Time to be completely honest

Sea78

ooooh - what an annoying place!! Be such a relief to be rid.

All fine here - not much has happened really. I have a sneaking suspicion that Sophia might have chicken pox but it might jsut be a viral thingy that's going round that shows up with a few spots that look like the pox! Will just have to wait and see.

Sea xxx

hypno06

Whatever Sophia has, I hope she is not grouchy with it, and everyone gets a good night's sleep.

ISOM that must be really uncomfortable, I hope it gets sorted soon x

taxi73

Evening Sea and all...I'm now back...what a terrible few weeks you've just had and sorry I haven't been about for you!!...everything seems to be evening out for you now and I hope that husband of yours is behaving and if he doesn't at least you know you can manage without him..well done on the weight loss and I hope little sophia gets well soon...take care...it's just took me an hour and half to catch up with your diary!!!

Sea78

Aww thanks hon - I've jsut been up and checked on Sophia - she seems to be ok and doesn't have any more spots, but I guess more might come up overnight. The one she gt tonight has got bigger though. Bless her - fast asleep and I'm looking at her spots!!

Looking forward to a full update on all your doings on your diary soon - how much hve you cleared?

Sea xxx

In_Search_Of_Me

Dont worry taxi mine is shorter if thats any help! Fab to have you back! Sea..hope its no CP but better out now I guess...get that calomine lotion out!

sallyx

Hey Sea
How are you?? Just been reading through your diary and you seem to be doing so well. Have really got to get in gear and sort my life out...can't believe ive been considering going skiing when i have all this debt....shake me hard!
xx

Sea78

HI Sally!

Haven't seen you on here for ages! Skiing?!!!

How is it all going? How is work? I didn't realise you were on a DMP - when did that happen?

Sea xxx

Seaxwyn

HI Sea, hope Sophia is OK. chickenpox can be nasty but they have to go through it and I believe it's good for their immune system to get these childhood illnesses.

ISOM - sorry to hear about the lump, that must have been a big worry. Glad it's going to be sorted and hope you recover quickly from the surgery.

Quick hijack back to my GCSE preoccupation (well you did ask...) I believe they have to do 5 core subjects and pick 4 options from a list. My DDs are set on doing PE and Art, which only leaves two options, so either history or geography and either French or Spanish. However they are also talking about Graphic Design... and Music.... Of course I want them to do what they enjoy, but I am also anxious about dropping all the academic subjects when they are very able students. What advice did you give the anxious parents at your Year 9 evening? And what should I ask at ours, which is in March?

Sorry for hijack but it's so good to be able to ask a teacher!

sallyx

Yeah I know...hairbrain Idea...friends family owns a hotel in austria and lets out the whole resort to friends for the last week of the season..Bargain holiday but at the end of the day we can't afford it and I need to wake up and stop kidding myself !
Things are quite good, work is busy, life is busy but Bea is gorgeous as ever. We started on a DMP back in July and its changed our lives! Dh is starting a new job soon so hopefully we will have a lot more money to throw at the debt and get rid of it quicker!
Hows things with you? Do you think Sophia has CP? Bea had it feb last year...was horrible
xxx

Sea78

Seaxwyn wrote: »

Of course I want them to do what they enjoy, but I am also anxious about dropping all the academic subjects when they are very able students. What advice did you give the anxious parents at your Year 9 evening? And what should I ask at ours, which is in March?

Sorry for hijack but it's so good to be able to ask a teacher!

Well, really there isn't much they can drop now that would severely limit their choices at AS level really - apart from if they wanted to continue with a language etc. are they doing triple or just dual award science? If wanting to take Biology as an AS Level they would benefit from doing the triple. Otherwise, they can take most anything else back up again if they drop it now - history, geography, RS, etc as the AS levels have to be at such a level that anyone can join at that level, so no specific knowledge is required really. Our students have been advised to pick the subjects that they enjoy, would be stimulating and they can envision doing for the next two years. As my specialism is RS, I was obviously explaining this a lot to the parents, but also that no matter what the students chose, they had to enjoy it, or when their enthusiasm drops in yr 10, they may well end up regretting it big time!

A big consideration though is a balance of coursework/exam courses - some are 100% coursework, some 50/50 etc. If they were to choose graphics, music, PE and Art, that would be a LOT of coursework - do they work well with coursework? It will be worth checking out the proportions for each of the GCSEs they are looking at so there is a balance - will save you a lot of nagging later on??

I don't really know what else to say really - hope this has been useful!

Things are quite good, work is busy, life is busy but Bea is gorgeous as ever. We started on a DMP back in July and its changed our lives! Dh is starting a new job soon so hopefully we will have a lot more money to throw at the debt and get rid of it quicker!
Hows things with you? Do you think Sophia has CP? Bea had it feb last year...was horrible

Glad your going ok - don't know how I missed the DMP! It is wonderful, isn't it? Great about the new job - when i went up to full time and the payments jumped up, it was such a bonus to see the figures going down more quickly I think Sophia might have it, which meas William will probably get it, but better now than when they're older I reckon - it's meant to be the younger the better, isn't it.

Sea xxxx