Laser puzzles, Joan of Arc, Maths

Sam and I worked on Laser Maze.

 You have challenges and have to work out how to direct the laser beam to where you want it. It's quite tricky but we got better the more we did.

Owen tried too but he wasn't in the best frame of mind and got frustrated with the rules . 

Sam did some maths work on Khan , looking at problems with decimals and fractions. Then went on to watch Horrible Histores about Joan of Arc and the Viking invasion at Lindesfarne.

And some history about Cesear.

And the English civil war between the Roundheads and Cavaliers.

We also updated of bee count.

Oh my gosh this morning was hard..really hard. The boys were struggling and melting down..I was exhausted by 9:30 am. Despite all that , somehow...no idea how..we managed the following.

Horrible Histories , copious amounts, I lost count.

Maths, lots of Khan academy today.

And some writing because the LA needed it for their records to assess whether the boys need an assessment for extra help under an EHCP. 

Still laughing that Sam found this so pointless that he wrote Bananas , Minions and Randon Stuff on his paper to them.

I decide it's time for a bit of a change round , so the next few days will be planning days for me to look at resources and ideas.

Sam wanted to look at the 'most poisonous things on Earth' ..so we did.

Sam decided Australia has its fair share of these animals and Sam doesn't want to go there anytime soon.

Owen was very tired and slept late, after breakfast he decided to watch a substantial number of Horrible Histories, then work on Khan Academy with his maths. 

After a quick lunch, we headed off to see friends . We all had a brilliant time and I found my spirits lifted by having time to laugh and swop stories with them. The children all had a raucous time playing in our friends garden and came home tired but happy. 

After dinner Sam and I did some yoga together. Owen was much more cheerful than he's been for days and Sam and I had chance to have a long chat and work some issues out. Finally in bed, there were huge cuddles and kisses ( on my head mum) before they settled to sleep.

We visited the library today and the boys a building a lovely relationship with the staff there. The new lady spent ages ordering their books via inter library loans. They were also excited to find some new books had come in..including a How To Train Your Dragon one. There was also dismay when they realised it was the very last book in the series ever. *insert Owen's shocked face here*.

We voted in the EU and I explain ( or so I thought) that the UK people were deciding whether to say in the EU or leave. After a long chat, I realised the boys had understood my explaination as us leaving the EU would mean we had to move to another country. I had to try very hard to keep a straight face, whilst I explained further.

There was excitement at swimming because our friends joined us for the lesson. We always knew there was a chance of other children joining the lesson , as its 4 to a class, so it was lovely that it was someone we know really well. Also I had someone to sit with during the lesson..we had many laughs at the children's antics.

The next morning the results of the EU referendum were in and although the it was close the majority voted to leave the EU. There were long discussions at the table about the whole thing whilst Blokey read news articles to the children. They are quite interested in how it will all pan out.

The next few days involved bike rides to the park in our village:

We had a massive roast dinner...yes they ate all the Yorkshire puddings!

We also watched this film together for 'family film evening'.

There was as always copious amounts of reading and cards games.