Phoning It In
byIt’s only four turns in 900m from school to home, but gee we can fit a lot in after school some days. Like this week we managed two surprised in the one trip.
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Rice or Wrong
byI readily agreed to Master14 practising his home economics dish thinking, incorrectly it turned out, it’d be nice to enjoy a stress free night of someone else cooking for the family.
Why Kids Learn More When They Learn Outdoors
byDon’t fall off your chair, but I learned something last week.
Thinking Outside The Box
by“I don’t need to take a lunchbox to school,” Miss6 explained to me. “I’m having tuck shop.” This was news to everyone except her.
Making Wrong’s Write
byTracey says this post could open the flood gates, but I think we can handel it.
Not As Dumb As Some
byDone it. The first traditional school day after eighteen months of homeschool. I don’t know about the kids but we’re friggin’ exhausted.
That’s The Magic Number
byHome-schooling is going so well some days it feels like we’re starring in our own Idiocracy film.
Thank you to Westpac for supporting our family and sponsoring this post. On that, have you heard about the deal Westpac has brokered where they’re footing the bill for parents ($99) to enrol their kids in the Mathspace Essentials numeracy program? Worth taking a minute to check it out at the bottom of this post after you read about how good a teacher I am not.
Not Funny
byI don’t think there’ll be a single chuckle in this whole post, and for that I apologise. Fact is, I pretty much just want to skite a bit.
The Last Day Of The School…Already
byWe expect to be taking off on the next leg of our journey around Oz Sunday afternoon, and we’re all so excited. Well, nearly all…
Letter To The Teacher
byFound this out after school today – Master11’s teacher recently received a letter from one of our other kids.
My Daughter And Drugs
byI picked the girls up from school today when the usually rather pleasant and chatty drive home took a turn down an unexpected laneway.
She’s Doing Me Proud
byIt’s such a proud parenting moment when you learn your kid is setting aside her own schedule to help a friend in need.
Back To School Fail
byHow long were these holidays? How many months? Because really, that’s the only way to explain how poorly we just did at the first day back to school this term.
School Holidays: Day Five
byI think I now know why the school day finishes at 3pm.
