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For many parents of school-aged children, creativity can feel like something that belonged to a former version of ourselves, before packed lunches, spellings, swimming lessons and the endless emotional load of raising small humans. For the artist behind Murphy’s Sketches, motherhood didn’t silence creativity. It quietly brought it back. 

Traditionally, PTAs in secondary schools focus on fundraising and supporting school events. But there’s growing recognition that PTAs can also play a vital role in promoting pupil leadership and pupil voice. 

Reading to your child is one of the simplest yet most powerful ways to support your child’s development and nurture a lifelong love of learning. While screens and digital entertainment often dominate daily life, the act of sitting down with a book provides benefits that go far beyond literacy.