H just wrote her first submission on a bill that is going before Parliament. The Fast Track bill – which gives 3 men (with an irrelevant set of skills) the power to override decisions of the environmental court… basiclly removes democracy, and means they can mine conservation land among other devistations. She cried when I…
Category: Health and Physical Education
the circle of education
I first taught H to knit years ago. She wanted to learn, but she was so little. I guess she wanted to as it is what I do, usually while ‘watching’ TV, gotta keep those hands busy. I have been knitting for years. I am not an expert like lots of my friends or like…
what I have noticed at pretend school
1- most often we have not finished at the time the bell goes and can be mid train of thought, or just at the nitty gritty good bit. It is totally unsatisfying. 2- the before lunch, Nayland college has a very late lunch (1:30 to 2:15) if you ask me, period is a total waste…
but wait there’s more..
Look at her, she is helping one of the customers… looking up his booking, showing him the way to his camp site. Map reading! Confident talking!
Cool stuff H has learnt
I am classifying something as learnt if it is something, in this case a definable task, she could not do before and can now successfully repeat the task without support. ta da… one bowl of two minutes noodles successfully made, for breakfast, on a small gas cannister stove, (lit using a lighter) outside while I…
Time
Today we did the “skater pond loop”. It’s a mostly single track easy mountain bike track. Nothing unusual, we’ve done it before. One time H was little, 7ish?, and it involved us taking most of the day to do it. Lots of stops/being tired. Another time I convinced her to go as there was a…
the week that was
Monday: it’s a public holiday but H is doing geography- this started as she had to be a detective to work out what country her book The Hardy boys is set in. She worked out the book was old due to word usage “fellows” and “chums” and leaving the girls behind… She is using an…
life changes
We brought a bike. An electric bike built for two… I wish I had done it sooner, when I first knew this sort of bike existed and it wasn’t so expensive. Our plan is to do some bike touring. I thought I could combine this with lots of life schoolish work. Lots of maths…. some…
life is more complicated for some? children
So often when I ask Helena to do things I just want them done… from “get your shoes we need to go” to the slightly terse “pick your stuff up off the floor”. Mostly easy things in my head, a bit of working out the most efficient way and I’d have it done in minutes….
choosing a teacher
We belong to a community gardening group. It was Helena’s idea to join years ago and it is now so integral to our life. We go every Thursday morning. Most of the people are retired, bar us and the ex rocket scientist who is in his early 30s. It is community. Mostly H just does…
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