Making it up

quiet recovery day

Jax — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:27:26 +0000

Kirsty and co up and offed before lunchtime today – with James having work commitments he wanted at least some afternoon at home. The kids had done really well together, Small particulary enjoyed boy playtime I think A and Big do hit it off too though, loved the times when they were running [...]

Very sunny beach day.

Jax — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:49:56 +0000

As we are now close to the beach, it’s rather a draw for small visitors, so a beach trip was in order for Saturday. It took the adults (namely me!) a while to get going, so it was nearly lunchtime by the time we headed out, but we took fruit and water, crisps and sun [...]

tidy up and wait

Jax — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:18:57 +0000

Anticipating visitors on Friday afternoon/ evening, we spent most of Friday morning attempting to process washing and find floors. Some of us were more successful than others. And by lunchtime I’d had about enough of my acid reflux, and headed off down to the chemists next to the doctors to pick up my [...]

(more) kindness of passing strangers.

Jax — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:24:27 +0000

Thursday was hot. So hot that I decided it was probably just as well that we weren’t going to the cloth place as well as Small’s Beaver sausage sizzle, as it would probably be way too much for them. So instead we had a quiet day at home, apart from the screaming There were [...]

It sounds crazy…

Jax — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:06:57 +0000

Box clever: Singapore’s magic formula for maths success Tagline: It sounds crazy but Singapore has shot up the league tables by dropping traditional methods from its maths lessons and getting children to be creative. The only bit about this that sounds crazy is that ppl wouldn’t think creativity a better way to learn than rote learning. Sigh. [...]

Democracy in action?

Jax — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:52:35 +0000

Tonight I am feeling betrayed and let down by a man who in all reality has no responsibility to me at all. Lord Lucas has placed an amendment against the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill as follows: 311 Insert the following new Clause— “Support for home education Support for home education (1) The Secretary of State [...]

Science in the sun.

Jax — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:35:10 +0000

Today we had a day round at WF house planned, with added science experiments. So I got up at 8 to sort out contribution to bring and share lunch, as well as sorting out washing and so on. In the end my lunch contribution was courtesy of the coop, I am always somewhat uninspired, and [...]

Midwife, library and swimming.

Jax — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:15:56 +0000

Trying morning on Tuesday with Big, who is well into the pre teen hormone surge and seems determined to exploit it. Children argued extensively over DVDs – beginning to wish I hadn’t bothered bringing the box in from the garage, I thought they’d be pleased to see it. Neither of them wanted to attend the [...]

Home education review, what can we do now?

Jax — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:22:10 +0000

Lord Lucas asks To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, as required by the Code of Practice on Consultation, they have published an impact assessment to accompany the “Registration and Monitoring Proposals” consultation following Mr Badman’s report on Elective Home Education; and, if so, whether they will place a copy in the Library of the House. Baroness Morgan [...]

Sun, foghorns, fog, sun, Beavers.

Jax — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:00:28 +0000

I am not used to this coastal microclimate. We started the day with baking sunshine, so I advised the children to get their playing outside done early so they could retreat to a dvd later, and made sure that I got two loads of washing down and out on the line quickly. Despite the sunshine, [...]