Last week's Weekly Wrapup

We're enjoying the warmer weather and getting out in the backyard so much more.  Lots of projects are happening depending on time requirements, who's available to help and what materials we already have on hand.

In the garden, I have a new gate ready for my sectioned off vegie patch.  It was a find at the tip's recycling centre and does need a new coat of paint, but it's up and the wire fencing will be done afterwards.  The vegies will have to all be container plants until all this area is completed and ready to be used properly.  Containers have had to be the main style of gardening since we got our little dog, Midgy, anyway, as he LOVES digging.  All my asparagus is now gone (sob!), so will need replanting ... but this fenced off area will solve all that.

The chook run will be shortened so we can gain back some of that wire fencing to use for the veggie patch.

We've disassembled the pergola in an unused area and are relocating it to become a pergola on the back of the house. What is currently just a window will become a sliding door, and steps down still need to be put in.  This side of our house faces north, so we're going to grow a passionfruit vine over it which will give us shade in Summer .. and lovely fruit!


On the homeschool front, we've got several topics going on all at once.

Maestro's working through Geometry with MUS.  We're learning all the different types of lines through a circle at the moment.  While Mariposa is finishing working through one of her Singapore Maths level 4 books and is doing review.  I'm debating about making a 'summary' book with her using Interactive Maths Journals.  When I visited Runde's blog, I got very excited about how to put this journal together ... very CM, and 'WHY didn't I think of this earlier?'   Please do go and have a look at how she runs her math classes.  She's very inspiring!

History has us almost covering similar topics.  Maestro is using Pandia Press for Early Modern History.  The reading requirement was The Witch at Blackbird Pond, which we've just finished reading a month ago.  We've now started the Iron Peacock and really enjoying it.  The vocabulary is sensational, and we could keep stopping to check each word out, but we read it through to the end and then pick a few to check.
Mariposa and I have just started reading  Johnny Tremain (one chapter in) and will continue with it this week.

One day a week, Mariposa is still doing her horseriding lesson.  She spends up to 3hrs there on that day, with 1hr on riding.  She's currently working very hard to pass Level One Certificate and has spent hours finding the information to put into a scrap book journal.  I'm loving that she's very dedicated and putting in so much effort for a good result.

Meanwhile, Maestro's spending most of his spare time with dance rehearsals.  He's been selected for a special group dance which required an extra 6hrs training on weekends.  The result is a very tired, and extremely HUNGRY boy, but he's enjoying the challenge.

I'm also working on a little crafty project as a gift to my singing student.  I'll show the end result tomorrow. :)

Until next post!
Catherine