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

they are a cross between a scone and a rock bun with a cherry on top and mixed spice in the mixture.

magenta - is it just a theory cookery lesson today?

DS is making Fat Rascals today, which are famous in Betty's Tea Rooms - yummy.

I know what you are saying about him being grown up - he probably thought I was going to have a major meltdown over it . I do seem to over react on a lot of things these days

Bella - one good thing is the fact he felt able to talk to his form tutor and get it sorted out and just maybe he thought once it was it was no big deal to bother his Mum with. It's amazing how grown up they can be once they start High School.

Hope your DS's coat turns up soon Roisin. DD has lost a couple of things but they've always turned up at Student Services -think she must be on first name terms now with the nice ladies on the desk.

DD starts cookery today they have the same teacher for all of the DT stuff. Did make me chuckle when I thought back I could just imagine Mrs T our formidable sewing teacher teaching us woodwork as well!

He seems to be dealing with it well. He went to check the classrooms he'd been in, checked the lost property desk, then went to the office. He explained to that lady what had happened...

Apparently during a concert a friend poked him because another lad they didn't know had opened his bag and was removing his coat

ds1 has reported this and apparently it will be looked in to. I have told him to keep checking lost property on a daily basis til it turns up.

MAS - glad DS got his money back.

roisin - let us know about the coat.

Orm - did you speak to anyone at all over DS being picked on? Is he ok?

On Saturday, DS came down without his tshirt on and I noticed some bruises on his arm. I asked how he had got them. Turns out another Yr7 boy (not in the same form) had gone up to him last Tuesday and started giving him "dead arms". DS asked him to stop and he didn't.

He never told us, but he went to his form tutor on the Wednesday morning and explained what had happened. The other boy got a detention (I am hoping there are not going to be any repercussions because of this)

In one way I am glad that he did not retaliate and felt he could go and speak to his form tutor, but on the other hand my baby did not mention it to us

DS is doing cookery tomorrow, I have just come upstairs to get ready for work and he has yet to weigh out his ingredients well will just have to leave it to DH (when he walks in) to help!

PITA about the coat roisin!

Does anyone else feel that secondary school is a big black hole. I just watch DS leave the house in the morning and he comes back in the afternoon and I have no contact with the school at all. So different from primary.

We were worried about him being picked on yesterday and I didn't know who to speak to. His first tutor is on mat leave, and I don't know the name of the new one. At primary you just go in and explain to the secretary, or grab the teacher. It's very odd and disconcerting but it does prevent over-anxious parents junping in off the deep end I suppose.

Fingers crossed for your DS roisin.

They do have a lost property section, but ds1 doesn't know where it is! The coat had his name in, so I'm trying to be hopeful.

He said someone was mucking around with his bag/coat earlier in the day, and he thinks it's been taken out. But I don't want to encourage him to jump to conclusions.

It's a uniform coat and not cheap, but at this time of year I can't leave him many days without a coat. Aarrgghh!

Oh no roisin, do you think they have lost property sections in secondary schools and that someone would be kind enough to place it there? What will he do, just visit every classroom he has been in today?

DS wore his winter coat all last week, although a couple of times he came home with it in his bag and only had his polo shirt on - will not wear the school jumper for love nor money!

This morning he asked if he could wear a fleece and I was not going to argue with him as I remember my Mum making me wear a winter coat from the moment it looked cold rather than letting me decide how I felt, I used to hate that, funny how things stick in your mind from years ago. But actually, she still treats me like a 12 year old now - but that's another story.

ds1 always seems to manage not to get very muddy at all. I suspect he is one of those children who stand around on the sidelines desperately trying to avoid any action. LOL.

He has managed to misplace his coat at school today
So he was soaked when he got home.
It's the first thing he's lost, but he doesn't know where he's left it. He can't remember taking it out of his bag ...?!

I have told him he needs to spend every breaktime and lunchtime looking for it until he finds it!

Are you having the salad for tea?

Fingers crossed that he gets his 10p back

I know what you mean aboutthe dark - luckily DS has not asked to do any after school clubs so I do not have to worry, but in fairness, the school run what they call the after 5 bus, which would drop him off in the village and we are literally a few mins from the stop.

DS's rugby stuff stinks - mixture of grass, mud and god knows what else - yuk!

The mud on his boots was still wet, so I took them outside and put the hose on the bottoms which cleared it in 2 secs, thankfully.

When he came home he said so and so forgot his pe kit today (they have jogging bottoms for outside and shorts for inside) and no one would lend him their spare shorts, so I lent him mine. They are filthy and DS needs them for tomorrow for indoor pe.

I can understand where he is coming from - but I have now got to get them dry overnight so he can wear them tomorrow, although to be fair they are of the silky material variety so an hour or so over the radiator should dry them - but still!

It has rained all day here so am just wondering what sort of state DS's rugby stuff is going to be in? Not looking forward to it!

BTW - I did manage to purchase a very fine pair of football boots for £12 on saturday - so was very pleased with myself

fingers crossed for you MAS lol

would you like french or italian dressing with that madam?