This is just a brief write up of our yearly open day:
Callum’s Open Day went well. Only downside was the rain, meant having everyone inside, although it did clear up a bit later on so the kids went out for a bounce on the trampoline.
Callum set out some ‘experiments/demonstrations’ to show and we printed off some hand-outs. He showed the combustion engine, two electrical circuits, bicarb and vinegar volcano, drinks carton rocket ship, orrery and two wave machines. He also used Newton’s cradle to demonstrate how the water molecules work. He set it all out and did half hour slots for people to see.
The rest of his work was in folders dotted about the dining room. I’m not sure if he reported on any of those, but he did have a major discussion session with his Aunt and Uncle the following day.
House was a bit manic. We had 13 adults, 13 kids and 3 dogs in our house over the course of the afternoon. With burgers and sausages, cakes, crisps and biscuits being eaten, thank you very much to Grace and Carol for bringing along the cakes.
The point is that he, once again, enjoyed it and it was nice to see everyone and show what we’ve been up to. It always gives Callum something to work for each year and the motivation to do it.
Thanks everyone for coming!
Friday, 22 July 2011
Friday, 8 July 2011
BUSY, BUT SAD WEEK
It’s been a sad week this week! Callum’s trampolining teacher, James, is off to Australia next month and, Monday was our last private lesson with him. He kept it to a fun session mainly, but slipped in some revision work and some assisted somersaults. He will be so missed by Callum, myself and many others and I’m sure we will all be counting down the days until he comes back.
On the other hand, we hope he has a great time there and look forward to reading his blog about his adventures! Have fun James!!!
Actually we had quite a busy day Monday. We started dead on time which has been getting rarer and rarer as we are on a wind down of this year’s education.
We completed a sheet on Pluto, leaving us only with Dwarf planets to go. We also inputted our bug survey results and were very pleased to see that a few more people have done the survey in our area. The last one we did; we were the only ones. It’s a shame as they are great fun and free.
Phil and Callum finished the combustion engine kit over the weekend and Callum demonstrated it today with a very good explanation, so I think that will go on the demos list for his open day.
On top of that we uploaded and printed off some photos, rearranged some folders and ticked off stuff from the To Do list.
After trampolining we played Dino-opoly. We bought it ages ago and hadn’t got round to playing it. It’s pretty much the same as all other monopolies, but you have dinosaur information on the back of the cards and little quizzes. Callum, of course, won! He is very good at Monopoly; am sure he will be a property tycoon when he grows up.
Tuesday, I woke up with a sore throat and Callum complained his arm was hurting. We think he may have pulled a muscle yesterday, so he sat with an icepack on it for most of the morning and that, along with some paracetamol, seemed to do the trick. As I still felt lousy and we’d done so much yesterday, I said he could take the day easy, but he still insisted on doing his maths and literacy. Meanwhile I attempted to do a little brochure/programme for his open day with brief descriptions and explanations.
Wednesday, we were both feeling a little under the weather, but Callum still managed his maths and literacy and we completed our planet work with the dwarf planets, Eris, Ceres, Makemake, and Haumea. We then had a huge discussion regarding his open day. Trying to work out which rooms the stuff will go in and what demonstrations he was going to do. Oh yeah, we talked about geography this morning, looking up airports to start with on the road map and then went off on a tangent about rivers, mountains and the difference between built up areas and wild areas in different parts of the country; very interesting little chat.
Thursday, we went along to the group trampolining class and saw the kids getting their awards, which was nice. Also being able to see their progress was lovely and, of course, Callum got one more lesson with James. As for the rest of the day, we continued uploading and printing off photos and rewrote our Top Gear review from November last year as that was lost when our computer broke before Christmas.
Today, we just did maths and literacy as he was going off to see his friend, Callum D, this afternoon. But to be honest we really haven’t got much more work that needs doing.
On the other hand, we hope he has a great time there and look forward to reading his blog about his adventures! Have fun James!!!
Actually we had quite a busy day Monday. We started dead on time which has been getting rarer and rarer as we are on a wind down of this year’s education.
We completed a sheet on Pluto, leaving us only with Dwarf planets to go. We also inputted our bug survey results and were very pleased to see that a few more people have done the survey in our area. The last one we did; we were the only ones. It’s a shame as they are great fun and free.
Phil and Callum finished the combustion engine kit over the weekend and Callum demonstrated it today with a very good explanation, so I think that will go on the demos list for his open day.
On top of that we uploaded and printed off some photos, rearranged some folders and ticked off stuff from the To Do list.
After trampolining we played Dino-opoly. We bought it ages ago and hadn’t got round to playing it. It’s pretty much the same as all other monopolies, but you have dinosaur information on the back of the cards and little quizzes. Callum, of course, won! He is very good at Monopoly; am sure he will be a property tycoon when he grows up.
Tuesday, I woke up with a sore throat and Callum complained his arm was hurting. We think he may have pulled a muscle yesterday, so he sat with an icepack on it for most of the morning and that, along with some paracetamol, seemed to do the trick. As I still felt lousy and we’d done so much yesterday, I said he could take the day easy, but he still insisted on doing his maths and literacy. Meanwhile I attempted to do a little brochure/programme for his open day with brief descriptions and explanations.
Wednesday, we were both feeling a little under the weather, but Callum still managed his maths and literacy and we completed our planet work with the dwarf planets, Eris, Ceres, Makemake, and Haumea. We then had a huge discussion regarding his open day. Trying to work out which rooms the stuff will go in and what demonstrations he was going to do. Oh yeah, we talked about geography this morning, looking up airports to start with on the road map and then went off on a tangent about rivers, mountains and the difference between built up areas and wild areas in different parts of the country; very interesting little chat.
Thursday, we went along to the group trampolining class and saw the kids getting their awards, which was nice. Also being able to see their progress was lovely and, of course, Callum got one more lesson with James. As for the rest of the day, we continued uploading and printing off photos and rewrote our Top Gear review from November last year as that was lost when our computer broke before Christmas.
Today, we just did maths and literacy as he was going off to see his friend, Callum D, this afternoon. But to be honest we really haven’t got much more work that needs doing.
Friday, 1 July 2011
SPENDING TIME AT HOME
Okay, this week’s update.
Monday was private trampolining. Not long now and James will be off to Aussie. Callum worked hard and got something ticked off badge 8 – yay!!! Terri came along to spend the day with us, so she was there to see what he’s been up to. He’s quite impressive now, especially if you haven’t seen him for a while. I also got Terri to help him make his Sun viewer for his Space project. Cereal box, tin foil, cellotape and a pin hole – all good stuff and it works!
Tuesday morning I was off to Osteo. Callum decided to come with me. We popped into the hairdressers on way home to change our appointment so we can go along to the last trampolining group with James next week. Will be nice to see everyone again and it means we get 2 more lessons in instead of 1. Callum’s new game turned up in the post so he was a happy bunny. Super ScribbleNauts on DS. It’s pretty good from what I’ve seen and he has to spell things so will hopefully help with his words and his confidence in spelling.
Wednesday, Thursday and today we have been at home. Although we did go shopping on Wednesday evening for food and to get his best friend’s present ready for Sunday. We also bought a Haynes Combustion Engine kit. Thought it would be something he can do with dad and also be educational. If they finish it before the 16th we can add it to his Transport project. The rest of the time we wrote up some planet sheets, printed off photos, watched DVDs on Pluto, 1st two episodes of Blue Planet and Horrible Histories on catch up.
Thursday was an extra special day for me as I had a really interesting conversation with Callum about space. Callum started out looking at orbits and came to the conclusion that as planets orbit around the Sun, we, the planets, are in effect Star moons because we orbit around our star (the Sun). He also noticed that planets increase their number of moons as the distance from the Sun increases until you reach Jupiter. After that the number of moons decreases again. He wondered if the number of moons was also affected by the heat of the planet and the distance from the Sun.
We also talked about black holes (he’s fascinated by them) and he is convinced that they must go somewhere. His argument for this is that as Science believes there is no such thing as nothing, how can a black hole contain nothing? Where does all the stuff go to that is sucked in? He also wanted to know what the Universe expanding into as he knows that they say it is expanding? He then came up with an idea that the universe itself could be a sphere?
After having a cup of tea he suddenly went on to explain that if our sun is a large star it will expand, then implode and form a core which will gain mass and pressure and then collapse to form a black hole, which sucks everything into it. If our sun is a small star it will expand as before, then implode and become a dwarf star which continues to release its remaining heat and light until it eventually burns out.
I have to say that I was rather astounded that he:
a) Remembered so much and,
b) Was thinking so intricately
I am always surprised at how much sinks in without me really noticing or really doing that much intensive work! However, I probably should check the facts of the bit about suns as I can’t remember any of that!!!!!
Today we continued with project work but also did our Opal Bug Survey. It’s rather handy not having a pristine garden as it meant we had loads of different environments to look for the bugs. Callum really enjoyed it, but then he normally does enjoy the Opal Surveys.
Hopefully this weekend will be him and Phil doing the Combustion Engine and possibly spending some time in the garden. And on Sunday we will be off to his friend’s house for his birthday.
Monday was private trampolining. Not long now and James will be off to Aussie. Callum worked hard and got something ticked off badge 8 – yay!!! Terri came along to spend the day with us, so she was there to see what he’s been up to. He’s quite impressive now, especially if you haven’t seen him for a while. I also got Terri to help him make his Sun viewer for his Space project. Cereal box, tin foil, cellotape and a pin hole – all good stuff and it works!
Tuesday morning I was off to Osteo. Callum decided to come with me. We popped into the hairdressers on way home to change our appointment so we can go along to the last trampolining group with James next week. Will be nice to see everyone again and it means we get 2 more lessons in instead of 1. Callum’s new game turned up in the post so he was a happy bunny. Super ScribbleNauts on DS. It’s pretty good from what I’ve seen and he has to spell things so will hopefully help with his words and his confidence in spelling.
Wednesday, Thursday and today we have been at home. Although we did go shopping on Wednesday evening for food and to get his best friend’s present ready for Sunday. We also bought a Haynes Combustion Engine kit. Thought it would be something he can do with dad and also be educational. If they finish it before the 16th we can add it to his Transport project. The rest of the time we wrote up some planet sheets, printed off photos, watched DVDs on Pluto, 1st two episodes of Blue Planet and Horrible Histories on catch up.
Thursday was an extra special day for me as I had a really interesting conversation with Callum about space. Callum started out looking at orbits and came to the conclusion that as planets orbit around the Sun, we, the planets, are in effect Star moons because we orbit around our star (the Sun). He also noticed that planets increase their number of moons as the distance from the Sun increases until you reach Jupiter. After that the number of moons decreases again. He wondered if the number of moons was also affected by the heat of the planet and the distance from the Sun.
We also talked about black holes (he’s fascinated by them) and he is convinced that they must go somewhere. His argument for this is that as Science believes there is no such thing as nothing, how can a black hole contain nothing? Where does all the stuff go to that is sucked in? He also wanted to know what the Universe expanding into as he knows that they say it is expanding? He then came up with an idea that the universe itself could be a sphere?
After having a cup of tea he suddenly went on to explain that if our sun is a large star it will expand, then implode and form a core which will gain mass and pressure and then collapse to form a black hole, which sucks everything into it. If our sun is a small star it will expand as before, then implode and become a dwarf star which continues to release its remaining heat and light until it eventually burns out.
I have to say that I was rather astounded that he:
a) Remembered so much and,
b) Was thinking so intricately
I am always surprised at how much sinks in without me really noticing or really doing that much intensive work! However, I probably should check the facts of the bit about suns as I can’t remember any of that!!!!!
Today we continued with project work but also did our Opal Bug Survey. It’s rather handy not having a pristine garden as it meant we had loads of different environments to look for the bugs. Callum really enjoyed it, but then he normally does enjoy the Opal Surveys.
Hopefully this weekend will be him and Phil doing the Combustion Engine and possibly spending some time in the garden. And on Sunday we will be off to his friend’s house for his birthday.
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Ok, last week (20th - 24th June):
Monday was busy, busy, busy, attempting to get projects finished. We are concentrating on the Space project at the moment. We are taking one planet a day; finding out some facts and oddities; writing (well typing) up what we’ve found including a picture and adding it to a folder with any other interesting bits we can find. We are also going to try and do the activities that we got in the Stargazing leaflet from the BBC ages ago. We managed to make the juice carton rocket which is rather cool.
Tuesday was hall day in Borstal. It was nice to get out of the house and to see some people. We took along some old sciencey bits that we’ve either done or have doubles of to see if anyone wanted to take them, which people did. Came back with other stuff though which slightly defeated the object, but all good! Was lovely to see everyone, even though Callum wasn’t in the mood to run around so he just sat with me on his DS.
Wednesday was work again, but only after the Virgin Media guy came to fix our set box. He replaced it with a new one and replaced the computer modem with a new one too. Much to Callum’s delight it is a WiFi one, so he spent the next 1/2hr trying to connect his Ds to it – without much success to be honest. Will get Terri round and she can see if she can sort it out hopefully. But on a positive note, it does look as if the system is secure!
Thursday we carried on with our planets, as well as maths and literacy, and then met up with Jackie and Azeem. Off to Minster beach we went in glorious sunshine, however, within 5 mins of us setting ourselves up on the beach it poured hard. We continued to sit it out under coats, blankets and towels! Saw a wicked lightning bolt hit the sea on the horizon and shortly afterwards smoke and a fire (don’t think they were related as the strike wasn’t anywhere near the fire). The boys collected stones and some mussels, which I may attempt to eat tomorrow (they are currently being stored in salt water in my utility room sink – lovely, the mussels not the stones) and generally watched the waves. Came back and they played together on the Wii while Jackie went off and collected Hannah from her friends.
Friday we were off with Lorraine and Amy to delve into the depths of a deserted Secondary School. No, we were not breaking in; we’d been invited! It was very odd walking around such a large deserted building and only occasionally did we bump into other people. It was like a disaster movie where everything is just left lying about and discarded. Very eerie! Anyway, the kids loved it and collected as much as they could of their own interest and Lorraine and I picked up some bits and pieces that may come in handy later; the library taking the biggest hit. We’ll be able to swap them with others when finished with, so nothing will go to waste! Just wished we’d had a bigger car, hehe.
The weekend was hot and a bit more laid back. We did transplant Callum's pumpkin and sunflower plants though and are looking forward to them being able to grow a bit more, although I don't think the sunflowers will get that high as we've left it very late to transplant. Oh well.
Monday was busy, busy, busy, attempting to get projects finished. We are concentrating on the Space project at the moment. We are taking one planet a day; finding out some facts and oddities; writing (well typing) up what we’ve found including a picture and adding it to a folder with any other interesting bits we can find. We are also going to try and do the activities that we got in the Stargazing leaflet from the BBC ages ago. We managed to make the juice carton rocket which is rather cool.
Tuesday was hall day in Borstal. It was nice to get out of the house and to see some people. We took along some old sciencey bits that we’ve either done or have doubles of to see if anyone wanted to take them, which people did. Came back with other stuff though which slightly defeated the object, but all good! Was lovely to see everyone, even though Callum wasn’t in the mood to run around so he just sat with me on his DS.
Wednesday was work again, but only after the Virgin Media guy came to fix our set box. He replaced it with a new one and replaced the computer modem with a new one too. Much to Callum’s delight it is a WiFi one, so he spent the next 1/2hr trying to connect his Ds to it – without much success to be honest. Will get Terri round and she can see if she can sort it out hopefully. But on a positive note, it does look as if the system is secure!
Thursday we carried on with our planets, as well as maths and literacy, and then met up with Jackie and Azeem. Off to Minster beach we went in glorious sunshine, however, within 5 mins of us setting ourselves up on the beach it poured hard. We continued to sit it out under coats, blankets and towels! Saw a wicked lightning bolt hit the sea on the horizon and shortly afterwards smoke and a fire (don’t think they were related as the strike wasn’t anywhere near the fire). The boys collected stones and some mussels, which I may attempt to eat tomorrow (they are currently being stored in salt water in my utility room sink – lovely, the mussels not the stones) and generally watched the waves. Came back and they played together on the Wii while Jackie went off and collected Hannah from her friends.
Friday we were off with Lorraine and Amy to delve into the depths of a deserted Secondary School. No, we were not breaking in; we’d been invited! It was very odd walking around such a large deserted building and only occasionally did we bump into other people. It was like a disaster movie where everything is just left lying about and discarded. Very eerie! Anyway, the kids loved it and collected as much as they could of their own interest and Lorraine and I picked up some bits and pieces that may come in handy later; the library taking the biggest hit. We’ll be able to swap them with others when finished with, so nothing will go to waste! Just wished we’d had a bigger car, hehe.
The weekend was hot and a bit more laid back. We did transplant Callum's pumpkin and sunflower plants though and are looking forward to them being able to grow a bit more, although I don't think the sunflowers will get that high as we've left it very late to transplant. Oh well.
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
FIRST WEEK OF BEING TWELVE AND A VERY BUSY ONE AT THAT!
And so to the rest of the time.
Private trampolining is still going well. Would love him to finish a badge before James leaves, but we only have two more lessons, so that's looking unlikely which is a shame. We will be stopping until September after that and I'm convinced that he'll have forgotten half of it by then. We shall see, he normally ends up proving me wrong!!
We've also had another Riverside Rangers meet up. Bird watching this time. Callum was, unfortunately not really in the mood. I think he was still obsessing about his new things as I hadn't had much cooperation out of him on the education front either, but I insisted he went along, even if it was just for the fresh air. Big Sis, Terri, joined us which was really handy as while I was ensuring Callum was ok and helping him with binoculars and generally being the pack horse, she wrote down lots of notes which came in very useful when we came to write it up the next day.
On the Thursday, Callum had his first osteopath appointment. He'd been complaining off and on about having a pain in his back and so I said I'd make him an appointment. We weren't sure if the pains were just growing pains of whether it was due to him using his scooter since forever!! Callum has never wanted a bike, although he has recently been on his best friend's one. He's always had a scooter and has an offroad huge affair at the moment. My worry is that he can only 'scoot' on one side and this would have led to one side being stronger than the other making him lop sided. He wasn't keen on going and had a bit of a moment before going in, but he calmed down once he met her and she'd spoken to him. He wouldn't take off any of his clothes, but she managed to examine him by him lifting his Tshirt. He is slightly wonky and one side of his lower back is tighter than the other, so he had a lovely massage and a bit of manipulation and came home happy! In fact he was really tired and slept until 9am the following day! He had about 3 days of sleeping brilliantly and late into the morning, so whatever she's done, it's been good for him.
Friday was foraging with our friend Carol and her daughter Lauren.
The kids ran off into the mudflats and the water while we had a good forage for some food. Learnt a lot and came home with enough Sea Beet and Samphire to do two dinners. Callum loved both the veggies, but his dad wouldn't try the Sea Beet and didn't really like the Samphire. Oh well, Callum and I will be ok if there's a food shortage as Callum loves trying out different things that we pick, but Phil would probably starve as they don't come clean and in packages. Hehe.
The weekend was Fuse Festival, a local Arts festival, where lots of different wacky acts get together and do performances. Callum loves Fuse and even though it rained we spent 4 hours there!!!
The AirAquarium was a tent with a transparent roof. It was supposed to be an underwater lab (very well done) and puppets made from recycled rubbish were used to 'explore' the bottom of the ocean! Very funny in parts and very clever!
Dizzy O'Dare and Poppet on the Tiny Tightwire
Callum's favourite act of 2011 - Goronwy Thom
Private trampolining is still going well. Would love him to finish a badge before James leaves, but we only have two more lessons, so that's looking unlikely which is a shame. We will be stopping until September after that and I'm convinced that he'll have forgotten half of it by then. We shall see, he normally ends up proving me wrong!!
We've also had another Riverside Rangers meet up. Bird watching this time. Callum was, unfortunately not really in the mood. I think he was still obsessing about his new things as I hadn't had much cooperation out of him on the education front either, but I insisted he went along, even if it was just for the fresh air. Big Sis, Terri, joined us which was really handy as while I was ensuring Callum was ok and helping him with binoculars and generally being the pack horse, she wrote down lots of notes which came in very useful when we came to write it up the next day.On the Thursday, Callum had his first osteopath appointment. He'd been complaining off and on about having a pain in his back and so I said I'd make him an appointment. We weren't sure if the pains were just growing pains of whether it was due to him using his scooter since forever!! Callum has never wanted a bike, although he has recently been on his best friend's one. He's always had a scooter and has an offroad huge affair at the moment. My worry is that he can only 'scoot' on one side and this would have led to one side being stronger than the other making him lop sided. He wasn't keen on going and had a bit of a moment before going in, but he calmed down once he met her and she'd spoken to him. He wouldn't take off any of his clothes, but she managed to examine him by him lifting his Tshirt. He is slightly wonky and one side of his lower back is tighter than the other, so he had a lovely massage and a bit of manipulation and came home happy! In fact he was really tired and slept until 9am the following day! He had about 3 days of sleeping brilliantly and late into the morning, so whatever she's done, it's been good for him.
Friday was foraging with our friend Carol and her daughter Lauren.
The kids ran off into the mudflats and the water while we had a good forage for some food. Learnt a lot and came home with enough Sea Beet and Samphire to do two dinners. Callum loved both the veggies, but his dad wouldn't try the Sea Beet and didn't really like the Samphire. Oh well, Callum and I will be ok if there's a food shortage as Callum loves trying out different things that we pick, but Phil would probably starve as they don't come clean and in packages. Hehe.
The weekend was Fuse Festival, a local Arts festival, where lots of different wacky acts get together and do performances. Callum loves Fuse and even though it rained we spent 4 hours there!!!
The AirAquarium was a tent with a transparent roof. It was supposed to be an underwater lab (very well done) and puppets made from recycled rubbish were used to 'explore' the bottom of the ocean! Very funny in parts and very clever!
Dizzy O'Dare and Poppet on the Tiny Tightwire
Callum's favourite act of 2011 - Goronwy ThomCALLUM'S 12TH BIRTHDAY
Hi all, let's catch up again shall we?Callum's birthday went well. As you can see from the photo, he got a pretty good haul and that's only half of it!! The bouncy castle turned up and was set up before 11am, so he had a good old bounce before anyone turned up. Unfortunately, for the first time ever on his birthday, it rained! Heavily! Pretty much off and on all day and into the night, so Callum, his best friend Callum and my daughter dived out whenever there was a break to have a go. They even gave up at one point and bounced in the rain!!
Bouncing in the rain
Boys attempting to avoid wet surface
We didn't have a party as such as Callum doesn't really like them. He ends up stressing too much about other people/children and whether or not they are doing what they are supposed to or touching his things. He normally signposts his bedroom with 'No Entry' signs or, if he is allowing people in, he has signs saying that its 'a quiet room and not to get loads of stuff out'. Strange boy sometimes, but then that's his Asperger for you. We just had his Sister, his best friend, Uncle, Aunt and Cousin over. We were supposed to be having a BBQ, but that was rained off too, so was an indoor one instead. All in all though and despite the rain, he had a very good time and his best mate Callum D stayed until 8.30pm. Happy 12th mate!!
The weather didn't improve and we ended up getting a phone call asking whether we would mind keeping the bouncy castle overnight. So luckily Callum managed to have another quiet bounce the following morning before it was taken away. We didn't do any education on the Monday as he wanted to look through all his presents properly and get them all out and play with the games, etc.
Friday, 10 June 2011
BUSY, BUSY, RAINY, RAINY
Wayhey, it’s only been a week and I’m posting!!! Go me!!!
Forgot to mention in last post that we were supposed to be doing Catapult Craft at Riverside on the 31st May, but it got cancelled! However, as Callum had his mate Callum D over anyway we decided to still go there for a play and a wander. It was a lovely day and the boys had fun exploring.
Callum D stayed overnight (my Cs first sleepover) and they had the whole following day to play on the Wii, the computer and upstairs with the cars and tanks. 
Forgot to mention in last post that we were supposed to be doing Catapult Craft at Riverside on the 31st May, but it got cancelled! However, as Callum had his mate Callum D over anyway we decided to still go there for a play and a wander. It was a lovely day and the boys had fun exploring.
Callum D stayed overnight (my Cs first sleepover) and they had the whole following day to play on the Wii, the computer and upstairs with the cars and tanks. 
We also had dentist that week too and we both passed with flying colours; neither of us needed anything done again!
This week has flown by and I’m having to check my diary to see what we’ve been doing. Weather changed too, so have been ‘forced’ more indoors, so still have loads of plants to get into the garden including Callum’s strawberries which are fruiting (and very yummy they are too).
Monday we had one of my friends over who I haven’t seen for ages, so Callum just concentrated on his Maths and his English sheets that he has to do daily (only thing I force him to do) and then he was back on computer playing his latest obsession Roblox. Don’t mind him playing as he has to type things into it and so has to ask for spellings. I always make him spell it first and then correct anything that he’s got wrong which is becoming less and less nowadays! Finally think we are getting somewhere with Literacy, him reading every night helps enormously.
Tuesday we went off to Splashes Leisure pool in the afternoon to meet up with another friend we haven’t seen for ages. That was lovely as the boys being both over 8 could go in the pool by themselves while we could sit by the side and drink tea!!! Callum had a great time. What made it even better was that the centre actually put on the wave machine and all the fountains plus had the slide open, so there was lots to entertain them both and the Russian student that was with them. 3 hours later they looked like prunes and we were tea drunk! The only downside is that it is so hot in there; I always end up with a headache.
Wednesday we had a private trampolining lesson in the morning which Callum worked really really hard at! He’s now easily flipping himself over by himself, but just hasn’t managed to get to feet. However, the combi moves are coming along really well. Only another 3 lessons to go before James goes off to Australia, so I’m really hoping that he can get something else ticked off if not achieve one of the badges.
We spent the afternoon getting all the projects together and looking for the work that needs to go in them. Unfortunately it looks like we’ve lost some!! Aaaargh!! However, I know that we may have some on the old computer not printed off, so am hoping that it’ll be on the dongle we have and we can upload it and print it off.
Monday we had one of my friends over who I haven’t seen for ages, so Callum just concentrated on his Maths and his English sheets that he has to do daily (only thing I force him to do) and then he was back on computer playing his latest obsession Roblox. Don’t mind him playing as he has to type things into it and so has to ask for spellings. I always make him spell it first and then correct anything that he’s got wrong which is becoming less and less nowadays! Finally think we are getting somewhere with Literacy, him reading every night helps enormously.
Tuesday we went off to Splashes Leisure pool in the afternoon to meet up with another friend we haven’t seen for ages. That was lovely as the boys being both over 8 could go in the pool by themselves while we could sit by the side and drink tea!!! Callum had a great time. What made it even better was that the centre actually put on the wave machine and all the fountains plus had the slide open, so there was lots to entertain them both and the Russian student that was with them. 3 hours later they looked like prunes and we were tea drunk! The only downside is that it is so hot in there; I always end up with a headache.
Wednesday we had a private trampolining lesson in the morning which Callum worked really really hard at! He’s now easily flipping himself over by himself, but just hasn’t managed to get to feet. However, the combi moves are coming along really well. Only another 3 lessons to go before James goes off to Australia, so I’m really hoping that he can get something else ticked off if not achieve one of the badges.
We spent the afternoon getting all the projects together and looking for the work that needs to go in them. Unfortunately it looks like we’ve lost some!! Aaaargh!! However, I know that we may have some on the old computer not printed off, so am hoping that it’ll be on the dongle we have and we can upload it and print it off.
Callum's new peg man - this one has arms!!!Thursday we completed all the odd bits of paper that we found on Wednesday. Inputting the questionnaire results, answering question sheets and completing quiz papers. We are now officially up to date with projects, but still have loads more to do. Running out of time, so will have to complete what we can and finish the rest off another time.
The evening was MAGIC at Monkey Bizz. Haven’t been for months so was nice to go along and let the boys let off a bit of steam. The two Callums had a great time charging about and I sat and read, until I got ‘booked’ to give a home education talk at one of the coffee mornings in September. Eek, must prepare, must prepare!
And so to today: spent the afternoon at Riverside, in the rain dodging showers, with a lady I’ve never met before, Donna, and her Asperger son Elliot. The boys appeared to get along fantastic and had the play area virtually to themselves the whole time we were there due to the weather. We, of course, sat and drank tea and put the world to rights – haha.
This weekend is Callum’s birthday!
Cya
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