What we have been up to thru Spring and into Summer.

Wow its so long since ive updated this but you know how it is home-ed/unschooling families sit around doing nothing and have so much time to themselves....not lol.

Since my last update we have done so much. Jord continued sitting on on the GCSE maths classes at BHE until they stopped to sit the exams. He has done a lot on Conquer Maths as he wanted to catch up to be able to do GCSE Maths this year. He done bits of research on shops throughout the years, how rain forms, learnt all about letter writing and how to set up letters, learnt about Coats of Arms, done lots of Minecraft. He also did cake decorating at BHE and created a golf cake. He has also done a lot of golf. He started the Race to Wales Tour with the Disabled Golf association and has played at a number of courses including Peterstone Lakes, Glamorganshire and other courses. He also joined in with some Special Olympics Golf training. He had the amazing opportunity of playing in the ISPSHanda Sponsors Day at Celtic Manor on the 2010 course....it was an amazing day and experience for him. We also went to Golf Live where he got to meet Colin Montgomerie and Simon Holmes and also took part in a trick show and also won a golf club. Since the beginning of June his tourettes has been incredibly bad to the point he has been in pain and exhausted most days due to it but he has plodded on thru it. Its summer now and he has had some incredible experiences so far and more to come but il update with them at the end of August :)

What have we been up to over the Winter Months?

What have we been up to over the winter months?

Well J has spent a lot of time on Conquer Maths as he has decided he really wants to do GCSE Maths in September so he is ploughing thru Conquer Maths. He has spent a lot of time on Minecraft designing farms with land and stables and veggie plots etc. He has also been on Sims 3 designing houses from around the world. He has been learning about the Samurai, Dragonflies, Cephalopods, Ants, Romans, different types of weather and why they happen, Deserts, did a lap-book about Xmas around the world, used Sim City 4 to build and run a city, used apps on his ipad for art, cooked his dad a birthday meal, learnt about 1920’s gangsters, researched Drifting with cars, he went to the beach with his grandad, we discussed wind turbines and their benefits as he spotted some after a round of golf, lots n lots of golf including the Easter competition, went to Bridgend Home Ed group were he sat in on GCSE classes for Maths and then the teens played table tennis, went to church youth and was involved in arranging a Mother’s day meal and also went to a Christian gathering and watched a Christian Rock band, he went to Cardiff with a few home ed kids for a few hours, had an audiology appointment and a CAMHS appointment, had an ‘Oscars awards’ party at Bridgend Home Ed group, is going to a gig with his pal this weekend and we got a new kitten so he has been learning all about Kitten care.

For anyone who thinks unschooling is sitting round doing nothing and learning nothing as you can see it is so not true!!!!!

Looking forward to Spring and loads n loads of stuff planned J

These are a few of my favorite things....

Ok im no Mary Poppins so il stop with the song titles lol. I thought id post some of my favorite sayings ive found on some of the many groups and pages ive visited :)

Bit of what we got up to in 2012.

Last year was when we became so much more relaxed and moved to unschooling. As I've mentioned J my son still does some 'work', hate the word but not sure what else to call it, he likes to use Conquer Maths to study Math, he reads books on his kindle, he learnt about the Romans and that included a lap book he made and he made a bust of Ceasers head etc. He also learnt about The Victorians and what they did for us. He enjoyed doing a lot of cookery....home made pizza, Mississippi mud pie, Honeyed Chicken, you name it, he also grew his own potatoes, he joined in African drumming classes which he loved, he did a Silver Art Award in portrait photography, learnt about WW2, Rainforests etc.

Also he competed in a lot of Golf competitions, he plays with the Disabled Golf Association and was picked for their Wales team ( only junior on the team). He also played in the British Disabled Junior Open, a two day competition and he came 4th. He also played some mainstream competitions at his local golf club that he belongs too.

2012 was also a tough year as we lost my gran to cancer and a week or so later her husband/my grandad also to cancer, this knocked J for six, he is a very sensitive soul. Later in the year we then lost my other nan who passed in her sleep.

O and of course that annoying socialisation word.....for any wondering he went to a home ed group full of adults n kids, he went to a junior golf group, played golf with the adults at Disabled golf Association events (and won), he went to a church youth group, etc.

Well that's a taster of 2012 and a few pix :) Now we are full flow for 2013 and enjoying life and learning.