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Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: Snoopy on March 06, 2008, 10:35:49 AM
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Today my younger two have been invited to go to school dressed as their favourite characters from a recently read book. Given that the school reading scheme is at about the Janet and John level this does not give much scope. The boys are also supposed to have been reading daily at home and keeping a diary of that which they have read and understood. Why is it all down to us, as parents, to suffer this? Of course I want my children to be at least proficient in basic skills but FFS what are we paying the teachers for?
As for National Book Week .... it will come as no surprise to learn that it is "sponsored" by a book seller. cussing:
Last evening we sat them down and went through their individual days, lesson by lesson, in an attempt to discover what they had learned (Learnt ~ if you prefer). The elder now knows that i comes before e except after c. That is the sum total of 6 hours of education. The younger knows the words to the first two lines of a song in Welsh .... he has no idea what the song is about, just what he thinks the Welsh words sound like. THW who can, to her credit, speak a little Welsh was able to disclose that he isn't singing in Welsh at all but has taken the Welsh words, as spoken to the class by a native Welsh speaker and "translated" them into a language of his own that is closer in fact to English. The native Welsh speaker is his current class teacher and her English is so poor that on Parents evenings she has to have someone present to translate to all the English parents. There are no children in that class where Welsh is spoken at home. Banghead
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Same here. The Boy had decided to go as Horrid Henry but then switched to James Bond. Black trousers, black jacket, white shirt, black dicky bow and shades. We drew the line at toy gun. evil:
As he is now snoring in bed this outfit may not get paraded till after lunch!
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i comes before e except after c
I taught that to The Boy.
Trouble is it isn't always true!
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i comes before e except after c
I taught that to The Boy.
Trouble is it isn't always true!
They lied to me?
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I camn across some exceptions the other day, but I have forgotten, for the moment, what they are.
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I camn across some exceptions the other day, but I have forgotten, for the moment, what they are.
You often find exceptions in my posts... redface:
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There are plenty of deficiencies in that simplistic rule ;D
I must now seize the opportunity to get some caffeine and protein into my body... whistle:
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There are plenty of deficiencies in that simplistic rule ;D
I must now seize the opportunity to get some caffeine and protein into my body... whistle:
worthy:
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ditto
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ditto
I can't see the "e".
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I thank you. Sometimes it's hard being a genius - I'm sure Nick and my other fellow lefties would agree whistle:
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ditto
I can't see the "e".
It is hiding behind the 'c'...
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ditto
I can't see the "e".
It is hiding behind the 'c'...
It's right before the 'i' - can't you see it?
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I camn across some exceptions the other day, but I have forgotten, for the moment, what they are.
You often find exceptions in my posts... redface:
..take exception to your posts I think you mean
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I camn across some exceptions the other day, but I have forgotten, for the moment, what they are.
You often find exceptions in my posts... redface:
..take exception to your posts I think you mean
Probably... redface:
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same thing is happening here, our lad has gone as " Wheres Wally ? ", so its cost us a fortune to find a red and white hooped jumper, matching hat and round rimmed glasses.
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same thing is happening here, our lad has gone as " Wheres Wally ? ", so its cost us a fortune to find a red and white hooped jumper, matching hat and round rimmed glasses.
And then nobody will be able to find him point:
Only parents wth chldren born in the last ten years or so will understand that one
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::)
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same thing is happening here, our lad has gone as " Wheres Wally ? ", so its cost us a fortune to find a red and white hooped jumper, matching hat and round rimmed glasses.
And then nobody will be able to find him point:
Only parents wth chldren born in the last ten years or so will understand that one
We had Wally books when I was younger.
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same thing is happening here, our lad has gone as " Wheres Wally ? ", so its cost us a fortune to find a red and white hooped jumper, matching hat and round rimmed glasses.
And then nobody will be able to find him point:
Only parents wth chldren born in the last ten years or so will understand that one
worthy:
Oh Mr. Snoopy, that new PC has given you a new lease of life... happy088
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same thing is happening here, our lad has gone as " Wheres Wally ? ", so its cost us a fortune to find a red and white hooped jumper, matching hat and round rimmed glasses.
And then nobody will be able to find him point:
Only parents wth chldren born in the last ten years or so will understand that one
We had Wally books when I was younger.
You read books about how to be a wally? point:
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same thing is happening here, our lad has gone as " Wheres Wally ? ", so its cost us a fortune to find a red and white hooped jumper, matching hat and round rimmed glasses.
Dress him up in a thick jacket and a rucksack and he can go as "Where's Whalid".
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same thing is happening here, our lad has gone as " Wheres Wally ? ", so its cost us a fortune to find a red and white hooped jumper, matching hat and round rimmed glasses.
And then nobody will be able to find him point:
Only parents wth chldren born in the last ten years or so will understand that one
We had Wally books when I was younger.
That explains a lot.
I have children much older than you .... don't take the ten years personally it was, I confess, plucked out of thin air but frankly until quite recently I had, thankfully, been blissfully unaware of Wally or his Whereabouts.
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same thing is happening here, our lad has gone as " Wheres Wally ? ", so its cost us a fortune to find a red and white hooped jumper, matching hat and round rimmed glasses.
And then nobody will be able to find him point:
Only parents wth chldren born in the last ten years or so will understand that one
We had Wally books when I was younger.
You read books about how to be a wally? point:
lol: lol: lol:
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same thing is happening here, our lad has gone as " Wheres Wally ? ", so its cost us a fortune to find a red and white hooped jumper, matching hat and round rimmed glasses.
And then nobody will be able to find him point:
Only parents wth chldren born in the last ten years or so will understand that one
drumroll:
And The Boy woke up at 1.00 and has gone in as Horrid Henry after all