Group, clubs and illness.

Well we managed to get away with it for quite some time but seems we have all finally been struck down with a winter bug. I'm just about hanging on by a thread and I suspect that as usual I will be well enough to look after everyone until they are better then it will hit me like a ton of bricks!

What have we been up to?
Well lots, but not that much that's interesting to write about.
Lots of minecraft again-boys are doing really well and are sad that the course is almost over. Having signed them up to a new one in Jan has pleased them though.

A ton of art in the form of hama beads (minecraft ones), colourings, drawings, model making, playdoh.
C has got on and done a lot of his English book. I'm noticing the improvement in his writing just by flicking though the pages. He's been working on paragraphs, probably something that I noticed I could do with brushing up on. Nice to learn together sometimes :-)

We spent some time learning about Nelson Mandela after recent events. Something we hadn't looked at before which brought up apartheid and a pretty long conversation on human rights.

The boys have been to their usual clubs, swimming, football and jujitsu. H has a grading coming up this weekend!

Monday was group, which was German themed. The kids worked in a group to make a giant tissue paper German flag, then they made mini ones to take home. Next they made Christmas lanterns and finally they made ice cream cone xmas trees using white chocolate spread that had been dyed green and sweets to decorate. They played some group games to finish off before we had a planning meeting (while the kids ate lunch/played) to sort out the activities for next years group.