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1·26 Sept 2026·on Application forms ask 'reason for leaving current school'. What do people actually write?

I've seen a fair number of these forms through work, and most people write 'closer to home' or 'looking for a smaller class size'. Both are completely normal, nobody reads it as a complaint. What they do check is whether the dates and TC details match later. Keep it short, oka line chalu.

1·28 Aug 2026·on School pickup rota with two other families keeps breaking on the same family's day

Update: spoke to her at the gate yesterday. Her driver left in July and she's been juggling and too embarrassed to say so. We've moved her to the Wednesday morning drop instead, and the third family is now the Wednesday afternoon backup. Sorted for now.

2·26 Aug 2026·on School pickup rota with two other families keeps breaking on the same family's day

Nobody fixed, that's the problem. It defaults to whoever picks up the phone first, which is me 😊 Will suggest a backup per day.

0·30 May 2026·on Our son stops for every ant. Is two and a half too young for a two-hour family trail walk?

We took our younger one on park walks at about that age and he walked maybe a third of the way, rode on shoulders for the rest. The stopping for every ant was the best part for him. With a group I'd stay at the back, tell the organiser at the start that you might turn back, and not mind if you do. If he only manages half, he still had a good morning.