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#LivingArrows – Back To Bunkering Down For Homeschool 40/52 (2021)

by RachelSwirl October 4, 2021

I had hoped that we’d make it through the autumn term without having to homeschool again but sadly it wasn’t to be as one of us has tested as PCR positive for covid. We’re currently hunkering down at home and have been forced to return to homeschooling for however long we must remain isolated for (that is entirely dependent upon whether anyone else in our household catches covid and whenever that may/ hopefully may not be). Heads Down For HomeSchool J has been busy working on his Maths, Science, English and spelling, whereas E has worked her socks off ordering …

#Living Arrows – Cookies & Class Meets 06/52 (2021)

by RachelSwirl February 8, 2021

After a six-week hard slog, it’s the final week of homeschool before half term finally arrives and we can all take a much-needed break from the books. Though things seem somewhat easier this week, we’ve still been busy ‘zipping and zooming’ around getting as much as we can done and dusted, whilst ensuring that the kids attend their required online meetings and complete the work which has been set. Zoom Ready Biscuit Baking E has rather enjoyed attending this week’s regular Zoom classes as she misses her school friends, whilst J has taken great pleasure in making and baking a …

#LivingArrows – Here At Homeschool HQ 03/52 (2021)

by RachelSwirl January 18, 2021

Welcome to another week here at ‘Homeschool HQ’ – an endless juggling act that leaves both Paul and I completely exhausted by the end of the day, but it’s worth it to keep our little ones happy, healthy, entertained, and educated. Though, I’m slightly concerned that our recycling bins may overflow with bottles at the rate that my stress levels are rising – thankfully the kids are calm, cool, and collected which is the main thing. Today we’ve been busy counting cubes, investigating past tense, stripping petals from flowers, breaking microscopes, researching bird flu, investigating forces, carrying out video-conference staff …

#LivingArrows – Welcome Back To HomeSchool 01/52 (2021)

by RachelSwirl January 5, 2021

Happy New Year and welcome to 2021 – it’s a new year and a new start or maybe not… As you will have read/ seen/ heard on the news last night, we are now in a third national lockdown and for the kids, it’s back to homeschool for a second time. This year things are a little different however as I’m currently coordinating both primary and secondary education for two children, whilst my husband and I are also trying to work on our own roles, all of which is taking place under one roof with a whole heap of tech …

#LivingArrows – School Places & Happy Faces 25/52 (2020)

by RachelSwirl June 22, 2020

With all that’s happened since this year began, I’m not sure as to whether I actually explained our situation in regards to our son’s secondary school transition. Going back to March, we’d just been landed with the news that my Father was to undergo immediate brain surgery, and whilst we were unaware of his diagnosis at this point, you can imagine that things were fairly fraught. To add to our stress, we were then told that the secondary school which our son had hoped to attend was over-subscribed and as a result, he was offered his second-choice which wasn’t really …