just another morning here

At the kids’ primary school, they have Thank You certificates – these can be earned for pretty much anything. When you have received five Thank You certificates you also gain a school Commendation for outstanding contribution to the school.

Today I had made arrangements to miss the first hour of work in order to go to the assembly because Abbie was in line to receive her 5th certificate and therefore her commendation as well. We didn’t know what the certificate was for, and it turned out to be general ‘teacher’s pet’ qualities such as good behaviour and politeness all the time, helpfulness and also good attitude to work. Which is fairly similar to the theme of the last four certificates she’s had! And, to be honest, the vast majority of the time she’s the same at home

Anyway, she was beaming from ear to ear when she got the certificates, and Steve and I both made the effort to be there because we’re really proud of her. I forgot the camera though. Steve says she must have got the ‘good at school’ thing from me as he never paid enough attention in school to earn anything like that, even if he’d been motivated by rewards, which he wasn’t. I think secretly Abbie was so pleased about it simply because Anna didn’t ever get as far as a commendation during her time at the school

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