I’m a bit wary to say it, in case I curse it, but things have gone pretty smoothly so far for the start of the new school year.
The children went back last Monday and both seem to have settled in really well.
Rhys is back with one of his favourite teachers and a new (to us) teacher who he already loves. He’s also back in a class with all is oldest friends so he’s really rather happy.
Nerys has a new (to us) teacher who seems really lovely and who’s been sharing photos of what they’ve been up to each day on Class Dojo which is so nice.
She’s also thrilled that they can mix across the year group at playtime again so, even though she’s not in the same class as them all, she can play with all her friends in the yard.
Knowing that the children would most likely be worn out after the first week back in school, we didn’t really plan much for the weekend.
Saturday was mostly a lazy day at home, with a bit of reading, a fair bit of Liv and Maddie on the TV and a little bit of homework.
On Sunday we had a more active day – we headed down to the front for a run. The children are signed up to do the 1k and 3k children’s races next Sunday as part of the Swansea Bay 10K, so we thought we should try and get a little bit of training in before then!
We found a stretch of the prom that was about 1K long, and Nerys ran that once while Rhys and I did it three times to prepare him for the longer race he’s signed up for.
The children both did really well and I think feel a bit more confident about the race next week now. It’s the first time Rhys is doing the 3K race and he’s feeling a bit unsure about it, but we’ve had a look at the route online with him and reassured him that there’ll be plenty of people around to make sure he goes the right way.
The children were also back to swimming lessons yesterday after the long summer break.
They were both a bit nervous beforehand having not been in so long, but both came out happy and feeling good about how well they’d done.
I’m keeping everything crossed that this week goes as smoothly as last week and that the children both have another good run at school.
Rhys has got cubs starting up again this week which he’s looking forward to. They’re still splitting the pack in two this term, and Rhys is in group 1 so he’ll be going in person this week. Then next week he’ll have a few activities to do with us at home.
We’re still waiting to hear when Brownies will be starting back up again for Nerys, but hopefully that’ll be soon. She really enjoyed the sessions that she went to before the summer, so can’t wait for it to get going again.
Do your children do many activities and classes outside of school? What do they enjoy doing the most?
