It’s that kinda day. Definitely a true Yorkshire summer has finally arrived. Time to dig out the thick jumpers (sweaters) again.
We have made it through another School at Home week. That’s something like week 11 or maybe week 14. Definitely week something. So what has this parent here learned this week.
- Sitting outside and having a few minutes of relaxation is not so much fun when it’s absolutely chucking it down.
- In some subjects clearly the quality of the spelling is more important than knowledge of the subject matter.
- Black pens run out of ink quicker than blue pens. Those black pens will also decide to run out in the middle of a test. Then the parent will find a million working blue, red and green pens, but can not find one working black one.
- Biology education has come on leaps and bounds. Watching videos about DNA and cell structures is far more fun than in my day when biology basically involved randomly dissecting an unfortunate small creature.
- Being a qualified public sector accountant does not necessarily mean I can do basic arithmetic. We did a maths test together. Son got a score of 97% unfortunately the accountant came a close second with 66%. I’m sure I can account for the difference in terms of depreciation and incremental drift.
- The paint from an art project looks much better on the painting than it does on the sofa.
- Young kids are good at expanding the minds of parents. Apparently Penguinone, Sex, Moronic Acid and Arsole are all legitimate chemical molecule names.
- Tell me why Kryptonite is not an official element. Surely they must have found a green thing they could have named after Superman’s nemesis.
- Discovering a half eaten sandwich in the bottom of a school bag, which has not been used since March is a real delight.
- Art have started introducing the pupils to cartoon video making. Apparently the app STOP MOTION was so easy to use, even Dads could use it. Within minutes the house was in fact making Wallace & Gromit like productions. A simple demarcation of responsibility’s was established. Son was Director, Producer and Creative Writer. Dad was the camera person and general gofer. Fun off the scale – now this is education.
- Clearly Food Technology cooking instructions are based on a standard oven and not designed for our unpredictable, nuclear fusion reactor oven. Is Puff Pastry supposed to be this black….
- Apparently the capital of Tanzania is Dodoma. When I was at school I’m sure it was Dar Es Salaam.
- We have discovered a new law of the universe. The time constraint of a homework task deadline is directly proportional to the likelihood of a significant broadband disruption.
- iPads have great batteries but it is only just sufficient to last a full day of school lessons. If you forget to recharge overnight then you are basically stuffed.
- In some subjects the use of orange rather than yellow text highlighting is considered a capital crime.
- How often do I have to say this. Please PE Teachers stop trying to include parents in the games activities. Getting a parent v child sprint race in a small garden may seem like a good way of family bonding. It’s also a great way of getting the not so streamlined Dad (who can carry huge amounts of momentum even though he is travelling so slowly) to crash into the garden fence. Can I bill the school for fencing damage.
So we survived another home school week. Whatever number it may be. It seems to have gone on for so many more months. As if we started in winter, it went through all of summer and it’s still going when winter has come back again….
A week full of adventure and education. What else can you want for! ๐ป๐
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Nothing really.
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Have a good weekend. Take care. And do have fun. Maybe practice for the baking competition?
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Thatโs an idea.
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I had no idea Dar Es Salaam was no longer the capital! So you have taught me something too. Perhaps you could claim credit for some more miles for teaching at such a vast remove. Or something like that. The distance is appx 3456 if I remember from my BA days. Have a good weekend!
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Thatโs a number to remember. Apparently it changed in something like 96.
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Lots of chuckles and smiles. ๐ Yorkshire Superdad adventures are always interesting. What is it with pens? Cartoon making sounds fun. ๐
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Too much juggling with them now. For some reason Iโve started now. Canโt not smile when I am doing it. Not made 16 yet…..The cartoon thing is so fun and surprisingly easy. Might try to do one for for the blog. ๐
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Lol…๐ Good. Keep juggling and smiling. 16 is hard to beat! Maybe I will win the gold after all! I might have to start practicing again… you may beat my record! ๐ฎ I’d love to see your cartoon if you make one for your blog! If you do a cartoon about yourself don’t make him Mr. Potato head! You have to stop that! ๐ Okay… I’m out for the rest of the weekend… but now Iโm so worried about my pencil juggling record. ๐ Where are my pencils… ๐ฎ
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I promise I wonโt. I currently thinking lego figures. Have a great weekend and look forward to your posts next week. Hope you find those pencils. ๐
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Lego figures sounds fun! ๐
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Canโt go wrong with Lego. ๐
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I think it sounds like the perfect week of school and a bonus that you are learning too. ๐๐
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Always a bonus.
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OMG, what a list! Reading it makes me so understand your frustration. But another week behind you also means another week closer to the end of this.
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That is so true. Still plenty of reasons for hope.
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Still singing Brotherhood of Man
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Hahaha, noooooo, now it is on my mind again ๐
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Sorry ๐
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And still Iโm humming it.
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LOL… and me again ๐
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This could go on and on.
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LOL! I thought the same!
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Until the next song you pick that does this again.
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Let’s focus on As cold as ice… ๐
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Most appropriate…. Got the fire on, turned to 11. It only goes to 10.
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Still is…. ๐
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
TAKES A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR TO TEACH AT HOME. THANKFULLY, HE’SA GOT IT! ๐
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Thank you
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VERY WELCOME ARE YOU=!
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Hopefully there are no more food surprises now!
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Iโm sure there will be.
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Hilarious. Oh Boy – am I pleased that’s all behind me.
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Yes it does sap you…
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I kind of envy you. We didn’t even get to dissect a rodent or use highlighters … how have i ever managed to secure employment?
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Iโm not sure what the unfortunate creatures were that we were cutting open. Certainly nothing like anything in our area.
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