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Hi Lois. She is 11 (!!) Its C of E and so no communion until confirmation at 13 (?).0
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Alchemilla wrote: »Both DDs now have chickenpox.
Oh no!
Have they got it badly? I recommend piriton for the itching - you can get it as tablets if they're old enough to be able to swallow them, or syrup if they're not.
Have you got anybody who can look after them for you while you're at work? Finding childcare for ill children is one of the nightmares of my life.Starting again 13/4/19Home loan 1: £21,102.50 Home loan 2: £7,698.99Total owed: £28,801.49
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Alchemilla wrote: »Hi Lois. She is 11 (!!) Its C of E and so no communion until confirmation at 13 (?).
I know that's standard - I grew up in a church like that - but actually both the churches I mentioned were C of E too. One of them had a special policy agreed with the bishop about it, and the other just has an unconventional vicar who's not big on keeping denominational rules! The bishop always seems positive when he visits every so often, though, so I imagine he knows what goes on and is cool about it!Starting again 13/4/19Home loan 1: £21,102.50 Home loan 2: £7,698.99Total owed: £28,801.49
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They arent too bad at the mo. Well DD is in bed so that is quite bad I guess.
The olds will have them fortunately.
I have done a chunk of online standardisation and now for the coursework!0 -
Alchemilla wrote: »They arent too bad at the mo. Well DD is in bed so that is quite bad I guess.
The olds will have them fortunately.
I have done a chunk of online standardisation and now for the coursework!
Ugh! Coursework. I hate it. If I wanted to spend my time assessing extended written work against subjective criteria, I'd be teaching an essay subject. Part of the point of teaching physics is not to have to do that sort of thing.
Fortunately this year I haven't had too much of it. Our Y10s and Y11s do IGCSE so don't have any, and I've got particularly small Y12 and Y13 sets this year. I only have to mark half of them anyway because each set has two teachers and we split the coursework. I still hate it, though.
Good luck with yours.
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
We're Baptist and as long as the kids understand the significance of communion they can take it. My 6 years old DS has taken it a few times, but they are usually in Sunday Kids Club during the communion services. A few times a year they join the rest of the congregation for communion. I think it's important for kids to see their parents worshiping and all that goes with it 0
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Welshlassie I completely agree with you there. I dont want them indoctrinated but I do want to set a bit of an example and give them a way in if they choose to.
Lydia a Physicist how fabulous! Bet you are much in demand.
Coursework done and I am sooo relieved.0 -
Alchemilla wrote: »Welshlassie I completely agree with you there. I dont want them indoctrinated but I do want to set a bit of an example and give them a way in if they choose to.
When our children are little they do and don't do all sorts of things because we decide for them - eating meat, or not, getting vaccinated, or not, going to this school rather than that one... etc. When they are older they can make their own decisions. Church is like that. I want my kids to know what I believe and why, and I will respect what they choose to believe as they get older, whatever it turns out to be, however much I may hope that it's not wildly different from my own beliefs.Alchemilla wrote: »Lydia a Physicist how fabulous! Bet you are much in demand.
Yes.
I got my first job with no teaching experience, not even a PGCE, because I was the only applicant with a degree in the right subject! I had to get the PGCE later by distance learning.Alchemilla wrote: »Coursework done and I am sooo relieved.
I love that "coursework finished" feeling. The "reports finished" feeling comes a close second!Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Funny you should say that Lydia. I am vegetarian but the kids are not...yet.0
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Alchemilla wrote: »Funny you should say that Lydia. I am vegetarian but the kids are not...yet.
How interesting. How long have you been veggie, and what made you decide to? Does your DH eat meat? How do you feel about your kids eating meat?
I have one veggie friend who just doesn't much like meat, and neither does her husband, so neither of them eat it. She's always fed meat to her kids, though, because she has no ideological objections, and wanted them to get protein etc while still growing.
Another vegetarian couple I knew didn't eat meat on principle. They were very definitely bringing up their kids not to eat meat. I remember inviting their girls to DD's birthday party ages ago and getting a reply saying they'd love their girls to come but please could we remember not to give them anything with meat in it. I also remember them coming round to give us some sweets that their girls had been given by somebody else, but which they wouldn't let them eat because they contained gelatine, so they thought perhaps we'd like them. I don't see them any more since they moved to America... can't be sure where, but I think it might have been Texas. I hope they're managing OK. My previous Texan vegetarian friend said it was much easier in England - at home in Texas people thought "vegetarian option" meant chicken rather than beef! :rotfl:Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0
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