* independent reading: Green Eggs and Ham. She read it as soon as she woke up (7ish), commenting that she knew something much better than just getting up and going downstairs to watch TV. When she’d finished reading, she said … Continue reading →

* gardening* collected snails in the garden, while I read from a book of snails by Sally Moffet Kellin. B now has a few snails in a large jar in the dining room. She found one which had part of … Continue reading →

* discussed whether she still wanted to do circus training and if not, what she wanted to do instead* keyboard practice* gardening: pruning, weeding, planning what to plant where, talking about “weed” species and how some trees can be weeds … Continue reading →

* keyboard practice* helped me cook sausages, bacon and scrambled eggs for our not-back-to-school Big Breakfast* made ice cream; talked about similarities/differences with the experiment of making ice cream in a bag full of ice cubes which she tried (unsuccessfully) … Continue reading →

* got home at 9:00ish and walked the dog* Botanic Gardens from 10:30ish – running around like a loony with Julian before the activity started at 11:00, then they all went off for a tour along the Using Bush Plants … Continue reading →

* maths revision* did some writing about her rats, this turned into a comic! She asked me for spellings, given verbally or written down, then coppied/wrote carefully, and illustrated. It also counts as reading as she must have read it … Continue reading →

* maths revision* watched BTN* spelling workbook* wrote and illustrated a sentence using -ot words; she originally wrote “cot” as “kot” but on her second draft wrote it correctly, when I asked her why she had changed the spelling, she … Continue reading →

* recycling centre tour* played at Lauren and Julian’s house* kambah adventure playground picnic

* told me what she remembered about erosion and what she had observed from her sandpit play* postcard filing, and tidying up the folder to present at Cubs this week* drawing (started making a book of artwork for Hazel)* wrote … Continue reading →

* took the dog for a walk* maths workbook (revision)* sightword flashcards (revision – 75%+ recognition) – she has increased her wordbank considerably and was able to cope with many more words before she overloaded* watched BTN and part of … Continue reading →