A Boy And His Quest For His Holy Grail, The Pen Licence

Tom has always been literally creative and is very capable of putting his ideas down onto paper. His story lines and the detail he puts into them are amazing. As a parent I may be biased, but it is true and every parents evening his teacher has commented on this. Unfortunately, Tom has always been very eager to get his ideas down and content generally is more important than presentation, or at least that is what I thought. Then, on a recent parent teacher exercise at the school, I saw how truly fantastic his writing skills had become.

Until recently I had never heard of a pen licence, or even had an idea on what one was. For those that do not know, a pen licence is given out at some schools when a child's hand writing gets to a certain neat level. It is a great milestone and helps motivate children into developing their handwriting.

For several months now Tom was telling us that different class mates had received a pen licence. As time went on he started to Rachel and myself when the next assembly was that they were given out at and that he was hoping to receive one. In actual fact it became more and more apparent that this was important to him, very important.

Finally, for what seems like an eternity in waiting Tom has received his pen licence. I would even say that it has been like his own personal Holy Grail. Tom has longed for this achievement and has finally succeeded, thankfully.

Well done Tom, you deserve it!!!