Well, after 14 weeks of home schooling and 17 weeks of being home thanks to Covid-19, N’s school year 4 was over last week. Six weeks of the strangest summer holidays anyone could imagine are here, and we wonder what…
As regular readers know, N isn’t the biggest fan of reading. Actually that’s probably an understatement. He’ll read out of school books for the purpose of his school reading daily requirements. But reading for leisure doesn’t happen. The only books…
We’re now in week 14 of being away from normal life and school thanks to Covid-19. That’s more than a full term of school we’ve been doing home school alongside me working from home. I would never entertain home schooling…
It’s taken until the final term of year 4. Five school years of reading. I was despairing. But finally we have found a book that N wants to read, is enjoying, and hasn’t complained when he’s needed to do his…
Like so many other parents around the world at the moment, N is at home school. I say home school rather than schooling because I’m not a teacher and I’m largely leaving him to it. I’m also working full time…
Most children are divided into 2 camps when it comes to reading. Those who are bookworms and always have their nose in a book, and those who just will not read (some might struggle, others can but just won’t read). …
We’ve had one week of home school so far thanks toCoronavirus, and there are an unknown number of weeks ahead. We’ve been given a home school pack with two week of work in. So I’m expecting there will be more…
Totally unexpected when we started the school year, but March (or the half of March we had), is looking like being the last time the children are in school this year thanks to Covid-19. Sad sad times across the world,…
The pen licence is a funny old thing. They didn’t exist when we were in school. The whole class was just told, next year bring a cartridge pen and that was it. If you didn’t have one, you didn’t get…
February has been a really busy month for school days. With half term in the middle, we’re rushing ever faster towards Easter! Here’s this month’s school days. Owl visit This term the topic has been predators, and N’s class again…
January’s been a bit of an odd month. There’s quite a lot going on, but the weather has cancelled things, or there’s been changes in people which meant routines that have been in place for a couple of years have…
