Back on Track

Hi all.

I must apologise for the lack of any posts over the last few months. It has been a strange time.

From May, when I last posted, schooling has been somewhat bitty- to say the least.
In May, we had the whole house decorated as we are planning on selling it and moving to Devon. It was complete chaos as every room was in disarray.

We went on into June and then it was "summer holidays." My girls seemed to have very little inclination to do very much "schooling" while their friends were off school.

They did a summer workshop with Stagecoach (singing, dancing and drama), which was excellent. The group put on an entire hour long production, starting from nothing, in a week.





We were so proud of them.

Over the course of the summer, we have got a first BUSINESS up and running for both girls.

Jacqueline's business is www.PawingPhotographs.com

She is selling her photographs as prints and also for printing on mugs, t-shirts, mouse mats and we will have calenders shortly.

Stephanie's is www.MathsbySteph.com where she is offering Maths tutoring in person or by email for 11-14 year olds.

We had let things slip a bit, with starting a bit later each day, finishing a bit earlier and having longer breaks.

I came to realise that our family needs a bit of discipline for this homeshooling to work. We ahve designed a timetable with the subjects we are going to be covering.

We have got Maths, English, German, Spanish, History, Geography, Art, ICT, Business, Speech and Drama, Science and Cookery at the moment, with some flexibility.

We are currently working on a film project that we found via www.saftas.org.uk (Staffordshire schools). Unfortunately, as a home school we are not eligible to enter the competition, although the ICT officer is going to assess it for us.

Having got ourselves back on track, we are not much more organised.
We can continue to make this the rewarding experience we started out with.

With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston