We made it to the end of the school year.
It was looking a bit shaky for a while when the children and I were all ill and ended up isolating as a precaution towards the end of term. But they made it back in for the last 3 days of school before the holidays started.
Nerys in particular was really happy to actually be there for the end of term, after missing out on so much at the end of last year. And the last few days were all about having fun together, and ended with a non-school uniform day which always seems to make the children happy.
We also found out who their teachers will be next year and which of their friends will be in the same classes with them.
Nerys has a teacher that we’ve not met before, but she’s been told that he’s a lot of fun so hopefully it’ll work out well. She’s also having a bit of a change with the friends that she’ll be with, which will take a bit of getting used to but I’m sure will be fine once she’s settled in.
Rhys on the other hand is back with one of his favourite teachers which we’re both thrilled about. She knows him really well and I know she’ll be brilliant at starting to get him ready for the big move up to secondary school next September.
He’s also back with his little gang of friends that got split up into different classes next year so he is as happy as a very happy thing about that.
For now though we’re trying to put thoughts of school to the back of our minds and enjoy some time off to relax and have fun.
We’ve already spent a fair bit of time at the beach, paddling, trying to skim stones across the water, and swimming when it’s been hot enough.
At some point this summer we’ll head out to gower and visit some of the gorgeous beaches there. It’s just so easy to pop down to Swansea bay though, that we so often don’t make it any further!
One place I would love to go this year though is to Rhossili to see the sunflower fields. I’ve seen some stunning photos from the fields over the last few summers, but we’ve not made it there ourselves yet. So I’d love to go and see them for myself.
Is there anywhere near to you that you really want to tick of your list of places to visit this summer?