It's School, but not as we know it...

Week 3 at the new school and the kids are settling in to the new routine, curriculum and activities. This includes weekly forest school, where the kids spend half a day a week in the forest, as well as music and out of school activities including this week sailing!!! The kids are also enjoying a few after school clubs including mad science club, cross county running and, of course, football. Abigail had her first play date and was invited round for tea with new friend Flo and has made another friend from Ukraine called Margo. It's not all fun and games though as the volume of homework grows (google classroom, mathletics, math rock star, daily reading journals) and the academic expectations and standards kick-in...

Climbing with Cousins

The kids got to meet some relatives their own age at the weekend as they went rock climbing with my cousin Louise's wonderful kids "Sonnie" and "Buddy". We met at the Salt Ayre leisure centre near Morecambe which has an awesome climbing wall and activity centre. Fantastic facility and fun for the kids to meet and make new friends outside of school. More cousin activities (mountain bikes and swimming) on the horizon soon hopefully...