I keep meaning to blog regularly, but it just never happens. During our trip to the states, we were lucky to find it unseasonably warm. We hardly had to wear our coats at all. It was also sunny most days - It rained once in 3 weeks. It was really wonderful, but the down side is that since we've been back, my body has had to re-adjust to the colder much damper climate (it's rained every day but 2 days since we've been back) and I've been suffering with my arthritis the last couple of weeks something fierce. The good news is that the winter will seem shorter because of the trip.
As soon as I'm feeling a bit better I'll write more often...
The other mother and I went into the school to meet with the teacher and the assistant head. We both let them know how upset we were that we were not informed that our children were sent to the office and how much we were against the children being allowed to play fighting games on the playground. I told them I wouldn't allow it at home and I'm really unhappy that it's being allowed at school. They admitted it was a problem and explained that they are planning to introduce a a scheme to teach the children to play in a safe way. They will be calling it 'Super Hero Training'. They plan to give out capes & masks out to children who behave well as rewards at playtime. They will have assemblies where they will teach the children to play fighting games without making contact. I find this to be absurd. The problem has gone on to long and I doubt they will be able to teach little children to change their games when they have sixty other childr...
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