Fishers Farm Park this morning, within the constraints of austerity July as the memberships were part Christmas part Easter gifts and are so well used they probably clock in at under £2 per person per visit.
Avoided the gorgeous smells of bacon and fresh donuts as well as gliding through the gift shop.
This month I have swapped monitoring weight pounds, following the successful completion of operation shift 10kg some months ago now, to watching for financial pounds instead in order for us to have a short term time break to celebrate TDO's 40th later in the year.
Since the start of the month we have done really well avoiding all of the many temptations of coffee and ice cream away from home and visiting places that are either free of where we have existing memberships.
E made a friend at Fishers today and we swapped 'phone numbers. This is really unusual occurrence for us, we have found that often people apply totally different rules to their children's friendships than to adult interactions and we hope to meet them at the park again soon.
Today been better for being the day it was rather than the day it wasn't. Until only a few days ago we were all geared up for TDO to be heading state site for a week, flying out this morning, a trip that was cancelled at the 11th hour ensuring continued domestic harmony.
We are in a good place at the moment, the sibling vibe is positive, health is on our side, a great week's strewing and gallivanting is gently planned, now, if I could just fix the weather.
Noticed this advert in a local magazine I was thumbing through and it got me thinking. What kind of talents are bigger than school?
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Talents that are bigger than school. That is a sad case. I have friends who have children who are completely in love with maths and are told that they can't be taught more than they know yet because they'll be bored by the time they're in yr 6. Crazy! So what they are saying is that they have to be bored all the way through school and probably year 6 and that's if they haven't opted for day dreaming about numbers outside the school classroom window! Fit in this box please! Good post Katie, it really got me thinking! x
Hi Lisa,
Thanks for the comment and shares.
Yes, it is a really big issue, I can remember people telling me not to "let" S read when she was 3 and 4 (like I could have stopped her) because otherwise she would be bored at school. Oddly they were often people in the library but hey! and I knew she wouldn't be going so didn't say much.
Daily on the BBC education news page there are articles about schools failing those at both ends of the spectrum
Here on today's page
"School's letting down the brightest."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18722137
and next to it one about how poor numeracy is ruining lives
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17224600
On the same page! Of course I appreciate how hard it is to cope with a large class of children of hugely different abilities but all the time the fashion is for grouping by age rather than ability or aptitude a certain amount of this is inevitable.
This was (obviously) an advert for a private fee paying school where the whole set up is completely different and money, resources and opportunities to take time out of regular lessons for horse riding practise or wind surfing tuition is likely to be easier to do.
Sporting talent seems very encouraged but I am not sure about other talents - perhaps including those that are less likey to attract a large financial reward in the future.
Many children I speak to have a pretty clear ideas about their interests but are told for ages and ages they are too young to know or don't understand what thye really involve then, at 13, when they are asked to choose their options for GCSE that will decide the rest of their life they wonder why a moody, uncommunicative teenager shrugs their shoulders and walks off!!
I hear that boredom thing trotted out a lot - you know the one that goes you need to learn how to be bored at school so you are ready to be bored at work. Great strategy!
Thank everything we can ignore all this and lovehomeed every day!
I for one am glad we can choose to ignore and dispense with so much nonsense.
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