Our church is usually very laid back and informal but every now and again we have a “pastoral group” week. We sit in our groups and normally have to do some very silly things for example we’ve made palm Sunday models out of play dough and wrapped people up in loo roll (unused I hasten [Continue]
We had a talk at church yesterday (Easter Sunday) which talked about how the disciples must have felt on Easter Saturday - the despair they must have felt at the centre of their lives being ripped away – but also that from our perspective we can look at Good Friday and Easter Saturday with the knowledge that Sunday’s coming [Continue]
I have had a great couple of days. Yesterday we tidied up and today we cleaned. Everywhere looks neat and tidy and clean, to my standards that is – I do have a couple of friends (you know who you are) who always have spotless and very tidy houses and are very welcoming to visitors [Continue]
Ruth and her friend started the day writing out a script. This is the longest piece of writing Ruth has ever done,4 pages long written as a proper script. They are trying to produce a filmed piece to enter into the Blue Peter competition and as such have been editing it down to make it [Continue]
We do a regular art session once a week here. This was sparked off by Ruth wanting to doing some more arty stuff and knowing that we are more inclined to do it if we have a friend join us we do have a friend to join us. I pretty randomly choose what we are [Continue]
So today is our structured day. We’ve got geometry maths group here from 11-1 and then art from 2 until we finish. the earlier part of the morning is usually taken up with cooking something for the group, reading, music practice, tidying up and nail painting. Do you know even nail paining can [Continue]
So the Badman thing is really getting on my nerves and causing lots of ranting from the 3 older members of this household. The very nearly teenager is even more ranty having spent the afternoon researching the home ed situation in Germany (after spending the morning doing band practice and planning meeting and a photo shoot [Continue]
Yesterday we went to see A Bag Full of Stories at Whippingham community hall. It’s as part of the Arts Away scheme that brings theatre groups to rural communities. The group we saw was Open Box Theatre Company. They told stories from a variety of places from Norway to China and Scotland [Continue]
Warning long rambling post! So as autonomous educators we are often asked what we actually do. Our days are very free flowing and we don’t have set educational days or times, we believe that all of life is an education. So what have we been doing over the last few days: Friday Morning – I [Continue]
