Wax resisit

Art Monday has proved to be such a great idea as the children have come up with so many lovely projects. Even if I have not organized something for them to do, they look up in their art books for projects they would like to have a go at. This wax resist turned out really well.
First they drew the picture with wax crayons.
And then they painted over with watered down acrylic.

Niamh was very pleased with how it looked, and thought it looked very much like a pastel picture.

Maths mad!

A lot of people ask how it is possible to school 5 children of different levels at the same time. Although they are all at different levels they pretty much follow the same subjects each day. So they will all do their maths together, and then all do spelling, handwriting, grammar, science etc etc. Most of the time Ciara and Ayla play a lot together, and I am sooo grateful that they love each other's company as much as they do, but often I get to read to the younger two while the others are stuck into their workbooks.

Two little munchkins.
Jude absolutely loves maths, and it is not uncommon for him to do two hours of maths everyday - that is computer work and workbook work combined. It always takes up the majority of his school day.