Year 7 Summer Term !

He took the cautious route! You actually lose marks if get a question wrong after the first 16, so he only answered the ones he was really sure of. He said he really enjoyed it.

How was the maths challenge bruffin?

It just struck me that ds1 hasn't lost anything at school for ages. He did really well first term, and then in the last week before Christmas lost his jumper and a sports T-shirt, then straight after Christmas lost his school coat.

But I don't think he's lost anything at all since early January
Phew!

Wishing lots of luck to LGP's dd and bruffins ds for the challenge!

Ah, it must be Thursday then. I had a look at last year's paper from that link, thanks Bruffin. It looks hard! Shall I show it to her, or is that the act of a pushy parent?

sorry that was meant to say you can download last years papers.

My DS is Yr8 and doing the maths challenge on Thursday. He is second set,but one of the top of the class.
You download last years papers

LGP I think it might be the UKMT Maths challenge DD's school do it on Thursday for Yr7&8 according to the school web site.

DD appears to have had little or no homework for weeks.
She is doing a Maths Challenge on Wednesday - anybody know anything about this? Apparently it is for the top set and they have to do it in the school hall but what it is or why they are doing it she couldn't say.

Oh dear MM, will he have time to get the homework, do it and take it back?

I sort of lost my patience a little bit this morning with DS. He decides at 7.40am that he needs to print off his geography homework that needed to be in today - why on earth this could not have been done yesterday is beyond me. Soooo, I have laid down a new rule, if homework is not printed off when it is done or the night before it is needed, then tough luck.

I forgot to say, on Friday evening, DS waves a pair of pe shorts in my face. Tells me that someone in Yr9 had them who gave them to someone in the same form that knows DS (they live at the farm at the end of our road). God only knows where the rest of it is...

DD's homework seems to be all or nothing. Her Maths and Science teacher set it on a very regular basis, the other subjects it's a bit sporadic. DD has got 3 maths test next week testing them on every thing they've done this year DD is hoping that if they do this her Maths teacher won't test them as normal before half term.

Your dd has loads going on magenta!

Well done MM's ds with the singing - how fab is that..

Website all done, thankfully!

It will be a shock to ds's system tomorrow having to get up, I plan to be up early though to start my cleaning -top to bottom.

When will he do the grading MM?

DD is shattered! I think it was a bit of a shock to her system having to get up so early this morning.

She's got another Maths project and an ICT presentation and one for German to do I think she's going ot be a wee bit busy over the next couple of weeks.

Bellavitia did your DS manage to build his web site?

Nope, he needs DH's help with the website!!

Hello

All homework done apart from finishing his website for IT and he needs DS's help for this.

Boys not back to school until Tuesday here.

DS1 has really caught the sun today - bad mum moment! I had to rub some aloe gel in across his kneck, arms and face. He has been at the bmx jumps at the other end of the village with some friends doing weeding for most of the day.

DH told me to go and buy him some new pe kit rather than cobble together odds and ends in the hope that his would return - 24 pounds later... sorry I cannot seem to do a pound sign. DH has bought me a netbook and seems to have set the pound sign up as a # - him being in IT....

It has been really nice not having to think about getting change for DS's dinner money.

DD has been to Oxford this weekend visting relatives, in true Mumsnet fashion I sent her off with the mission to look round all the colleges and find one she likes

All homework done, uniform clean and only 5 weeks till half term!

Ta for that LGP, I've had a look at the NT website and I think DD would love to do the tour. I'm going to have to stop looking at things to do in London or else DD and I will be banging on Museum doors at midnight demanding to be let in lol

Rofl at magenta's crap geog . You are spot on though - we will probably visit Beamish!

Do go to Hampton Court Magenta. We went last summer and really enjoyed it. I think we would have enjoyed it even more if there hadn't been torrential rain that day too! If you are planning to do the Tower of London too I think you can get tickets that include both and a boat trip as well.
The other thing we would have done if we had realised in time, was a backstage tour of the National Theatre. We went to see War Horse there and tried to book a backstage tour, but it was too short notice. We did the Globe instead which was also good, but the children were keen to see the National.

DD and I are going Wed-Sat of the half term week due to train prices. I left it too late to pick up a cheap ticket for the bh weekend would have been nearly £100 aposed to the £33 I've got it down to. I'm lucky in the fact I can get to either Leeds or Manchester very easily so when planning a trip to London I wait for the cheap tickets from both. I've never ventured up north to County Durham but DD went on a school trip to Beamish once which is kinda that way isn't it runs off cos her geog is crap

Hope your DS feels better soon as there is nothing worse IMHO then an ear infection