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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Ending and Beginning.
Today marks the ending of Boo’s time at school. She’ll be finishing her last exam this morning and then she doesn’t have to go back again. They were going to keep the year 11s at school but changed their mind. Boo doesn’t have a prom to go to, there has been no mention of a leavers hoody. What she does have to look forward to is a trip to Alton Towers next week. Then a new beginning at college in September.
Today also marks the ending of The Little Man’s Home Education. We asked for him to go back to school and they are holding a meeting with 15 heads of local schools today to offer him a place. We can refuse, but that will mean we can’t apply for help for another chance at a school. (It doesn’t mean we can’t keep applying to schools though.) When they called to tell me we were excited, but then we got another call from the head at his previous school. We have insisted that he doesn’t want to go back there, but apparently this meeting this afternoon is all a waste of time because they have already decided that the Little Man has to go back there unless there is another offer. I have to admit my head is spinning with all the confusing information. I don’t want to bore you with it all in detail. The Little Man said if he has to go back to his old school he will, he just wants to go back to school desperately. He will be choosing his options for GCSEs next month so I would like him to go back to school too. I’m sad because I’ve enjoyed Home Educating him, but he’s missed the structure and interaction with peers that school gives. We’ll give it a go, a new beginning.
To review last weeks problems, our new fridge freezer was delivered but it was faulty. We are having someone out to look at it today. I lost about £20 worth of fresh food I’d put in the fridge. We were able to save some of the freezer products but I guess I still lost another £10 worth. It worked for about 12 hours!
To rub salt in the wound, we’d kept our old fridge freezer on as the freezer part was still working, and the day before the new one was delivered the fridge just started working again!
Now it’s over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?
It’s the end of an era. How are our girls old enough to have left school. My girl will be sitting her last exam now. I am glad they are over but pretty sad about the end of school.
Oh wow! It does sound confusing about your boy going back to school. I hope you did get another offer from a different school but even if he has to go back to his old school they will surely have to make more of an effort.
What a drama with the fridges. I hope the new one gets fixed easily. x
My son finished school last year and I remember feeling all mixed emotions that it all went by so quickly! I can’t believe that the decision has been made for your little man to go back to the same school before the big meeting?? That’s so confusing, but I really hope that this time it will be a much better experience for him and that the school will give him the support he deserves. Faulty appliances especially new ones would just about tip me over the edge. I hope you get a properly working fridge asap!
End of an era for Boo. Hope that she enjoyed her day out at Alton Towers. That’s frustrating with Little Man having to go back to his old school if he wants to go back to school. I hope that it works out for him and that school will be a better experience this time around. That’s annoying with the fridge freezer too. Hope you got it all sorted out. #WotW
I hope Boo’s last exam went well. I wonder why there was no prom or a hoodie. I thought that was a common thing to do now. Not that we had them. Well, we had a leaving ceremony and then we all went to a club, remembering to add two years to our age if we were asked! I hope going back to school works well for your son. Moving schools for Little E has really shaken her and I’m really worried about finding the right school for her when she goes to high school now #WotW