Posts tagged Guardian
Guardian: Houston, we have a parent: what draws sci-fi to motherhood?

As I live with a screenwriter husband, we watch films as a family a lot, and I do mean A LOT!

We’ve watched our fair share of space movies and although our daughter is intrigued by all things space, the thought of travelling there is a big no no. It frightens her. However she is interested in working for NASA, when she’s an adult.

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Guardian: Covid symptoms: diarrhoea and vomiting may be key sign of coronavirus in children – study

Interestingly, a few days before I started to suffer from Covid symptoms (19th March), my 12 year old daughter complained that she felt nauseous. We assumed she might be suffering from a little anxiety, caused by the virus’s spread and her potentially being over tired. I took her into school late on the Tuesday (11am), school closed 4pm on the Wednesday, to start remote lessons on the following Monday and I started to get sick on the Thursday.

Did she catch Covid and pass on to me? We still don’t quite know. I donated blood plasma and now know that I have antibodies, although sadly not high enough to donate again. My husband and daughter have not yet been tested.

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Guardian: Funding for 80% of schools in England 'worse next year than 2015'

School Cuts coalition warns of real-terms cuts despite government’s cash injection

Four in five state schools in England will be financially worse off next year than they were in 2015 despite promises by Boris Johnson’s government of a multibillion-pound funding boost, according to research by teachers’ unions.

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