This took me about two days to do I have on idear why it spit into two movies. But I do not mind espicaly since this year live as been split. SO HAPPY NEW YEAR for 2021!
The Royal British Legion
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Wednesday 30 December 2020
A 2 Z of Home Schooling
I have added the link to A 2 Z of Home Schooling I have found this website to be every useful epically during 2020.
Due to everyone parent having to home school their children during 2020, any online help that could be given to a great help. I belie that this is something that will continue in the future and be apart of every day life.
I have found with my children who addend main stream school that even the schools have taken to handing out online web sites and links for children to be educated at home.
So please feel free to look at this link and see if it can help you so home school your children in the future.
Shopping in 2021 Time to Change!
Shopping in 2021 Time to Change!
Now that 2021is almost upon on up I am using this time to “SHOP SMART” and to look at the ways that I have shopped in the past and how I can change my shopping habits in 2021.
During 2020 everyone had to take this time to STOP and THINK! About a number of things that they do in their lives and now to change the way that live.
One of those ways was by SHOPPING SMART!
So for 2021 I am going to aim to continue to do this and will blog about it and share links on ways that way can all SHOP SMART.
Wednesday 23 December 2020
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Sunday 22 November 2020
Bitesize Studying
One thing that I have been allowing my children to do this year is use Bitesize to help them with their studying at home.
This is mainly due to Covid 19 lock-down and trying to make sure that my children keep up to date with their learning and do not fall behind due to not being in a classroom environment.
What I have found is that although they have not wanted to pick up a pen and write they have been happy to study with the aid of reading, colouring, and using online educational support like Bitesize and CBeebies.
Help remember, that if you do allow you children to be online that you follow the on line safety guideline to help protect you r children.
If possible have parent lock on your devises that you are allowing them to use is one way that you can try to keep them safe.
Make sure that they have an account that you have set up for them and remmber that up until the age of 13 they legally can not run any online accounts without parental consent.
I have added the links below that I allow my 6 and 5 year old to use and links to on line safety guideline.
Teach on line smartly and safely.
Bitesize
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
CBeebies
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games
Online Internet Saftey for children.
HAVE FUN!
Friday 20 November 2020
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Wednesday 11th November 2020 Poppy seeds.
Wednesday 11th November 2020 Poppy seeds.
Today is the day when we take the time to remmber those we have lost. So please remember to take the time to do so.
This year because of Covid19 we are not able to collect for the Poppy Appeal like we have in the past, one of the place that we use to collect was at the Coventry train station, we hope to be able to do this again in 2021.
One thing that we do every year is plant poppies and collect the seeds, if anyone would like a packet of seeds with their order then please let us know.
Tuesday 3 November 2020
Sunday 1 November 2020
Diwali - The festival of Lights 14th November 2020
f we are wanting to still celebrate this day at home or even have a small bonfire what are the rules/guidelines that we must follow?
Now that we are now going to have another lock down on the 5h November until 2nd December a lot of events are now going to be cancelled like
14th November Diwali
https://youtu.be/mPwmXRws7FA
Diwali - Festival of Lights | National Geographic 14th November 2020
Now that we are now going to have another lock down on the 5h November until 2nd December a lot of events are now going to be cancelled like
14th November Diwali
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Now that we are now going to have another lock down on the 5th November until 2nd December a lot of events are now going to be cancelled like
5th November Bonfire Night
But why do we celebrate the 5th November in the first place? Is the reason behind why we have a bonfire and also fireworks on that day been lost?
Tuesday 27 October 2020
Feeding the future 2020
https://savings4savvymums.co.uk/feeding-family-four-2-50-day/
Once again child poverty is on the the new and how parents are unable to feed their children and them selves.
With so many family services clothing and Covid 19 on the rise it is not like you can even knock a friends or familys door for something like a cup of suguar.
One thing that I belive need to be done is that people need to clearly know how much their income and exspences are so that they can cleary budget them selves.
With winter just around the corner more of use will be spending money on heating our homes and lighting, not just food and other key itmes or bills.
Many people today are also forced into the rental market and are paying more in rent than what you would for a morgage.
I am still a stong beliver that everyine with children under 5 should be given healthy start vouchers.
https://www.gov.uk/healthy-start
You can also look at applying for the Big Diffrent Schem.
https://bigdiff.co.uk/login.php
I also belive that any child of school age under the age of Seven should be given a free school meal, if the school is closed then that should still continue. I belive that every child can calim this up unil the end of Year 2 at school.
https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
https://www.gov.uk/types-of-school
Their is also pupil premium.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium/pupil-premium
I have include a budget sheet with this link.
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/tools/budget-planner
Tuesday 15 September 2020
The Future!
Now that children have returned to education we all need to start looking to the future and see where the rest of 2020 takes us.
We can all only achove this by using baby steps and changes in the way that we all lead your own personal lives.
One thing that Ihave found personal upseating is how 2019 was all about save the world and Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Now 2020 is the oposit and I am worried about what mesage we are sending the futire generation now that we have become a throw away species again and have only really looked at puting our own personal safety first inorder to stay a live.
One positve thing that we have all learned to do is to live with one and other and to find surpport networks, thought our family, friends, comunity and work.
Many of us have used this time to learn new skills, to work from home and to become more family oriantated and not be runing aroung 24/7 and having to catch the 5.15 train to work or working late at the.office.
But we all know that it was a rollercoster amd the journey is still on going with many faing loss or loved ones nad not being able to fully grive.
Now that your children are back in education even if it is hime scholing still and not state or private education I hope that their future can continue and that more positive changes can be made in the time to come.
I whish every one all the best and a bright and posive future.
Wednesday(s) what is new?
Wednesday(s) what is new?
So what I am aiming to do from the 1st October 2020 is start to update our blog once a month on the first Wednesday of every months.
So please remember to follow use and to subscribe to or blog and Facebook book page to be kept up to date with our new products that we have of sale.
until then I will look at updating and changing inforamtion.
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Thank you.
Thursday 27 August 2020
Wednesday 26 August 2020
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=sPlSH6n37ts&feature=emb_logo
https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/ozymandias/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4nsscw
How will you be remembered?
One of the things that I have have been personal thinking about over the past year is this question
How will I/you be remembered?
In main ways it is quite a vain question and Vanity is a sin.
Due to Covid 19 many people have been lost but have they have been forgotten? Have they die before their time? Have they achieved their dreams or did they die with these words on their lips "If only?"
When I think about death it is mix emotion sometimes I think about going into battle and knowing that even if I die I die with honour or for something that I believed in.
Some times I think about being on old women with my family and friends be my bedside, knowing that they are happy safe well and were loved.
But then I think about the meaningless deaths ones that come from the 3 Horsemen.
Then I think of death and how really death comes to us all it is just WHEN and HOW.
It scares me, but I can not live my life being afraid or DEATH.
But I do live my life thinking "IF ONLY."
But is not the same thing?
I thing of one more hug and one more kiss fir my children those words I love you xx xx
Yet I do think of the future and what I may or may not be remember for.
Then I thing of this poem.
Ozymandias
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=sPlSH6n37ts&feature=emb_logo
https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/ozymandias/
Tuesday 11 August 2020
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Monday 25 May 2020
Tuesday 19 May 2020
Thursday 23 April 2020
Tuesday 21 April 2020
Monday 20 April 2020
Sunday 19 April 2020
Tuesday 14 April 2020
What can I teach the children?
We have now been home educating for 5 weeks now.
In this time frame we have been contacted by the school and The early help team due to have children under 4.
Most of the day I have found as consisted of child lead learning.
What I mean by this, is that I have allowed the children to lead the way that they would like to learn.
I have found this method to jot be structured and very stressful ar times, ÷especially when talk they want to do is run around all day.
So this week I have aimed to go back to basics and try to have a more structured route and put in incentives.
With lock down thos is challenging because I am unable to take them out to places on intrest or buy food they like or gifts.
So I have had to think out side the box and try and reward them with things that I have around the home.
Like more T.V time, computer games, music, DVD's, arts and crafts, baking and playing in the back garden.
When it comes to teaching we have reason a lot of books, done some writing, colouring in and numbers so far.
I would love to hear from other people and see what they are doing and have been able to achieve.
Monday 6 April 2020
Saturday 28 March 2020
Stone soup story
When I was younger I remmber being told a story called Stone Soup.
Like many things that we are taught and that we try to teach the futre generation a lot of them come from telling a story.
In many stories the lesion that are taught are how to be a good and kind person. (Alough this story also teacher deseption too.)
If you look on YouTube there are many versions of this story and it would be a good story to watch or read with your young ones.
They could then talk about it and see if they though what the soilder did was good and kind?
There are a number of questions that you could ask and ways that you could talk about this story and many others to learn things like Eithics too.
What is Eithics?
JACKSPRAT
28TH
MARCH 2020
Jack
Sprat Could Eat No Fat. Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could
eat no lean; And so betwixt them both, They lick'd the platter clean.
At
its origins “Jack Sprat” was known as a proverb, and the term
used to refers at short people in the 16th century.
“Jack Sprat” Lyrics
Jack Sprat
could eat no fat.
His wife could eat no lean.
And so between them both, you see,
They licked the platter clean
Jack ate all the lean,
Joan ate all the fat.
The bone they picked it clean,
Then gave it to the cat
His wife could eat no lean.
And so between them both, you see,
They licked the platter clean
Jack ate all the lean,
Joan ate all the fat.
The bone they picked it clean,
Then gave it to the cat
AFTER
READING THIS RHYME AGAIN WOULD YOU NOT SAY THAT IT IS STILL RELEVANT
TODAY?
SO
WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING AT THE MOMENT TRY TO BE MORE FRUGAL AND TO STOP
“PANIC BUYING.”
HEALTHY START VOUCHERS
If you have been laid off from work or have no work due to being on a zero hour contract then please check to see if you can claim Healthy Start Vouchers to buy fruit and vegetables for your children.
https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/
With your kids being out of school then you may be able to get a bit more financial support via the Pupil Premium scheme.
If you have been laid off from work or have no work due to being on a zero hour contract then please check to see if you can claim Healthy Start Vouchers to buy fruit and vegetables for your children.
Wednesday 25 March 2020
25TH MARCH 2020 DRINK MORE WATER
25TH
MARCH 2020
DRINK
MORE WATER
“IF
ALL THE WORLD WAS PAPER AND ALL THE SEA WAS INK.”
“IF
ALL THE TREES WERE BREAD AND CHEESE.”
“WHAT
WOULD WE HAVE TO DRINK?”
"If
All The World Were Paper ' is an old English folk song that dates
back to at least the reign of Charles I. The song, with six verses,
is printed in "Witt's Recreations" described as a book of
'ingenious conceites' and 'merrie medecines', published in 1641.
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-all-the-world-were-paper-2/
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-all-the-world-were-paper/
OVER
THE NEXT COUPPLE OF MONTHS WHILST THE WHOLE WORD OS DEALING WITH THE
CURRENT OUT BREAK. THE ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS
WATER.
ALREADY
THIS YEAR WE HAD ISSUES WHERE WE WERE HAVING SO MUCH RAIN IN THE UK
THAT IT WAS CAUSING FLOODING.
YET
THE TABLES COULD TURN WITH IN DAYS DEPENDING UPON THE WEATHER AND THE
AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WE HAVE IN RESERVOIRS AND USAGE.
THE
AVERAGE PERSON SHOULD DRINK AROUND 8 GLASSES OF WATER PER DAY.
LIVING ON THE CANAL NETWORK WE WOULD USUALLY FILL UP THE WATER TANK
ABOUT EVERY 2 WEEKS WITH A FAMILY OF FOUR ON BOARD.
SO
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS THINK ABOUT YOUR WATER USAGE AND THINK
ABOUT HOW WE COULD LOOK AT CUTTING BACK BUT STILL STAY HEALTHY.
WITH
EVERYONE ALL MOST ALL OVER THE WORLD ON LOCK DOWN, YOU MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO POP TO YOUR LOCAL SHOP FOR TEA, COFFEE, MILK, JUICE OR
SOMETHING ELSE.
SO
IT WILL BE WATER THAT WE WILL ALL BE DRINKING (COUNCIL POP.)
MOST
WILL DRINK STRAIGHT FROM THE TAPE, FILTERED OR BOILED.
SO
PLEASE THINK ABOUT YOUR WATER USAGE EPICALLY DURING THE SUMMER
MONTHS.
PLAN
NOW!
I
HAVE INCLUDED SOME USEFUL LINKS BELOW.
REMEMBER
“IF
ALL THE WORLD WAS PAPER AND ALL THE SEA WAS INK.”
“IF
ALL THE TREES WERE BREAD AND CHEESE.”
“WHAT
WOULD WE HAVE TO DRINK?”
Tuesday 24 March 2020
WHAT IS A NOUN?
Noun
A noun (from Latin nōmen, literally 'name') is a word that functions as the name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas. However, noun is not a semantic category, so that it cannot be characterized in terms of its meaning. Thus, actions and states of existence can also be expressed by verbs, qualities by adjectives, and places by adverbs. Linguistically, a noun is a member of a large, open part of speech whose members can occur as the main word in the subject of a clause, the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition.
25TH MARCH 2020 SCRABBLE
25TH
MARCH 2020
SCRABBLE
PLAY
SCRABBLE! YESTERDAY FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN WAS A VERY GOOD
EDUCATIONAL DAY.
WE
PLAYED SCRABBLE.
MY
OLDEST SON IS 6 SO HE IS AT THE AGE WHERE HE KNOWS A FEW WORDS AND
HOW TO PUT SOUNDS TOGETHER. MY 4 YEAR OLD KNOWS THE ALPHABET
SO
YESTERDAY WE PLAYED SCRABBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND EVEN FOR POINTS.
WE
COULD ONLY PLAY WHILST MY 16MONTH OLD SLEPT SO WE MUST OF PLAYED FOR
A GOOD HOUR OR TWO.
DURING
THIS TIME I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT WORDS, LETTERS AND NUMBERS MY
CHILDREN KNEW.
CALLAN
(AGED 6), I FOUND WAS VERY INDEPENDENT AND COMPETITIVE, ABLE TO SPELL
SOME WORDS WITH FIVE LETTER IN ON HIS OWN.
BRYNDLY
(AGED 4) LOVED COUNTING THE NUMBERS AND SHOUTING OUT THE LETTERS,
KNOWING WORDS NO BIGGER THAN 2 LETTERS LONG. THIS WAS DUE TO
CURRENTLY LEARN SOME KEY WORDS FROM SCHOOL. (FRECRENCY WORDS)
CALLAN
I FOUND WAS IS ALSO VERY GOOD AT LONG DIVISION AND CAN DO LONG
DIVISION FOR AGED 7-11 YEAR OLD. (HE COMPLETED A WORK BOOK FOR THIS
AGE GROUP NEEDING VERY LITTLE SUPPORT.)
MYSLEF
I AM THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF THIS AND I AM HAVING MY 6 YEAR OLD WIPING
THE FLOOR WITH ME.
WE
ALSO USED THE DICTIONARY. I JUST WANTED TO GRAB MY PHONE AND SHOUT
INTO IT, SO THAT IT WOULD TELL ME THE CORRECT SPELLING AND THE
DIFFINITION OF A WORD.
BUT
I SAID TO MYSLEF “NO!”, “STOP!”.
I
NEVER LEARNED HOW TO USE A DICTIONARY UNTIL I WAS IN MY 20’S, I
FAILED MY GCSE ENGLISH DUE TO DYSLEXIA.
BUT
THE OTHER REASON I FAILED WAS DUE TO NOT KNOWING HOW TO USE A
DICTIONARY, KNOWING THE MEANINGS OF WORDS AND NOT KNOWING WHAT A KEY
WORD WAS.
SO
YESTERDAY I STARTED SHOWING CALLAN HOW A DICTIONARY WORKED AND GOT
HIM TO WRITE DOWN THE WORDS AND THEIR DICTIONARY DEFINITION.
SO
YESTERDAY CALLAN WAS TAUGHT WHAT IS A NOUN? I WILL DO A MINI TEST
WITH HOME ON FRIDAY TO SEE WHAT HE LEARNT THIS WEEK AND REMEMBERED.
24TH MARCH 2020 VOLKSBOLTS ARE STILL OPEN OF BUSSINESS
AT
THE MOMENT WE ARE STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND ARE HAPPY FOR CUSTOMERS
TO CONTACT US VIA PHONE / EMAIL / SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE
HAVE ALL OF OUR KITS PRE-BUILT AND READY FOR SHIPPING ONCE WE CAN
CONFIRM THAT SHIPPING CAN CONTINUE BOTH IN THE UK AND OVER SEAS.
WE
WILL BE KEEPING ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS UP TO DATE VIA EMAIL, FACE BOOK
AND YOU TUBE.
IF ANYONE
WANTS ANY CAD WORK DOING WE ARE NOW FOCUSING ON THIS AREA OF THE
BUSINESS WHILST THE UK IS ON LOCK DOWN.
WE
WILL ALSO BE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME "HOW TO" VIDEOS AND WORKING ON OUR ON-LINE TECHNICAL LIBRARY.
SO
PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH AND STAY SAFE AND WELL.
Monday 23 March 2020
23RD MARCH 2020 LOCKDOWN
23RD
MARCH 2020 LOCK DOWN
NOW
THAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT LOCK TO FROM TOMORROW IS HAPPENING FOR
THE NEXT 3 WEEKS, WHAT ARE WE TO DO?
WITH
MY LITTLE ONES I AM LUCKY, WE HAVE A GARDEN SO PARKS AND SHOPPING ARE
OUT.
WE
ARE LUCK TO HAVE A LIFE LINE IF WE NEED ONE AND SO OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS I WILL SEE HOW HOME SCHOOLING GOES.
TODAY
WENT BETTER THAN I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD.
ALL
OF THE BOYS WHERE SELF STARTING AND LOVE TO READ AND LISTEN TO
MUSIC. SO WE READ BOOK AND DANCED AROUND THE HOUSE ALL DAY.
TOMORROW
WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON EASTER AND GO SOME ARE WORK OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.
WITH
EASTER ON ITS WAY I AM LOOKING AT HOLDING A EASTER EGG HUNT IN THE
GARDEN AND TO PAINT ROCK.
SO
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND ALL THE BEST.
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