a call form school

Yesterday morning an hour and a half after I had dropped Evie off at school, my phone started ringing and it was Evies school...

...my heart sank (I didnt want her missing her Christmas lunch with Christmas cracker), the lady told me that it was L from the school office "and not to worry it was nothing bad" :).

It was making sure that I was still happy helping on the history off the page day, and that that morning I will go to the staff room to go through the risk assessment.

So that was all good :)

Mr J is here to stay

Since the beginning of September Mrs B has been off sick...

...the school havent been very good at giving us updates - we had to collectively bully them into giving us the last update after the half term break.

Yesterday we actually got a parentmail saying that there were staffing changes.

When I read it it said that Mrs B isnt coming back now (due to family issues) and Mr J is staying on until the end of the school year to give the kids continuity and even mentioned the dreaded SATS!

And they will be looking to recruit a new teacher for next year, I think that they will keep Mr J.

knot sew good

I was asked to go on yesterday rather than my normal Wednesday morning to help the kids sew christmas stockings.

I arrived for 1pm and the teacher was showing the kids on the white board how they were to sew their stockings, she said that the threads had to be split into strands so tat they could be threaded through the eye of the needles (my heart sank - I knew that I was going to be no use).

The threads were getting knotted up too as we were trying to split them.

Thankfully F's Mum and H's Mum were helping too so they managed to thread the needles (I did manage to thread one so I was happy with that :)).

I did tell the teacher that I wasnt any good at threading needles and she said that she wasnt either (although she was just being kind).

I think the kids have cushions to sew later in the year too (I will make see I tell her teacher how useless I am :)).

Evie said that she was happy that I was in class yesterday so tat is good.

helping me

Evie has decided that I need help with my chocolate advent calendars...

...she helps me by finding the right doors, then opening the doors and then she helps me eat the chocolates! :)

I may have to buy a secret advent calendar that Evie doesnt know about :)

therapy assessment appointment

Yesterday I got a letter giving us an appointment for Evies therapy assessment, the pediatrician thought that a referral to an occupational therapist would determine if there was anything she was having trouble with.

The appointment is for 19th December (Evies last day at school before the Christmas holidays and the day of her Christmas lunch).

So I cancelled it...

They only hold a clinic one day a month and the next clinic that isnt in term time is in August!  So we have an appointment then.

The lady I spoke to on the phone said that she had never booked an appointment that far in advance before! :)

school lunches and photos

Yesterday on our walk to school Evie was saying how on cottage pie day she was going to have chessy bean yorkshire (without the cheese) so as she put it beany yorkshire :)

Also yesterday it was school photo day...

...I put a hairbrush in her bag in case it was needed :)

When I picked Evie up I noticed that the buttons on her polo shirt were done up, she said that Mrs B (another one not the one who is still off sick), but there was a smear of chicken korma sauce on her forehead!

I asked Evie when the school photos were taken and she said that they were done after lunch (hopefully the smear will get airbrushed out).

It made me laugh that they were more concerned with her top than food around her face :)

When we got home from school I changed Evies lunch on Cottage Pie day so that she could see that I had actually done it :)

At bedtime Evie tried to take her top off and it would not go over her head, so she took off her glasses and it still wouldnt go over her head!  So we did one button each :)

heating and hot water

On Friday we took Evie to school and then waited for the gas man to turn up...

...he arrived at 1030, I showed him the boiler then showed him the hot water tank, he wanted to see if there was any water in the radiator and there wasnt.

He then went up into the loft to see the expansion tank, there was bit broken on there which was the cause of the trouble.

He then had to call his office to say what work needed to be done and for me to agree it. I did (we needed heating!).

He then went to get the part, and came back and fitted it :)

We now have a lovely warm house :)

first Y2 parents evening

My appointment for Evies parent teacher consultation (as they call it) was for 5.20 to look at her Maths & English books and 5.30 to speak to her teacher.

So i left home early to give me plenty of time :)

I even had to hang around for 10 mins before the classrooms were ready to look in.

I had a look through her books that I havent previously glued pages into... :)

One thing that I didnt realise is that Evie has started writing what she gets upto at the weekend (so I told James that :)).

And spent the time until the first appointment looking at the photos from the aerozone visit :)

Hee hee one Mum who has 3 (of her 5 kids) at school had a quick look through J's books and went off to the next classroom :)

It was then time to look at Evies Maths & English books and no sooner had I sat down Mr J said that he was running early so I could have my chat with him now and then look at her books in the classroom later which was fine by me :)

The chat went well (for once) he said that her English and Maths are coming on and she it on target to be where she is supposed to be by the end of the school year.

He even said that Evie was putting her hand up more to answer questions and was even getting them right :)

And the exception words spelling tests she had done, she had done well (getting just over half correct), and to try and get her to write sentences every now and again with one of the words :)

Evie also has to work on using finger spaces (which she does when I remind her) nd commas and full stops (yes I know Mum I have the same problem with them myself :)), I almost told him that but stopped myself :)

Its the start of half term today and I am going to have lunch with Evie in town :)

gurgling

On Sunday night James came downstairs saying "can your hear that?" I couldnt...

...he said that the boiler was making noises, so he got me to listen in the airing cupboard and there were no noises there either...

Monday morning I woke up to go the loo and heard what I thought was swooshing water (I thought it must have been raining and the gutter was blocked (that sort of noise) James told me it was the boiler!

The upshot is the gas engineer is coming back after the half term...

Yesterday I was helping in class and while I was gluing in the homework into the kids homework books the teaching assistant told me that Evie was the only person on her table (the table that she helps with for maths) who didnt need help with subtracting :)

I was really pleased :)

Tonight its parents evening so that will be fun :)

a daddy and evie lunch

Last week we got through a letter about the year 2 lunch...

...as the options were fish fingers or vegetarian lasagna and as I dont like either of them I decided that I would give it a miss :)

James then said that he would book the day off work and do it with Evie instead :)  He is having fish fingers.

Evie is now all excited as she can show Daddy how to get your lunch and where it sit :)

not tooth hurty

The other day I got a reminder from the dentist about mine and Evies 6 month check up...

...as the half term holiday is coming up I have booked it for then.

Evie is having more of her adult teeth coming in now too, so when the dentist reads out what teeth she has its going to be a mixture of letters and numbers :)

laminating and reading

Yesterday I was helping in class again :)

I was laminating number squares (a sheet with 200 squares in lines of 10) :)

Then I listened to some of the children reading...

...but halfway through the morning I was told that I am helping on the class trip :)

I have to make 2 packed lunches now (one for me and one for Evie) and bring our warm coats :)

santa knows...

Yesterday James sneezed and Evie got up and got him a tissue :)

I said to Evie after that it was lovely and kind of her to do that and then she said that she had done it so that she gets lots of presents from Santa! :)

I told her that Santa knows all year round if she has been good or not :)

I think that she must have been talking to her friends about Santa :)

Cold enough for coats

When James left for work this morning he said that he could see his breath.

So i have Evies coat ready and because it's PE today evie is also wearing trousers.

cutting and sticking and fire drill

Yesterday while helping in class I was cutting out photos of the kids doing number place values :)

I had to glue a photo into every childs maths book and then cut out the remaining photos too to be put around the classroom :)

There was also a fire drill too and Evie held my hand when we were walking onto the school field :)

This morning I have meet the teacher at Evies school - tehy tell us what things they will be learning and stuff like that :)

Its at 9 this morning so I will rush back after for the engineer!

Mrs B still off sick

On Thursday we got a letter about the schools therapy referral and attached is a form to be completed by the school and ourselves ... (within 10 days of the date of the letter)

When I went to pick Evie up (the teaching assistant was on the door letting the kids out) and  I checked in her bag to see if there was any update on Mrs B coming back, she has now been signed off until the October half term!

So I spoke to Mr J and he said that the letter would be addressed to Mrs B, so if I can bring in the letter and then he can (along with Miss B (who wanted the initial referral)) can complete the form and we will complete a copy too.

Hopefully they will come to the conclusion that there is nothing physically wrong with her once and for all :)

new cables more bolts and up higher

On Sunday evening I got a phone call from the sky engineer saying that he would arrive between 11.30 and 1.30 yesterday.

I then got a text at 12.40 saying that he would arrive between 1.10 and 2.10 so I texted back asking to make it nearer to 1.10 as I had the school run to do :)

He arrived at about 1.40 :)

I explained that we didnt have a satellite signal but it was working again and he checked the cables and they were ok...

...he then said that as they were ok it made his job harder to pinpoint the problem, I also told him that the dish had been moved as there had been a "line off sight" issue.

He then looked at the dish after putting on all of his protective gear.  He told me that the pole that the dish was on only had 2 bolts in rather than 4.

He then replaced the cable and moved the dish up higher to eliminate any tree issues and fitted the pole with 4 bolts.

And I have his number in case i get any more issues in the next 30 days :)

Hopefully we are all good now :)

Up and ready

Today is evies first day back at school and her first day in year 2!

I cant believe she is in year 2 already :)

I will do a photo of her in her school uniform later :)

I have booked her lunches and her bags are ready by the front door.

I just have to do her water bottle now.

the appointment

On Thursday we had Evies appointment with the pediatrician...

...one of the "receptionists" came in with usand sat chatting to Evie whilst me & James talked to the doctor answering her questions.

Yjeu then weighed and measured Evie and got her to jump and run adn lie on teh couch while the doctor tested her muscle strength :)

The upshot is that htere is nothing wrong developmental wise (which we already knew) and she said that she was going to (put as nicely (without telling them the school what to do) advise them that they will have to bring in their own person if they think that she has a learning difficulty).

She is going to send us a copy of the report that she is sending to the school.

I was back at work today and that went alright too :)

new school shoes and tomorrow

Yesterday we went in to town and befitting of a shoes shop a week and a half before the new school year it was packed!

So we got our number (E40) Evie liked that it had an E on it :)

The number on the board was 32 so it wasnt going to take too long...

...we were chatting about who was going to serve us was it going to be a man or a lady (or my suggestion the little boy with the blue glassses :o))

Number 40 came up and it was a man :)

He got the ipad and the feet measurer got Evie to chose her favourite colour (pink) and write her age 6 and her feet are now half a size bigger :)

She chose these shoes, none of the shoes on offer for Evies size were very pretty which is a shame.

Today we are going to get her tap shoes and leotard and this afternoon I will see about getting all of her other footwear in the supermarket.

Tomorrow we have Evies assessment and I am getting nervous about it...

...Im sure it will all be ok :)

I have bought the bus ticket on my phone