Home-school-home-school....

So its been three weeks since the girls headed off back to Secondary School; I haven't posted since then as it's been a bit strange without them and Noah and I have been working things out too.

Sophie has really settled back in and is loving everything about being back.  Lily has found things a bit harder, and although made a great start found it all too much and went on strike in week 2!  The school have been very supportive however, and Lily has been doing half days, phasing her entry into school.  This Monday sees her return to full days and then after half-term she will also have home-work again: she is taking it one day at a time and knows that we are here for her should she decided school is not for her.

Noah and I have been continuing our home-ed journey.  Noah has settled the most into being at home and is keen to try different things, loves the freedom of home and has made some really good friends.  Although I have been unsure about everything, he is so settled and happy that we have decided to keep going indefinitely.  That is, there is no rush to get him to school, and as long as he wishes to stay at home and we can do this, then we will!

This week we have done some interesting learning:

Monday: On mondays we meet with other home-ed children at Walton for Rock-climbing.  Noah loves this and gets to burn of lots of energy.  In the afternoon I taught a Y7 class about Labour and Birth, so Noah went to play with a friend.

Tuesday: We are visiting Hogarth House in Chiswick next week, so we spent the morning looking at the Georgian Period; we looked at a history time-line so Noah could put that period into context, and then listened to a children's radio programme about Georgian architecture.  A quick trip to the library to get some relevant books, and then Noah spent the afternoon designing a Georgian home.  Jasper, Noah's home-ed friend came for a sleepover.

Wednesday: Noah attends History club at Surrey History Centre and is currently learning all about the Romans.  Later on we went on a shopping trip for the gun Noah has had his eye on for several weeks.

Thursday: I was at a birth all Weds night and most of Thursday, so Noah got to spend the day helping at Daddy's work (which he LOVES to do!)

We try to have a chill day on Friday, so whilst I did housework Noah watched his favourite TV programmes and then made some rafts to float in the sink.  We had a quick trip to the shops for some essentials and then we finally carried out our Volcano experiment...(when I have worked out HOW to link to a video clip you shall all get to see it! LOL)

angela xx