Just call me a super organised camping obsessive......we're booked for NEXT summer!

[Lucycat]

Yep, tis not even the end of October and the ferry and campsite are booked for both Whit and the summer holidays next year. I am very excited.

What am I going to do with my time now if I can't look at every campsite in creation?

oh yeh A level lesson planning........

anyone else booked?

Lucky bism!

But I'll get you back. I have all my upper sixth lessons planned for the whole accademic year!!!!!!

so there!

mmm yep very (envy) of that mb!

I'm teaching a section of the syllabus I've never done before and my job share lady is off sick atm too so I'm doing her bit too - lots of reading needed before each new section.

atmospheric weather systems at the mo

Do you want to know where we're going next year?

yes, go on and make me even more

Weather systems rather you than me dear!

The head of science and I have the A level course nicely divided up between us, and tend to teach the same things each year.

New sylabus next year....drat it!

I have a great thing for 'reserch' lessons (aka Fuck off and find out lessons), i have my own Wiki space, and the kids write their own wiki pages. Dead easy to do and the A level students love it. and they can access it from home, so it acts as a revision aid.

school think I'm v clever. Save me loads of time

Ok sooooo at Whit we're going to Dornafield in Devon simply the best campsite I've ever been to.

and we're off to France in the summer . We're staying at Chantepie in the Loire Valley we've got 'mates rates' for the ferry crossing too

The Wiki thing sounds fab - is it easy to do?

We've been planning too. lots of palces ahve shrunk their pitch sizes, haven and park esorts included. We e-mailed them explaining why we needed a larger tent and asked for their help- you know, 4 kids, 2 sn etc- and Haven sent us a no dice replt, but aprk resorts have come back and said they're ahppy to let us have a pitch big enough at the standard size , so looks like we're off back there then!

Whitsun is planned, usual Cheddar (not doing anywhere next year we ahven't donebefore with a newborn) but taking Mum and both sister's families as it's Mums 6oth in June and their 40th wedding in August so a family celebration up for grabs.

Hallo Peachy me ole mucker!

How's the pregnancy going? Not seen you around for a while, mind you the Halloween names are confusing me!

Good news about the Park resorts...is that Nodes Point?

yep, Nodes. they're following with many poeple and introducing a 6 X 6 size but that's just useless now for us!

We are going to Butlins in December for a non camping holiday (!!!!!), but that's coz I ahd a moment after DS1 didnt get invited to yet another party and booked a Chrsitmas thing there instead, so none of his 'mates' could insist on an invite- hormones? moi?

PG going well, scan to find out gender etc in a fortnight but am certain its another boy- thankfully!

How's all your end?

A December break will be lovely for you all.

We are all good here, dd2 likes school, my part time is great - I'm enjoying it even more then I thought I would!

mb has got me thinking about using a Wiki though.......

all sound great. the wiki thing is a piece of ease, and they are free and advert free from wikispaces.com if you use them in a school setting. kids love them, think electronic posters and you have it.

The wiki sounds like a good idea

All well here, DS1 almost gor excluded at the start of term in his new school (juniors transition) but is OK now, if a bit to be told his reading age is half his actual! But they seem happy, DH is fine and all's well.

anyone can get a wiki from them. takes about 30 Mins to set up. you can use tem for sharing photos, all sorts of stuff.