just another morning here

Can’t quite believe that I’m only the 99th person to respond to the consultation online; it wasn’t half as difficult as the last one! Also pleased to find Spiked Online which puts into words how I feel about the review (as a non-home-educating-at-the-moment parent) far more eloquently than I could ever write it.

Have had wildly differing days today. Anna and Josiah were at school as normal. Abbie was sick during the night (not quite sure why) so she had the day off, and Steve worked mainly from home to accommodate that. He also tidied up the utility area which was a very useful job to have done, even if it did mean that he happened upon my secret stash of snacks – and ate them, the ratbag!! Abbie’s been doing lots of painting

I, meanwhile, had the pleasure of visiting the home of one of the children in my class, as one of our ‘Bus Day’ trips. The mum had invited us ages ago and it was lovely to finally see their house, which I’d heard lots about, and today I saw why. They have a small garden centre and a fair bit of land, on which they’ve designed, built and landscaped their own house and garden, in a totally child centred and disability aware way, as they have two children with the same genetic disability (and then two more children who don’t have the condition). She’d baked delicious cake, and was totally welcoming to us all – we all looked very tempted when she offered beer to drink at lunchtime! It was a beautiful day weather wise, and a real treat to be able to let our children free as the house and garden were all completely safe. They have chickens, too, so the kids fed the chickens and collected eggs as well

Also had a lovely chat about home education – she’s the kind of mum who keeps her kids off school if they need a lie in (gets raised eyebrows all the time!), and obviously loves having them at home with her – just the type of person who understands the premise of home ed without needing it explained. Interesting. In their case I suspect that the respite of school is much needed, however, especially as the two children who are at my school don’t tend to sleep very much at all!

Home for piano/cello lessons, tae kwon do, trying to cook omelettes for tea, I am rubbish with omelettes though.

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