Well, Zelda, you have now been at nursery school for almost three weeks. After a very sad first week (you did not like being seperated from me), you are settling in quite nicely: A few tears when I leave you, which is expected, but you soon calm down and get down to it.

I am thankful to the teachers, my colleagues, who have taken you under their wings and given you the physical comfort you have needed to make the transition a smooth one. I am also reasonably confident that, after the two months’ holiday that is soon upon us, you will not have so many problems on your return in August.

I feel honoured and lucky that my daughters can be at my workplace. Freya is soon leaving nursery school for the next step in her education, but I potentially have three more years of working with you so near to me. Not many parents can boast that.