising a mathematical quiz – my summer by
numbers, as it were. I’ll also do the ‘riting and you can do the
reading if you like.
1. So, here goes, the first question: What’s the square root of 9?
Three. Three is also the number of times I have taken my children
swimming at North Kesteven swimming pool. For those of you
who don’t know, the last time I went for a dip at the popular
fitness centre, I embarrassed myself when my swimming costume
‘malfunctioned’. What I didn’t realise, as I bobbed up and down in
the water, was the halter neck of my cossie had come undone and
had ended up around my waist. My kids are lucky we made it back
to the pool once, never mind three times after that happened.
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Autumn 2017