Dec 5th till Dec 13th.

Winding down now in readyness for Xmas so had lots of envelopes with worksheets in them and he has worked his way thru them doing whichever bit interests him on whichever day. Made the most of the only dry day and went to play some golf.

Dec 3rd n 4th.

Presentation night up the golf club for the juniors and the Xmas party the day after....only stayed for an hour of the party tho.

Ready for presentation night.

Dec 1st n 2nd.

As well as the usual English n Math there was history about Dickens and Victorian childhoods, project work about Madagascar after watching a programme about the animals and lots of Xmas decorations and place mats etc made.  Busy weekend ahead as he has presentation night tomorrow at the golf course and the Xmas party the day after.

Nov 19th till Nov 30th.

We have both been unwell over the last few weeks so been a funny few weeks.....stuck with the envelope idea as it was easier for both with us taking it in turns to feel rough. He had a great weekend at his grandparents n took photos to work on.

Js multi pic of photos he took while with his grandparents.

The rest of things are taken up with the usual English, Maths etc and golf in among the rain and illness lol. And J has joined a group on Facebook for home schooled kids and its a weekly challenge with photography....first week was music, this week is broken.

Monday 14th till Friday 18th Nov 2011.

Decided this week to try a different approach to learning that ive heard other home educators do and that's envelopes and the child works thru them in their own order. He still had the same topics for each day but the envelopes were on the table and he chose what to do when so long as they were all done.

Tuesday was home ed group, it was Space themed and we had rocks and stuff from the moon etc and someone gave a speech too.

Wednesday was more envelopes lol and we also went on a walk round Ynyshir looking for any Victorian buildings, we had tried the internet but didn't find much, we were shocked how hard it was to find out about Victorian buildings in our area but managed to find two.

Thursday was the usual lessons then p.e. in the afternoon n he had a lesson with the pro and them played 5 holes n played amazingly and did a massive drive on hole 1 :)

Friday was a shortened day of learning and reading then some time at the golf range then over to his nan n granddads in the evening.

Friday 11th November 2011

Went on a field trip today to the Heritage park to learn about life in the early 1900's and down thru the time of coal-mining.

Thursday 10th November 2011

Had a flexi/autonomous day today...did maths etc on the golf course and took J to play nine holes while doing maths on the course and ended up covering Science and Geography aswell. As always he played amazingly :)

Wednesday 9th November 2011

English was some comprehension type work getting him to write full sentences. Then he did Geography and enjoyed using his globe to find countries linked to the book work. Maths was a nightmare washout....he just couldn't do the percentages to fractions n visa versa in the KS2 book so didn't bother in the end. Did history then all about Remembrance Day and Poppies etc and he designed a poster. Then Science was hilarious.....made a skeleton but it spent half the time deformed as bits were put on wrong lol. Got there in the end tho then had a laugh looking at the science book that came with it full of fun facts.

Tuesday 8th November 2011

Home ed group today, mad dash in the morning as Jordan was in fancy dress and I had plates of sarnies too make. The theme was W.W2/V.E Day street party as it is Remembrance Sunday week. The over tens boys were army n over tens girls were land girls and under tens were evacuees. The kids looked awesome. Lots of stuff to do, make poppies for the wall, colour poppy bookmarks etc plus the 'streetparty' at snack-time. Jordan also went over the park with a bunch of the group and also one of the older girls was showing him some basics on the piano which he loved. Fantastic day :)

Monday 7th November 2011.

Went up to play the front nine, it was perishingly cold but he played superbly...cleared the 1st gorge again and did a massive 172 yard drive on another hole and almost cleared the other massive gorge on hole 6 :) He did a bit of autonomous learning then mainly maths and changing currencies like dollars to pounds etc.

Awesome drive.....this is were it landed after clearing the gorge on hole 1....he is facing back to the tee looking how far he hit it.

Posing with my trolly n my bag lol.

Friday 4th to Sunday 6th November 2011

Did the usual English n Maths then science and Jordan did about the layers of the earth.

Didn't do a lot on Saturday as I had a blinding headache so we just went to visit my parents for a bit and J was chatting to my dad about what he can do with Photoshop :)

Sunday J went to Sunday school in the morning and they practised the Xmas play and wrapped presents for children in Romania. In the afternoon I took him to play the short course up Ponty and he was pleased cos he cleared the gorge for the second time :)

Thursday 3rd November 2011

Did English n Maths and also 'J led lessons' were he did research on Albert Einstein and Cheetahs, he was amazed to find out that Albert Einstein most likely had Autism like him, then the cheetahs he made a Save the Cheetah poster. Had P.E. then so went up to a very cold n wind swept range but too wet to play outdoors. He enjoyed it and played well :)

Wednesday 2nd Nov 2011

Did the usual English n Maths plus some history then it was cookery time, this week was Chewy Coconut Squares.......J was great n did it all cos my hand was bad....he was extra careful with the hot stuff. The Squares were lovely n super more-ish but J didn't like them lol.

Tuesday 1st November 2011

Home Ed group today and is was a 'Sparkle' theme with it being bonfire night week so lots of different things on the go, crayon fire works, glitter fireworks etc and chocolate finger sparklers :) And to top it off hot-dogs for snack :)

Monday October 31st 2011.

Back to learning, did English and Maths then did Geography and he did research and a project about Halloween traditions round the world and some countries really surprised him lol. Learning had finished then but he went on to do some art using Photoshop which he really enjoyed.

Went shopping then and he did more incidental learning by helping find stuff on the shopping list and looking for the best deals on items etc.

Saturday 22nd til Sunday 30th October 2011

Half term break....Monday was the Pontypridd Club championship.....

Tuesday and Wednesday was the Junior Ryder Cup at the club and Jordan had a whale of a time....he won the game on Tuesday with his golf partner but lost out right on the last hole the following day in the singles match but Europe won :)

Thursday was a lazy day cos he hadnt stopped all week then Friday was the Bridgend Home Educators Bridge project to do with engineering.

Saturday he went to play with a few of the juniors in the Halloween Texas Scramble, was so nice cos its the first time he has been asked to join anyone, he ended up staying for grub then spent the afternoon in the junior room n also went to the Halloween party. Sunday was a lazy day after a very busy week.

Thur 20th n Fri 21st Oct 2011

Thursday booked a tee up golf n had breakfast up there then played the 18 holes. Friday did the usual English n maths then he did a project on The Cold War after asking about it over breakfast Thursday.

Monday 17th - Wednesday 19th Oct 2011

Did English n Maths n Geography n Science then did Art and he made an airfix model of a Spitfire :)

Thats now drying (the glue) ready for painting.

Tuesday was going to be a trip to the Big Pit but it was cancelled as noone was going. Golf lesson in the night :)

Wednesday was English and Maths n History and then his favorite lesson....cookery. He loves the programme CHOPPED and wanted a mystery box like they do on the programme so he had a mystery box of lunch items and a mystery box of desert items...have to say lunch was very yummy :) Lunch items were a cucumber, tomatoes, spring onions, Chicken, mini wraps and a garlic and herb drizzle sauce plus anything from the fridge and store cupboard but you have to use every mystery ingredient. Desert was meringue nests, strawberry ice cream sauce, single cream, kitkats and raspberries.

Friday 14th to Sunday 16th 2011.

Flexible Friday so did a bit of learning then some golf. Noticing him doing more autonomous learning lately too without him realising :) Saturday we went to see the girl who runs the home ed group and met her little baby Honor then we went to play golf and he played fantastic.

Sunday was non de-script as it was full of housework.

Thursday 13th Oct 2011.

Did some J led learning and the usual English n Math tho for Math tried to take a break from the serious stuff n used a quiz type style print out.

P.E then n went to golf and Jordan played amazingly well, best score yet for the front nine. While on the course he was telling me what he had learnt off Google earth about how far our house is from the centre of the earth which was cool as it was off his own back :)

When we got back he was using lego creator to design a lego set of a bank and also watching CHOPPED cos he loves cooking and the TITANIC-TRUE STORY.......love the way home school is so flexible :)

10th -12th Oct 2011

Grotty day Monday so other than the usual English, Math etc did some art were J set up a 'scene' and took photos then did work on it in adobe. Tuesday he was at golf. Wednesday after a CAMHS appointment was English n Math then he did cookery and made pizza's.....very yummy they were :)

8th n 9th Oct 2011

Wicked weekend...had the rolling pin challenge at the golf club.....the child does the work to get the ball to the green but the parent/sister/aunt/gran does the putting and if you play golf you have to do it left handed instead lol....it was so funny and a lovely way to spend a few hours with J then they laid on a meal after.

Friday 30th Sept thru 7th Oct 2011.

Friday is rapidly becoming flexi Friday, things jiggle about....last Friday we went to play golf in the morning as it was such a lovely day.....then in the afternoon just did a bit of English and Math. This week has been very bitty as he has not been well so kinda fitted in bits as and when I could....did some art Monday were he designed a car for me lol, spent time with his dog, did some English n Math etc.....but Tuesday and Wednesday were right off's due to his migraine. Thursday we did some English n Math and a bit of History and cookery.....

and got a bit of fresh air up the golf range. Today was flexi Friday again lol.....did incidental maths at the golf range working out yardages that different clubs hit etc and did some English then he had a lesson with the golf pro this afternoon.

Friday 23rd til Thursday 29th

How slack am I :/ So not up to date on this! Lots n lots of golf, J is loving his new club and the juniors there :) Done the usual english n maths. Had an awesome time at the home ed groups 1st birthday party and it was fab to see J joining in so much. He has been doing a lot of art designing a concept car and also using photoshop to retune and design cars. Made menus for his 'cafe's thru the times of history. So much been done cant even remember it all!

Thursday 22nd September.

No home schooling yesterday as had a funeral to go to. Today did the usual english n maths n history then p/e and did some holes at the golf club with J.

J did lots of free running today aswell when we walked the dog.

Tuesday 20th Sept.

Home ed group day today and Jordan had a whale of a time with his pals. It was also NOT school photos day :)

Monday 19th September.

Really proud of J cos he has mastered fractions.....he hated them so much and used to be kept in for break-times and lunchtimes struggling with them but in 30mins ive managed to get him to understand them. Also did Geography which was about China as we cooked from China Friday.

Friday 16th September 2011

Did the usual maths and english and am pleased to say that in 30minutes J has managed to learn what no school taught him in 5 years....fractions and fractions of number!!!!! Also did science and then cookery which was Duck in hoisin sauce in pancakes.....J did try it but didnt like it.

Thursday 15th Sept 2011

Nipped for a breakie first as needed to buy hoisin sauce, home then n J wasnt feeling well and neither was the dog, J struggled with maths today cos of the stupid school not bothering to help him with it but I managed to explain it in 30mins....makes me glad he is home schooled! Jiggled the day a bit cos J wasnt well so he did project/ict work today and we swapped cooking over to tomorrow.

Wednesday 14th Sept.

Did the usual English and Maths work n it was a real struggle to get him to stay on task as he seemed quite hyper n moody today. Then he did history which he enjoyed because it was all about a Roman menu compared to ours so he had to choose what he would eat off the Roman menu (not much lol ) and then create his own. Then we took the dog for a walk cos he wanted to practice some free running.

Then it was time for P/E and he had a lesson with the pro n the pro took him out to play a few holes then after the lesson I took J round a few holes to practice n he played really well :)

Tuesday 13th Sept.

Would have been the home ed group not back to school picnic but had a bit of a family upset so didnt get to the picnic. Later in the afternoon I took J up to play 9 holes on the small academy course.....blowing a gale but we enjoyed it. In the evening he had his junior lesson as his golf club....he loved it. I enjoyed the sunset ;)

Monday 12th Sept.

The usual English and maths then Geography, J had cooked from Japan so he researched Japan and also made a flyer to advertise for people to visit Japan.

After that he had art and has decided to design a concept car so spent and hour designing the wheel...its an ongoing project :)

Sat n Sun 10th n 11th.

Went to a golf complex near my parents house for J to play a different course....got soaked thru to the skin but he played really well and had some cracking drives....

Sunday morning he went to Sunday school and the afternoon was a chill out on for him as I blitzed the house.

Friday 9th Sept 2011

Right hotchpotch day.....got up n went to Morrison's for a breakie and got flowers to take up the cemetery to lay on Ant's dads grave. Jordan was not well and had horrendous earache so we did learning on the sofa.....read more of 'The War Horse', did some maths and a bit of science. Golf lesson was cancelled and rearranged so left learning after that cos his ear was still bad.

September 8th 2011.

J wasnt at his best today.....very sore loose tooth and earache. Did maths and english and some 'J led learning' then did cookery.....wow it was stunning. J made Teriyaki King Prawns with crispy rice noodles and dip.....it was a doddle for him to make and whats better he ate it and loved it!!!!!!!

Sept 6th and 7th 2011.

Tuesday was non de-script as there was no home ed group meet due to the rain so J did incidental learning.

Wednesday we did the usual English and maths and then did history and J made a medieval banquet menu for his own cafe.

P/E then n the weather was horrendous but we managed to play 9 holes on the academy course before the heavens opened.

August 2011 until Sept 5th 2011

O my lordy have I been slack.....not kept this blog going during August.....pretty much been lots of golf and lots of golf competitions all month. J changed golf clubs last week due to some things none of us were happy about at the other one.

Promise to keep this up to date now!!!!!!

Back to learning today......the usual Maths and English and Geog was good as he made a passport of different countries and info on them countries then art he made a model elephant and an anniversary card too. Went to the range then to knock some balls.

Wednesday 3rd August - Monday 8th August.

O my lordy ive been so lax with this blog lately :/ Well its been pretty much lots of golf...... Wednesday n Thursday was the 9 hole then Friday he did his first time on the 18 hole course right round...took 4 hours. Saturday there was a competition on the main course and he got asked to join the junior team playing on Sunday. Sunday was a long day.....J n his pal Luke played with the juniors against Morlais Castle Golf Club.....they played brilliantly and it was off the ladies tees too not the blue kids ones. The other team were incredibly rude and un sportsman like but at least our kids were the bigger ones and didn't do it back. Shirt and tie after for the meal.

And today he has gone to church camp till Friday so there wont be any updates until Friday unless I hear off him and what he is up to.

Tuesday 2nd August.

Big day cos it was the mini masters qualifiers today so up the course by 11am to get warmed up and practice. Tee time was 2pm and he played awesome and came joint first in his age group even tho he is still 11 and its 12 and over (he is 12 on the competition day) .......they did a count-back tho and he lost out to the guy he drew with but hey joint first is fab esp as he has only been playing 6 months and with all the things he has to deal with.

Sunday 31st July and Monday 1st August.

Pretty much golf golf n extra golf to get him ready for the mini masters qualifier.....not much else as tried to let him chill a bit.

Monday 25th Saturday 30th July.

Lots of golf and golf and more golf hehe......but its paying off cos his scores are getting better and better. Home Ed group Tuesday....last one till September....no-one wanted to leave. Friday J was on cloud nine cos he shot his best score ever in golf and scored a 29 :) Saturday was captains day at the golf club so nice little party food spread laid on for the kids and a 18 hole competition.....J came joint fourth.....bloomin good when you think he only started playing seriously 6 months ago.

Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th July.

Lots and lots of golf been played because J is playing a qualifier soon for the Welsh Mini Masters Golf Competition. Youth Friday night which he enjoyed. Golf lesson Saturday morning and he was joint 2nd with 33 which was brilliant. Also got his team t shirt too which is dead smart.

Sunday we went with family to the chapel for the graveside service and to scatter my late Uncles ashes and lay a plaque for him.

Monday 18th till Wednesday 20th July.

Not been up to a  lot the last few days......went up to golf Monday but not a lot else cos it was a grotty day. Tuesday was home ed group which was great tho J didnt join in a lot as his tourettes is really bad so he was quite insular....after home ed group we nipped to my dads to pick up a really cool t shirt from Sonisphere and a poster of Kesha my dad had got J then home then we all went and played golf in the afternoon and even I played even tho I only took it up 2 weeks ago. Today I took him up to golf and he played awesomely....scored 33 on the 9 holes tho had he done what id said on hole 2 he would have had his lowest ever score of 30!

Sat 16th and Sun 17th July.

Eurgh what awful weather! Not a lot been done bar golf up the range Saturday and J went to Sunday school Sunday. Hope the weather improves cos he has a golf competition qualifier to prepare for :/

Friday 8th til Friday 15th July.

Friday was spent packing to go camping plus J went to youth in the evening. Saturday we packed everything plus the kitchen sink into the car, roof box and trailer and set off for Devon. We go to the same site every year as we can pick our pitch plus J knows it and the layout etc and he feels comfortable enough to ride his bike and go to the park bit or walk he dog plus they have a strict rule of no noise after 10.30pm and there's no noisy clubhouse/bar. Its http://www.warcombefarm.co.uk/index.html ......worth every penny. On the Sunday it was boiling so we spent the day down the beach, Monday we went to Ilfracombe and went to the harbour and played crazy golf and had a general wander plus had a cream tea in a little restaurant were the little birds come right up by you for crumbs. They have a fab butchers in the town so we always go their for their BBQ packs n had a yummy BBQ that night. Tuesday was spent round the site n tent as J wasn't 100% n a bit sunburnt so we just went out in the evening to the Fortiscue for a meal. Thursday was another scorcher so we went back to the beach. Then all too soon it was over n time to come home tho J was glad to go to youth again Friday night. Got hundreds of photos but heres a few I took on the phone.....

Thursday 7th July.

Half day today as ive got a ton of stuff to sort for when we go camping so he did English and maths and was really chuffed with himself cos he is finally grasping fractions :) Finished off his history from yesterday then he was done.

Going to attempt to set up the mobile blog for while away but if I cant this l be updated a week tomorrow lol :)

Wednesday 6th July.

Another hyper day.....really struggled today to get him to do anything. Did maths and fractions which he really used to not get at all and he is starting to get it with the way im teaching him :) Did his English work then history and boy did he not cooperate....it was WW2 which he loves but he had to really be prompted to do anything. Before PE took him n the dog for a walk to try n burn off some energy.

PE then and it was golf and he did well even continuing the round after the rain hammered down.

Tuesday 5th July.

Another hyper day here......really hard to get him to stay on track. Home ed group was cancelled due to the rain so he did design n technology work and started his new Tamiya model of a spitfire.

Then he had a project to do on Top Gear....his huge 'thing' is cars so figured it was right up his street. After that he had free time as id not really planned a lot due to it being home ed group day.

Monday 4th July.

Boy has he been hard to keep on track today! Really hyper and full of it. Did the usual maths and English and even though maths was fractions he didn't grumble and did well. Did Geography and it was Scotland as we made shortbread......he enjoyed learning about the Callanish Stones (blame me as I love the crofters stories from the 1800's and they used to go to the stones), Nessie and tossing the caber. Art was using publisher to create a birthday card. Off to golf in a bit for Monday's lesson.

Sat n Sun 2nd n 3rd July.

No golf for J Saturday as he went to the church bbq they have every year. He had a whale of a time but came home looking like a swamp monster love him cos he fell into a rock pool. Sunday was a lazy day for J as I was doing the race for life in Cardiff in the morning. Evening time tho we did the cookery he missed in the week and made shortbread......it is so easy to make and tastes gorgeous.

Friday July 1st.

I like Fridays they are a a relaxed day when learning takes as long as it takes kinda thing. J did fractions and for the first time ever didnt mind doing them. Science was so funny....was habitats.....had a right laugh watching Giant Pandas doing rollypollys and Red Pandas jumping up to open back doors and finding out that poison dart frog babies eat eggs that the parent lays. Some great sights that have video sounds and photos aswell as the info....science tends to go off on tangents n takes hours to do lol. J had his Red Panda and Giant Panda out tho his panda was smaller than the Red one lol.

Then he had youth this evening and had a hotdog night which he loved.

Thursday 30th June.

Did the usual maths and English and did some local history too and J was surprised to learn there is a viaduct that was designed by Brunel near us. Didn't do cookery cos he really wanted to go to golf and its rare he wants to leave the house so golf it was but not before walking the dog n 'teaching' her a few tricks.