Two down -one to go
Well I was dreading it, but all went well. Jacob set to his 'quick write' at about 8.45am (his choice) and initially produced a factual account of his holiday in Prestatyn. I told him it was fine, but not really what the intention of the exercise was. He was supposed to imagine what the best holiday he could possibly have would be like and I sent him away to 'have another go'. "Oh," he said, "so not in the past, but in the future!" - (me) "Yes - something that hasn't happened, but that you would enjoy if it did." He got the idea then and went away - with only a little protest about the redo and a quick, sharp reminder of what was at stake. His second attempt was a really good piece of writing with some things we had chatted about when he was originally asked to do it, and more besides. I then showed him how the two pieces of writing flowed together quite well and that all-in-all, in about 10-15 minutes, he had written best part of a whole page of 'story'. He was actually really pleased to see what he had achieved and how little time it had taken him. I just hope he remembers that feeling for next time!
Then this afternoon I had a nap ( a long one) and P. set the first maths task (the drawing one). I never heard a peep from JA, so presumably he had no trouble with that either!
He baffles me 
!! Let's hope tomorrow's work proves just as easy as todays...!
I never did watch any TV last night (too busy on here!) but I did watch 'Class TV' together with the boys today. Looks like that could be a real asset in the near future!I
I've been having twinges in my back all day - quite sore, and I feel 'odd' tonight, so.., but I'm not building my hopes too much! It would just be lovely to have the baby this weekend - warm weather - no school to think about this week - my Nan and Aunty visiting, who I don't see very often, but who are not actually staying in our home (they are B&Bing it a few miles down the road), no tennis or Ballet this week either - lots of good reasons, but we'll see..!
