--- title: Everyday — a course of Mova's primary school, with trees and pragmatics · page 5 description: Everyday life and safety at the level of a careful child: stairs, balance and falling well, lifting, climbing, bikes and scooters, swimming, posture and screens, the signals of the body, sounds that warn, traffic, kitchens, strangers and help. 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[467](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/467-friends-through-games-and-clubs/) — Friends through games and clubs — 37 sentences · First activity: build a tower out of dry spaghetti and marshmallows with a partner, Grace-from-Brownies (not… - [468](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group/) — Nice alone, mean in a group — 30 sentences · On the walk home Chloe's friend Bella is lovely: shares her sweets, asks about Chloe's nan. - [469](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/) — The copier and the one who competes at everything — 33 sentences · Every time Lily gets something new, Grace turns up with it the next day: the sloth hairclip, the glitter pen… - [470](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something/) — The friend who only calls when they need something — 41 sentences · Connor's friend Ollie only messages when he needs something: help with maths homework, a lend of a charger,… - [471](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/) — The kid who has it in for you — 27 sentences · In Year 2 Sam knocked over Dean's Lego tower by accident. - [472](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully/) — Rival teams and the older bully — 28 sentences · Every May, Mill Lane Juniors play Station Road Rovers, and the Rovers' parents chant «Mill Lane, Mill Lane,… - [473](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/) — The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door — 33 sentences · Sam's football flies over the fence into Mr Grimshaw's garden. - [474](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/474-feuds-between-families/) — Feuds between families — 32 sentences · A feud is a long quarrel between families or groups, sometimes lasting years after everyone has forgotten ho… - [475](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/) — The row over a game — 29 sentences · Sam and Jake are playing Mario Kart. - [476](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/) — The secret that got told — 32 sentences · At a sleepover Lily tells Maddie she has a crush on Kieran. - [477](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted/) — Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted — 37 sentences · Kieran calls Lily «Smelly Lily» in front of the class. - [478](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else/) — Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else — 25 sentences · Lily, Maddie and Chloe are a three. - [479](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/479-the-group-chat-that-turns/) — The group chat that turns — 32 sentences · Forty-seven crying-laughing emojis. - [480](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend/) — The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend — 30 sentences · Connor has played every night for months with «xXShadowWolfXx», who is funny, gives tips and gifted him a sk… - [481](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away/) — Blocking, muting and walking away — 30 sentences · Lily reads them again and again at bedtime. - [482](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work/) — Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work — 28 sentences · Every Friday Lily's mum's best friend, Auntie Jo, comes round with a bag of gossip, and the two of them laug… - [483](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/) — Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper — 33 sentences · Two old men on Sam's street, Mr Shaw and Mr Kowalski, haven't spoken in eleven years. - [484](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did/) — Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did — 32 sentences · Dean has had it in for Sam since Year 2. - [485](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/485-what-a-real-friend-is/) — What a real friend is — 34 sentences · Sam's dad asks, «So what makes a real friend?» Sam thinks of Jake turning up with Monster Munch for a rematc… - [486](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/) — Every family is different — 30 sentences · On «draw your family» day in Cardiff, Tegan draws herself, Mum and the cat, and worries her picture looks to… - [487](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform/) — Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform — 31 sentences · In Sunderland, Dafydd's mum works part-time in a care home and money is tight, so Dafydd gets free school me… - [488](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/488-the-electric-meter-the-food-bank-and-we-cant-afford-it/) — The electric meter, the food bank and «we can't afford it» — 39 sentences · In Middlesbrough the telly dies right in the middle of Lorcan's cartoons, and the lights go with it. - [489](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school/) — Hiding it from friends: being skint at school — 39 sentences · In Nottingham, Jolene's mates all have the new trainers, and her family is skint (has no spare money). - [490](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything/) — Comfortable families: enough, but not everything — 40 sentences · In Reading, Elsie's mum is a nurse and her dad is a teacher. - [491](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/) — Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad — 37 sentences · Lottie lives in a big house in Surrey. - [492](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/) — Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours — 38 sentences · After hearing a kid call him «mid» (boring), Monty in Los Angeles decides to test his friends. - [493](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents/) — Warm parents and strict parents — 35 sentences · In York, Poppy-Ann comes home with 5 out of 20 in spelling and waits for trouble. - [494](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/) — Shouty parents and bad days — 31 sentences · Shouldn't have yelled.» Grown-ups get tired and stressed just like kids, and sometimes they snap. - [495](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone/) — Cold parents: always on the phone — 38 sentences · In Brighton, Avery runs in with a gold star. - [496](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not/) — Parents who row, and one kind and one not — 38 sentences · A «row» (it rhymes with «cow») is a British word for a loud argument. - [497](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult/) — Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult — 38 sentences · Sometimes a grown-up at home is not okay, and a child sees it first. - [498](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house/) — The only child: a quiet house — 32 sentences · An only child is a child with no brothers or sisters. - [499](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling/) — The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling — 37 sentences · With one child, all the parents' attention lands on one person: lovely, and sometimes heavy. - [500](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/) — The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff — 40 sentences · Big sisters are often bossy and protective in the same morning. - [501](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/501-big-brothers/) — Big brothers — 40 sentences · Big brothers often tease, and a tiny bit of praise from them can feel like a medal. - [502](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/) — Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest» — 42 sentences · In Birmingham, Ifeoma, 10, is the oldest of five; Mum and Dad run a small shop. - [503](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/503-twins-and-big-families/) — Twins and big families — 40 sentences · Twins are often treated as one unit, «the twins», but each twin is her own person. - [504](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/504-a-new-baby/) — A new baby — 44 sentences · A new baby changes the whole family. - [505](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/505-half-and-step-siblings/) — Half- and step-siblings — 40 sentences · Families can join together. - [506](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home/) — A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left home — 34 sentences · In a Leeds supermarket the strip lights buzz, a trolley crashes, and Toby, who is 7 and autistic, drops to t… - [507](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/) — Siblings as best mates and as rivals — 36 sentences · In Bristol, Mo, 10, gets told off for being late for school. - [508](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/) — Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room — 36 sentences · In Wakefield, Brandon and Kyle, 9 and 10, fight every single day: kicks under the table, «you're a div» (a d… - [509](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs/) — The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other and hand-me-downs — 29 sentences · Then Fern hears Nan say, «Fern's the one who's always in trouble.» Fern folds her arms: «I'm the black sheep… - [510](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/) — Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away — 30 sentences · Your cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles. - [511](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains/) — Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody explains — 32 sentences · In Newcastle, Nan turns 70 and there are 40 relatives, a DJ, a buffet with sausage rolls stacked like bricks… - [512](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/) — The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad — 34 sentences · In Burnley, Nan picks Alfie-Joe up from school every day while Mum's at work, and every day it's a Wagon Whe… - [513](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met/) — Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met — 29 sentences · Every Sunday, Taras in Leeds video calls his baba and dido (Ukrainian for gran and grandad) in Ukraine. - [514](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family/) — Dementia and the first death in the family — 38 sentences · Dementia is an illness of the brain that makes people forget, more and more over time, even the people they… - [515](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own/) — Mum on her own, Dad on his own — 35 sentences · In Leicester, Kezia's mum drives a bus and does everything else too: tea, homework, washing, school runs, th… - [516](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/) — Divorce and two homes — 46 sentences · When parents divorce or separate, they stop being a couple, but they never stop being parents. - [517](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner/) — The parent who left, and a new partner — 46 sentences · On his tenth birthday Corey sits by the phone all afternoon, cake untouched. - [518](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/518-when-a-parent-has-died/) — When a parent has died — 44 sentences · When a parent dies, they don't come back; that is the hardest truth there is. - [519](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison/) — Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison — 51 sentences · Some parents are alive and loving and still far away: in the army, working abroad, or in prison. - [520](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/) — Living in a children's home — 49 sentences · Some children can't live with their parents for a while, because the parents are too ill, can't cope, or can… - [521](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/521-foster-care/) — Foster care — 43 sentences · Foster carers are grown-ups who look after a child in their own home when the child's parents can't. - [522](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/522-adoption/) — Adoption — 46 sentences · Adoption is when a child whose birth parents can't bring them up joins a new family for good. - [523](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/523-kinship-care-living-with-gran-or-an-aunt/) — Kinship care: living with Gran or an aunt — 49 sentences · Kinship care is when a child lives with a relative, like a gran, grandad, aunt or uncle, or a close family f… - [524](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/) — «Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes — 52 sentences · Kids ask about families all the time. - [525](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/) — Friends who get it — 46 sentences · After the Father's Day joke, Corey sits alone at lunch, picking at his chips. 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