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Fans of Bottle of Sauce on Ambrose Street in Cheltenham will be pleased to hear that there’s now a new kids’ menu – we were invited along to find out more. Those not familiar with this great pub in the Dodo Chain can now experience it even with their families! The Bottle of Sauce Kids’ … Read more
Again just another record of what we have been doing this week now I am home educating my youngest two boys. More for me than anything else but I hope that it is of interest to others too. Monday The 10 year old started the 11 plus course with Explore Learning late so had lots … Read more
Thorpe Park Resort is in my opinion the Merlin Attraction for the big kids (that is those over 1.4m). YES there is lots of other stuff to do for those shorter than the magic height but it is the park you want to head to when you are tall enough. This can cause problems for … Read more
The beauty of home education is that you can focus on the individual’s interests in a way that captures their learning style best. For us STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and fun are definitely the best ways to capture both the boys’ interest. They love visual resources that they can adapt to release their … Read more
Now I am forty I really am thinking about things to achieve by the time I am fifty – and a lot of that has to do with travel. We have covered close by places in Europe but now I would like to save up and look further afield. I think what I should ideally … Read more
Our home education week began with taking my husband to work as his car had its MOT. As it happens he works not far from a big park which is (usually) always very busy and there was just no-one there (the odd one or two children did turn up eventually). I was really shocked about … Read more
The Hilton Puckrup Hall Tewkesbury This amazing venue is well known for its golf and weddings but I was not aware that you could just visit. I was invited along to the launch of the newly refurbished Coopers Restaurant and Bar for afternoon tea. Set on the edge of the Cotswolds Hilton Puckrup Hall is … Read more
If you are interested I have been writing about our Home Education Journey from the beginning. Not because I have to but I want to. I think it will be really interesting to look back on it and see how we grow and develop. I hope it may also be useful to others, but that’s … Read more
The week began on a Wednesday because I had been in Milan celebrating my 15th wedding anniversary with my husband and the boys had been with his parents. I picked them up and took them straight to the home education session at the library. This time it was about Medieval – which is good to … Read more
I was floating around on Groupon looking at holidays and saw a mystery getaway pop up. At a bargain price you say three dates and three airports and this determines where you are going on holiday. I wasn’t sure about taking the risk with my children too but as it was our fifteenth wedding anniversary … Read more