to be honest, work here has been desultary since Kentwell. I have asked SB to try and finish her book 6 maths [which she won't do] and carry on with biology, geography and music prac, as well as duolingo french. She is mostly reading skulduggery books! hmm! BB is mostly being autonomous. however, she is reading more and more, and that is a key thing for us. SHe has begun to choose the home ed books that we have in comic or illustrated forms and read those, and she remembers what she reads. Also reading lots of the magazines. I found a piano book for each of them that has captured their fancy – a v simple christmas carol one for bb, as she likes to already know the tune [i don't think she is really reading the music...] and a v easy pop tunes one for SB. So both have done a fair bit of practice with that. we have done arting and crafting and gardening. Both girls tho have done a lot of playing together with sylvanians. SInce SB is soon to leave us for 6 months – something BB has come to understand and feel sad about – i think lots of playing together and strengthening the sisterly bond is far more valuable than bookwork. SO, holiday declared and all that. 
ANyway, weds should have been history, but it was also the last chance for sb to meet up wit the local HE group before going to france, so DH had agreed we would go to that instead. it was sports day and picnic. the girls had a lovely time and enjoyed some of the races, but def the picnic and the paddling i got to catchup with gina, who i don’t see much of, and miss, as well as morag and anne [ditto] and it was scorching!!
