The School Holidays

A few people have asked me whether we stop homeschooling for the school holidays. The answer is no; as far as formal school work goes, the snowflakes seem to thrive with an easy schedule all the time rather than working hard most of the time and then having time off. In the natural learning department, well, as any parent knows, it's impossible to stop this from happening even if we wanted to. So while school holidays are probably great for children who do school, giving them the chance to do all the things that there isn't time for during school term, they're not so relevant around here for the most part.

Having said that, though, the one thing that is different about school holidays is that there are all sorts of interesting classes and activities available. The snowflakes have attended a number of Double Helix Club science classes, various Bush Adventure environmental workshops, and a sessions at the Maritime Museum, as well as assorted other activities including a three day sports skills camp for the older two.

With all of this to keep us busy, plus finishing up our history program and some other bits of school work from last year, not to mention pursuing a plethora of tangents that the snowflakes embark on (for example #2, who has recently taken to drawing shields for her knights, just came rushing in to ask me whether King Richard Lionheart's lions were rampant or passant [how would I know? thank goddess for the internet!], and will now spend the next hour drawing and crusading to the incongruous sounds of her brother's Latino Party Box music) we have put off our planned few days away until after school goes back.