Slacking!
Sunday, March 6th, 2011It’s meant to be screen-free Sunday but we caved in today and watched a film this afternoon. Also I wanted to look at the photos we’d taken this afternoon so I picked up the computer and it’s gone downhill from there!
Anyway, a nice weekend, after an extraordinarily busy week. Of course I’m not allowed to say what Ofsted’s judgement was, but it will be published in due course
I was ready to be observed but thankfully I escaped – an inspector came in as we were getting ready for lunch but surprisingly he turned down my invitation to stay! I’m not quite sure why, there is plenty of learning that happens in my class over lunchtime too – but it can get a bit messy and noisy at times
As a result of a stressful week, Friday was spent generally spaced out, both at school and at home! Anna went out to FNX and Steve was out somewhere too, but the rest of us snuggled in my bed and watched tv which was a nice way to relax
Saturday was choir/orchestra as usual, then we had the addition of a strings workshop all afternoon for Anna. Josiah was back at the cathedral for an outreach concert; I came home and got a bit of work done before dashing out to pick them all up again (as well as to drop Abbie off for a birthday party). More vegging in front of the tv in the evening. Steve and I cracked open our Gentleman Jack that we’d brought home from the JD distillery
Today has been chilled too – Joe had services to sing this morning and I went to church too, while the girls caught up on homework and cleaned out the guinea pigs, Steve did the hoovering, but then we all went out for lunch together at the Swan in Lympstone, which was lovely. HUGE dinners!
We were meant to be going for a nice walk afterwards but we all felt very lazy, so came home and broke the screen ban for a film! Before that though, I insisted on a photoshoot as I often do around my birthday – it’s rare to get a decent picture of me with the kids (mainly because I hate having my photo taken!) so occasionally I have to grab them all and torture them by making them pose with me. There were a couple of nice ones in amongst the failures!
After the film we did our usual Sunday evening music practices in various combinations, which was mainly nice … and now the kids have gone off to bed, Steve and I have given in again and are on computers, not talking to one another at all!
p.s. I have decided that I can’t quite bring myself to let the blog go, despite it being total drivel most of the time. Enough people said ‘nooo’ when I threatened it!









