Today is wednesday, this means that as per earlier in the year I am back at school. This term the short course we are doing is called money matters. We will be looking at ways to save money, banks and building societies, budgeting, making gifts vs buying them, loans and credit unions, sales and offers and anything else that may be money related.
Hopefully it will be helpful and enjoyable like the previous courses have all been. The difference this time round is that the children will only be in for 1 session and not a short time every session, but that is for the reason the course is aimed at the parents and not how to help the children.
Showing posts with label course. Show all posts
Showing posts with label course. Show all posts
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
April 22nd 2015 - Family Learning Story sacks
April 22nd 2015 - Family Learning Story sacks
Family Learning at the school has started a new course today - Story sacks. This envolves us parents making a story sack based on a book.
We sat and discussed ideas that we could put in 1 based on a story about night pirates and included things like a pirate hat and eye patch, treasure chest and treasure, story book, fact book, map, material for the sea, moon and stars, a boat or ship, pirate puppets/finger puppets, pirate toys etc.
By next wednesday we need to have a story book and some ideas of what we are going to include in it. Having 2 children at the school that did the last course with me I have got to decide if i'm making 1 between them (but as different ages this could be hard), or if i'm going to make 2 which means that they may not be as good as just 1.
I think this course could turn out to be really good.
Family Learning at the school has started a new course today - Story sacks. This envolves us parents making a story sack based on a book.
We sat and discussed ideas that we could put in 1 based on a story about night pirates and included things like a pirate hat and eye patch, treasure chest and treasure, story book, fact book, map, material for the sea, moon and stars, a boat or ship, pirate puppets/finger puppets, pirate toys etc.
By next wednesday we need to have a story book and some ideas of what we are going to include in it. Having 2 children at the school that did the last course with me I have got to decide if i'm making 1 between them (but as different ages this could be hard), or if i'm going to make 2 which means that they may not be as good as just 1.
I think this course could turn out to be really good.
Friday, 23 January 2015
January 24th 2015 - What stupid hour is this?
January 24th 2015 - What stupid hour is this? (written on 23rd as wont have time on 24th - you will see why.)
WHAT STUPID HOUR IS 5AM??? I didn't even know this hour existed until today! (Well I did see the end of post.) Whose stupid idea was it to make me wake up and get dressed at this hour??? That would be St John Ambulance, lol! I'm NOT a morning person and havn't been for many years!!! My mornings start near noon. However, I knew that this pinning of "random things" would come in handy 1 day and today it has. lol!
Well my morning today doesn't start near noon/mid-day but today it started at 5am, as I was being picked up by a friend at 6am to be on the 06:20am train out of town. God this is unusual torture! This isn't even for a nice reason like a day of partying or a nice spa but to go on a St John Ambulance 1day course that I need to do, based in Preston! They don't run courses locally in Cumbria, they are all in Preston, Manchester, Liverpool and Stockport because there is more units in those areas - what happened to rotating them around to make it fair on everyone??? This is just the first of a few over the next few months that have stupid wake up times. At least with most of them they are full weekend courses and I can leave friday lunchtime to be there for teatime and the course start, and I will return on sunday afternoon.
From the first train from home I have an hours trip to Carlisle, and from here another train of over an hour to Preston. We have to leave this early because the next train gets us there after the course start time, we are being picked up from Preston station to get to the venue of the course.
My god, this hour really is bad - I left the house armed with a coffee in my thermal travel cup and a bottle of energy drink in my bag! It was pitch black and bl**dy freezing! I'm pretty sure there should be a law against this. The coffee and energy drinks will hopefully keep me awake. I had said I was going back to sleep on the train and my mate could wake me up when we got there, the thing is he said he was going back to sleep and I could wake him up when we got there. This could be bad!!! So we may not get to the course in Preston but stranded the other end of the country if we both fall asleep, good job i've set alarms for both stations for 10mins before the trains are due to arrive.
(I'm really not sure HOW I used to get up at this hour many years ago when I started work at 7am as a career in the nursing homes! And to top that off some nights I didn't actually get home from clubbing until 3am and I was still up on time. Then there was me working in the clubs and not getting home until 4am and out again for day shift in nursing home at 6am - but I managed it, but then I was younger than I am now!)
WHAT STUPID HOUR IS 5AM??? I didn't even know this hour existed until today! (Well I did see the end of post.) Whose stupid idea was it to make me wake up and get dressed at this hour??? That would be St John Ambulance, lol! I'm NOT a morning person and havn't been for many years!!! My mornings start near noon. However, I knew that this pinning of "random things" would come in handy 1 day and today it has. lol!
Well my morning today doesn't start near noon/mid-day but today it started at 5am, as I was being picked up by a friend at 6am to be on the 06:20am train out of town. God this is unusual torture! This isn't even for a nice reason like a day of partying or a nice spa but to go on a St John Ambulance 1day course that I need to do, based in Preston! They don't run courses locally in Cumbria, they are all in Preston, Manchester, Liverpool and Stockport because there is more units in those areas - what happened to rotating them around to make it fair on everyone??? This is just the first of a few over the next few months that have stupid wake up times. At least with most of them they are full weekend courses and I can leave friday lunchtime to be there for teatime and the course start, and I will return on sunday afternoon.
From the first train from home I have an hours trip to Carlisle, and from here another train of over an hour to Preston. We have to leave this early because the next train gets us there after the course start time, we are being picked up from Preston station to get to the venue of the course.
My god, this hour really is bad - I left the house armed with a coffee in my thermal travel cup and a bottle of energy drink in my bag! It was pitch black and bl**dy freezing! I'm pretty sure there should be a law against this. The coffee and energy drinks will hopefully keep me awake. I had said I was going back to sleep on the train and my mate could wake me up when we got there, the thing is he said he was going back to sleep and I could wake him up when we got there. This could be bad!!! So we may not get to the course in Preston but stranded the other end of the country if we both fall asleep, good job i've set alarms for both stations for 10mins before the trains are due to arrive.
this just about sums me and today up!!!
(I'm really not sure HOW I used to get up at this hour many years ago when I started work at 7am as a career in the nursing homes! And to top that off some nights I didn't actually get home from clubbing until 3am and I was still up on time. Then there was me working in the clubs and not getting home until 4am and out again for day shift in nursing home at 6am - but I managed it, but then I was younger than I am now!)
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
January 21st 2015 - I'm going back to school
January 21st 2015 - I'm going back to school
Today saw me go back to school for a 10week family learning course in Literacy. It is being run by the local council and is all free (including the tea/coffee and biscuits!!!)
It all came about the end of last week. My middle son brought a letter home about it and then the next day so did the youngest, they both asked if I would go on it with them, so I filled in the form and returned it to school. Yesterday when I picked up the youngest he declared that he had a letter for me. I opened it and had a look and it confirmed we had a place on the course starting today!
The only downside to this is that I actually have to be up and dressed and out the door by 08:35am in order to get the boys to school for 08:45am for register, the course strats at 9am.
Today was mainly about filling in paperwork and getting to know each other - most of the parents doing it already do know each other but it was nice. I knew two of the mums on it already quite well and a 3rd that i've spoken to in passing etc. They seem a nice group and I may actually make some more friends from it. We also had to make invites for our children to come and join us over the next few weeks.
The last week of the course is actually a full day trip away from the school for us parents and our kids, again all free (except lunch). They are looking at going to 1 of the local farms that has a big indoor soft play area as well.
I will kepp you posted on how it goes.
Today saw me go back to school for a 10week family learning course in Literacy. It is being run by the local council and is all free (including the tea/coffee and biscuits!!!)
It all came about the end of last week. My middle son brought a letter home about it and then the next day so did the youngest, they both asked if I would go on it with them, so I filled in the form and returned it to school. Yesterday when I picked up the youngest he declared that he had a letter for me. I opened it and had a look and it confirmed we had a place on the course starting today!
The only downside to this is that I actually have to be up and dressed and out the door by 08:35am in order to get the boys to school for 08:45am for register, the course strats at 9am.
Today was mainly about filling in paperwork and getting to know each other - most of the parents doing it already do know each other but it was nice. I knew two of the mums on it already quite well and a 3rd that i've spoken to in passing etc. They seem a nice group and I may actually make some more friends from it. We also had to make invites for our children to come and join us over the next few weeks.
The last week of the course is actually a full day trip away from the school for us parents and our kids, again all free (except lunch). They are looking at going to 1 of the local farms that has a big indoor soft play area as well.
I will kepp you posted on how it goes.
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