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So this is the post I meant to write last weekend and then for various reasons I didn't manage to. Given I still want to write this week I decided that at the very least I would add the photo and say something...

So - end of exam week, both girls knackered but Abi still had Emma and Eloise to stay which initially ran the risk of Izzy being excluded but very quickly they all sorted themselves out and had a lovely evening. As did we incidentally as their parents came over for tea and we sat in the summer warmth making the most of good company, great food and wine and happy kids.

Quick update on Abi's results - she did brilliantly! Her English teacher pulled me to one side in school and said how pleased he was with her comprehension - she came top in her class! For a child that used to struggle with her writing, hated checking her work and found reading fiction really hard she's come so far and we are chuffed to bits. She also did well in all her other exams - a real credit to her hard work. Izzy was also tested in a smaller number of subjects and her teachers also really pleased. Her teacher apparently was very happy with her reading test, despite the fact that we've got stuck on a reading level and she's not yet been granted 'free reader' status. This is a bit silly given how much she reads but its my fault. Izzy reads in every spare moment but has her own preferences and so getting her to go back and read what are frankly quite boring school reading tree books is really hard. I also don't enjoy listening to it because she doesn't enjoy reading it - vicious circle. We just need to bite the bullet and get it done.

This week has been a fun week - I think they've already started to capitulate before the end of the summer term even though its still 3 weeks away...

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