pfb -in fact only child - off to secondary on Thursday...

I wouldn't have done it, because it's too far and I'm too busy.

It's probably the best thing to be sure of relocating it successfully. But make sure you go heavy on the lecture with him so that he takes responsibility for his stuff in future!

gah ! have just driven ds back to school to go and find his planner and pencil case - now, should I have let him stew about this carelessness or done this ? he didn't ask me to, I just said we'd best get them ...I did lecture him on making sure he'd checked his bag before leaving etc

It is the same in this household too, we always get DS to scan/photocopy the homework so he can do it in rough first - not a happy chappy at all.

you should hear ds moan and harrumph if I even suggest rewriting anything !!!!!!!

How come DD's spelling is naff but she can spell extraordinary and scrumptious correctly? She's just done a story about her dream job for English moaning cos I made her do it in rough first of all. Next up is 50 maths question.... I so love homework!

am glad he's been and done it, albeit for such a short time - I wont feel so odd next time !

Glad he had a good time MAS

Great that he had a good time MAS!

I am up too (but so is DH - he always is when the Grand Prix is on).

The DS's have muttered the words "Eggy Bread" this morning, and whilst DH is happy to do it, they will have to wait until said Grand Prix is over, so I guess then it is down to me

[grin} well,I'm up as usual, but ds snuggled in his bed !

A lie in for the Spookington household then tomorrow

Glad he had a good time - at least he did not lose anything!

ds safely home - he says he couldn't find his clean socks and pants,even though I'd shown him which zip up thing in his bag they were in and also says he couldn't find his soap and shower gel, even though they were in his washbag with his flannel,which was damp and his tooth stuff... everything else remarkably clean.. seems to have had a good time but not much sleep !

He's gonna have to learn to come up with another plan!

Did I tell you ds1 was disappointed this week? On Thursday he needed sandwiches so he could go to the rehearsal at lunchtime, but he also needed to go to a meeting at breaktime so couldn't order a 'grab-a-bag', so he made himself sandwiches instead.

Grab-a-bag costs £1.50 but he normally has £2 lunch money, so would 'make a profit' on those days. But on Thursday he didn't get lunch money (obviously) so feels hard done to

at the cheese fetish

Yes, ds has made a friend on the (service) bus
Fortunately they are not in the same class.
Unfortunately they were in the same group today all day for their Key Day: Opening Minds.

ds1 came home full of what "Billie" has been up to all day. They started off with a questionnaire about themselves, these are Billie's answers:
What do you like doing? eating cheese
What makes you angry? when someone eats my cheese
What would you do if you won a million pounds? knock down the school and build a cheese factory
What do you want to do when you are older? eat bigger cheeses
etc.

Oh boy!

Orm !!

Aghhh.... been stuff in our local rag about DS's school getting the outstanding Ofsted report. Much back slapping and general celebration. But it means that everyone is desperately rethinking their school applications! Colleague has spent hours grilling me over DS's school as they had only put it down as choice no 2 before. Nearly deadline day too. So on the strength of what I told him he's changed his sons's application. His wife liked the school anyway, but he wanted him to go to the school with the good academic results but less than perfect pastoral care (and only a good. This child is seriously academic and on the G&T register...what if I've put the kybosh on the boy's future. What if he gets nobbled by the big boys in the playground on his first day, or inveigled into naughtiness behind the physics lab. Oh god the guilt...

joyfulness - have found ds a winter coat in H&M - seems really nice and warm and looks good and was £25 which seems good to me - looked in the Gap too,but nothing very exciting.

am glad ds can walk to school and doesn't have to go by bus - hope all will be well bellavita
Also about dd's detention magenta
at roisin's ds1 and his scientific question - that was brave of him - I'm very impressed !
Well ds has gone off, managing his bags ok I think..seemed happy enough..I feel a bit sad but happy that he is going too..will miss him this evening though !

He has taken his report with him in a sealed envelope and I have said if any of his friends ask to see it this morning to say no to them.

I can understand the drivers point of view, if kids are messing around he he loses concentration and there is an accident because of it.......... we spoke about this to DS and he understands why they driver had to do what he did.

It's only for 15 mins Bellavita - she's not too bothered by it as in she understands why she got the detention. I'd have been fuming with her if she'd got it for being late due to messing about on route to school.

Reading your bit about the school bus I'm just relieved that DD walks to school. Hopefully there won't be further reperussions regarding the incident but it's a worry isn't it.

Your poor DD magenta.

DS had to write a report last night of his version of events of what happened on the school bus on the way home from school - this has to be handed in to the Head of Year this morning. Unfortunately, the bus monitor was not on the bus so he was not able to sort things out.

The bus driver pulled over, went upstairs to where DS and others were and took their passes off them. They had to seem him at the end of the journey.

One of his friends rang him last night to see what DS was putting in the report and when he recalled his version to DS (I was listening with DS) luckily it sounded the same ie. both of them were not involved, DS did try and tell the driver this but he was not interested.

We asked DS not to name names on his report but I think he is that worried that he will be interrogated further he just wants to get it out of the way, we kind of think there might be repercussions with friends if they know they are named - if that makes sense.

But, I suppose he will have to learn his own way.

Hope your DS has a great time on his trip MAS.

DD has a 15 minute detention for being late for school yesterday -she was at her Dad's on wednesday night but his alarm didn't go off so they slept in till 8.30am. DD now wants her own alarm clock! I told her I don't want her coming home telling me she has a new bestest buddy who she met in detention