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Tag: Dorset
Eggardon Hillfort and back to school stressbusting!
Hillforts and hiccups. And thus the actual first day back at school arrives, complete with a morning of stomach aches, sore throats and tears; and then eventually getting out of the door just in time. After school we decided to go for a last minute jolly up to Eggardon Hillfort. It’s one of our favourite… Read more
Malory towers, May fairs, Cake cost maths and the chance for a FREE download!
Malory Towers and May fairs. Now I’m incapable of watching TV without also doing something else; so I set myself to some work on the laptop while we powered through a good amount of Malory Towers this morning; making the most of sick day number 2. I was never into Enid Blyton as a kid,… Read more
The first day NOT back to school and spider seedlings!
Back to school….or not! Tuesday. 5am. The first day back to school…. and the girls start the day by puking. A lot. Now by the schools own rules -they can’t go back for another two days from the time they stop vomiting. Sick day While idling the morning away to OKGO! videos, I overheard the… Read more
So, how did we find our Home Education trial?
So how did it go? How did our Home Education trial go? Actually, brilliantly. I’m completely aware that a two-week trial is by no means anywhere close to the reality of Home Education, on so many levels. However, what it did do is give us a good overview and highlight a few things that could… Read more
Last day of trial
Last TrialDay Today is Easter Monday – and because of the way this holiday worked, we’re supposed to go back to school tomorrow. Well, after we finish the chocolate…. CRASH course learning! Today I decided to give us a day off, and let everyone properly rest before we set the alarm clocks and hit the… Read more
Bristol Aquarium and the biggest fish I’ve ever seen!
Packing lunches Now. I’m the worlds’ most frugal parent, having spent the majority of my life exceedingly skint. So when we decided to pay out on a trip up to Bristol Aquarium, it led to a morning packing ourselves a picnic. The three kids all piled into the kitchen packing a variety of things, chatting… Read more
Life skills and lazy days!
Plan failure Another lazy day day at home today, with Small still feeling a bit rough, and Big starting to look a bit off-colour we cancelled our day of “Grandma school” a term left over from the lockdown days, where the girls would spend some time with Grandma (Part of our ‘Bubble’ – what a… Read more
Stampede by the sea, ED TED and surprise unicorns!
Expect the unexpected Today I found myself face-to-face with a monster. Table of Contents Building a unicorn Being met, bleary eyed, first thing in the morning by this on your stairs…is quite something. Small picked this cardboard kit up in a charity shop yesterday and obviously decided to build the thing as soon as she… Read more
Education by Accident!
Art, Board games and Rube Goldberg research – Heath Robinson Keeping it chill again today, we did some painting with the girls’ new watercolours, then headed over to a local board game cafe! The amount of education and development that can be discovered by accident while you’re just pootling about is amazing. Table of Contents… Read more
What can Home-Ed look like?
What can Home-Ed look like? What can Home-Ed look like? Whatever it needs to. After yesterday’s science marathon, it was back to “School” this morning. Big, as usual, has completed almost everything before I’ve even woken up. Small however, has been feeling ill since our Gladiator outing. Here’s what we got up to today…. Table… Read more