Totally unexpected when we started the school year, but March (or the half of March we had), is looking like being the last time the children are in school this year thanks to Covid-19. Sad sad times across the world, and especially for those children due to do exams that have been cancelled, or due…
Pen licences and how to support children on cursive handwriting practice
The pen licence is a funny old thing. They didn’t exist when we were in school. The whole class was just told, next year bring a cartridge pen and that was it. If you didn’t have one, you didn’t get to use one. I think pretty much everyone had a £3.99 WHSmith basic pen (usually…
A day out at National Trust’s Wimpole Hall and Home Farm
While N isn’t always a big fan of National Trust visits, when we’re on a full day out and he’s had a good morning, he’s more open to multiple visits. We do usually visit places in the morning to avoid busy times, but as the Wimpole Estate was on our way further north in half…
Project 52 2020 week 12 – all change
This week was the start of life changing thanks to Covid-19. Changing for everyone, although lots of people don’t seem to have changed their habits frustratingly. Hopefully there’ll be less stupidity coming into next week. I’m not sure that future weeks will be that exciting. After all there’s no school, no activities, no going out…
First county tennis training session
This year N hasn’t played many tennis matches after one tournament that really put him off. The weather and clashes have also stopped him playing at one locally he does enjoy. But it is a gap that we need to get back to at some point. But the highlight is that despite this lack of…
