CHRISTMAS PARTY AT THE TOWER - SUNDAY 22ND DECEMBER 2013

     On Sunday 22nd December, Mum took Louise, Lily, Katie to the Blackpool Tower Children's Christmas Party. Their friend Sophie and her mum came along too. 

     The party was in the magnificent Tower Ballroom.

 

     They saw Father Christmas and they got a selection box each.

      They had a dance competition and Lily won, she won a cuddly Jungle Jim.

      They saw Jungle Jim who is the mascot for Jungle Jims play area.

     There was party food and drinks along with singing, dancing and entertainment. Lots of fun was had by all and has really started the festive period nicely for them.

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Young Carers Christmas Party 19th December 2013

LETS PARTY!!!!!!!

     On Thursday 19th December all three girls went to Blackpool Yong Carers Youth Club Christmas Party. It was held at Holy Cross Church Hall on Central Drive in South Shore. 

     This is where Louise volunteers every Thursday when she helps with the running of the club.

     This is what Louise did to help with the party;

"I helped put all the presents out onto the tables for all the children, i helped make the food and drinks, helped the DJ, they played pass the parcels (there were 5 parcels), they played loads of games, they saw father Christmas, they had popcorn and they had their face painted and loads more".

     All three girls came home with presents from Father Christmas and they all had a great time.

PANTO TIME THURSDAY 19TH DECEMBER 2013

ITS THE PANTOMIME!!   OH NO IT ISN'T............OH YES IT IS!!!


     On Thursday 19th December Lily and Katie went with Mum along to the Grand Theatre to see the pantomime.

    This year the pantomime was the favourite Peter Pan.

Katie and Lily were taken on a magical theatricle journey to visit Edwardian London where Wendy Darling was telling a bedtime story to her brothers Michael and John of swashbuckling swordplay with the formidable pirate leader Captain Hook and the heroics of the playful Peter Pan  which leads to leads them over moonlit flying over rooftops to the lush jungles of the mysterious kingdom of Neverland.

    The girls were thrilled to see Tom Lister (Emmerdale's Carl King), and Radio Wave Breakfast show host Hayley Kay.


   They enjoyed the comedy acrobats The Nitwits and the very talented boys and girls from Barbara Jacksons schools of Dance.

      I am sure Katie and Lily would have loved to have joined Wendy and her brothers in an exhilarating life, free of grown-up rules, while also facing the inevitable showdown with Hook and his pirates.

     They all absolutely enjoyed the pantomime (I think Sarah has actually fallen in love with Tom Lister!!) that they are already wanting to book for next Christmas and the panto Sleeping Beauty.  

DECEMBER 16TH CHRISTMAS HOLS!!!!!

         

We finished for the festive holiday period on Friday 13th December and will return to learning on Monday 6th January 2014.

WK 12 - DECEMBER 9TH 2013

Our learning week beginning Monday 9th December 2013


     This was our last week before we finished for the Christmas break.

This week Louise did volunteering at the Blackpool Carers Shop for most of the week.

Katie and Lily did lots of maths, English and art and craft activities that were connect with Christmas and Winter. They also produced a lovely scene on our display wall.

They both enjoyed all the work this week.

We have now finished until the 6th January 2014.

MESSY CHURCH SATURDAY 7TH DECEMBER 2013

WK 11 - DECEMBER 2ND 2013

Our learning week beginning Monday 2nd December 2013

      Louise has  been working on the MEP maths unit of Probability. 

     She has not done any specific English work this week as she has been concentrating on trying to complete her Geography and History units.

                                 

     Katie has done her numeracy and literacy work. She has had tests in both subjects this week to check how well she has remembered her work. Katie worked well with these tests through the questions and even though there were some areas that she struggled on she is really excelling with her work now and is at the level she should be at for her age.

     Lily has been unwell most of this week so she has mainly been reading and reading and reading!

       

     Louise and Katie have both worked really well this week and have strived to do their best and complete all their work ready for the festive break. Well done girls!   


     Once again  Katie has been to the youth club at Blackpool Young Carers and visited the library. Lily was ill so she did not want to go. 

      Louise also went to her  2 youth groups at FCBI - Fylde  Coast Be Involved as well as volunteering at the Carers Charity shop and also the Young Carers Youth clubs. 

     

 

WK 10 - NOVEMBER 25TH 2013

Our learning week beginning Monday 25th November 2013

      Louise has started working on the MEP maths unit of Probability. The same pattern as usual has been followed and she has been working through the set exercises with one to one as required. 

      In English she has been producing descriptive writing pieces about on a number of different scenarios that she has been given.

      In Geography and history Louise is reaching the final stages of the unit on "urban environments" and "changes in medicine 1845 - 1945".

                                 

     Katie has spent most of this week producing her lapbook on "Memorials of The Fylde Coast". She has really enjoyed working on this.

          Lily has again worked really hard and well in her books for maths and English. Lily has also done a lot of reading this week and is really improving and will read everything she can and where she can. Even when we are out or she is in shops!

     Like usual they all worked well and are really enjoying their selves. Well done again girls!   


     All clubs were on as usual this week.

 

WK 9 - NOVEMBER 18TH 2013

Our learning week beginning Monday 18th November 2013

      This week Louise has continued working on the MEP maths unit of Trigonometry. She has been working through the set exercises and has made good progress and completed the unit with very good results.

      In English she has been producing an information leaflet on the topic of "Young Carers" and the way in which there is support available from different charities.

      In Geography and history Louise is still working on the topics of urban environments and the changes in medicine 1845 - 1945.

     This week Katie and Lily have been travelling around all the different memorials on the Fylde Coast. They have recorded information about the memorials such as what are they for?, what are made of?, what they are like and many other questions I have set them. (this has mainly been for Katie to do the research and Lily has drawn pictures) taken photos. This has taken up most of the week and we have done some maths work from their booklets.

      Next week Katie will put the information together to make a lapbook about the Memorials of the Fylde Coast.

                            

     All clubs and activities have been attended as usual this week

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HOLIDAYS- NOVEMBER 11TH 2013

This week has been our mid session break.

WK 8 - NOVEMBER 4TH 2013

   Our learning week beginning Monday 4th November 2013

 This week Louise has been doing volunteer work in the Charity shop in Bispham village for the Blackpool Carers Charity.  

                                

   

     This week Katie has been using her research she gathered last week to produce articles about Remembrance Day. She has produced a display poster and work to go into a lapbook. After our weeks break next week she will be travelling around the Fylde Coast carrying out research on the different War Memorials there are. 

     

      Lily has continued using the maths and English work books. Lily again has worked really well and always looks forward to doing her work. She has also completed a poster about the fireworks she saw.

    

     All groups and clubs were on again this week so they have all enjoyed their
non academic activities

      Another good week and the girls are looking forward to their holiday next week.
  

WK 7 - OCTOBER 28TH 2013

Our learning week beginning Monday 28th October 2013

      Louise has this week started on the MEP maths unit of Trigonometry. She has been working through the set exercises and has needed a lot of one to one input as this is new to her and I have obviously need to discuss the topic with her and show her how to achieve the right results. Even though this a new unit she has made good progress. 

      In English the reading of Romeo and Juliet has been come to an end. She is now concentrating on completing her character analysis and answering the questions in the work booklet.

     Geography is a continuation on Urban Environments and in History she is continuing working on the unit Changes in medicine 1845 - 1945.

                                 

     Katie has continued with her numeracy and literacy work. Numeracy this week was concentrated mainly on fractions.

     Literacy has seen Katie produce some excellent descriptive articles about the topic of "A night in a haunted house". She has enjoyed this type of writing and has managed to scare us!!!

     In History Katie has been researching the topic of Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday. This research will be used next week when she will spend  the week completing work on the topic of Remembrance.

     

   Lily has been using her maths and English books and is continuing to work through the topics and grasp an understanding of the methods involved with the minimal of input needed. She has wanted to do this work most of the week so no other subjects were done this week.

     

   There have been no clubs for the girls this week as all clubs are closed with the schools being on half term.

   
  

MESSY CHURCH SATURDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 2013

     This month was a little bit different at Messy Church. As well as having all the usual fun and games along with the religious parts there was a firework display with hot dogs and burgers. A great time was had by Katie, Lily and their friends.  

WK 6 - OCTOBER 21ST 2013

Our learning week beginning Monday 15th October 2013 

     This week Louise has had a nearly identical week to last week. All the subjects she has done are still looking at the same things as last week.

      Louise has continued to work on the MEP maths unit of Angle Geometry.  She has made some good progress and has completed all this unit of work.

      In English she has been continuing to read Romeo and Juliet and has continued adding further to her analysis sheets on the characters in the play whilst looking at the further ways Shakespear wrote his plays

      In Geography Louise has been continuing with unit urban environments and looking at the major cities of the U.K and comparing them with major cities around the world.

      In history she is still working on the unit on the changes in medicine 1845 - 1945. The main focus this week has been on the impact the start of the Great War had on treating wounded servicemen.


  

   

                                 

     Katie has this week continued carrying out her study into our local area. She has produced some great pictures and written some informative passages to go along with photos on her map work and display sheets. 

     She has continued working away at the MEP maths work and is progressing steadily. English has this week been doing some informative writing for her work on the Local Area.

      Lily has continued to work from her maths and English work books. She has also continued to read her books and done various art and crafts as well as cooking. 

     

       Once again the usual pattern of activities involving Lily and Katie have seen them going to the youth club at Blackpool Young Carers, visiting the library and going to the park and swimming. 

      Louise has also gone to both of her youth groups at FCBI - Fylde  Coast Be Involved as well as  the two Young Carers Youth clubs.

   


      Another great week girls. Well done!   

WK 5 - OCTOBER 14TH 2013

     

Our learning week beginning Tuesday 15th October 2013 

      Louise has started to work on the MEP maths unit of Angle Geometry. She has been working through the set exercises along with a lot of one to one tuition from myself as it was mainly an area Louise had not covered before. She has made some good progress and will carry on with the unit she has completed all the work.

      In English she has been continuing to read Romeo and Juliet and has continued adding further to her analysis sheets on the characters in the play. 

      In Geography Louise has been continuing with unit urban environments and has been looking at the major cities of the U.K and comparing them with major cities around the world.

      In history she is still working on the unit on the changes in medicine 1845 - 1945. The main focus this week has been on pioneers such as  Louis Pasteur,  Alexander Fleming, Edward Jenner, Robert Koch and Joseph Lister. 

   

                                 

     Katie has this week was been carrying out a study into our local area. This has involved Katie going into Bispham Village and making a detailed survey of all the businesses and facilities that are present there as well as taking photographs. This her seen her using all her skills to produced a detailed analyses of the village to then transfer the information to maps, articles and presentations which will become part of her work on the wider area topic of Where In the World? 


     

      Lily has continued, as usual, using the maths and English work books. She has also continued to read  her books and various articles from the newspapers and magazines. 

     

     The normal pattern of activities involving Lily and Katie have seen them going to the youth club at Blackpool Young Carers, visiting the library and going to the park and swimming. 

      Louise has also gone to her 1 of her youth groups at FCBI - Fylde  Coast Be Involved as well as  the Young Carers Youth clubs.

   
      Another great week girls. Well done!   

EDEN CAMP OCTOBER 2013

    On Wednesday 9th October, during our holiday in Humberside and Lincolnshire we visited the museum Eden Camp.

    The museum is located on the outskirts of the market town of Malton in North Yorkshire and is an award winning Modern History Theme Museum housed within the grounds of an original World War Two prisoner of war camp.  It was developed into a museum to stand as a tribute to all people, civilian and military, who endured hardship throughout World War Two.

      Eden Camp  was built as a Prisoner of War camp in 1942. A small number of Army troops arrived at Malton in 1942, and erected a barbed wire enclosure and tents which would serve as a camp for the influx of enemy prisoners of war captured in North Africa.Two hundred and fifty Italian prisoners were the first arrivals, and were ordered to construct a larger and more permanent prison camp. While at the camp, prisoners worked on nearby farms. The Italian prisoners left the camp in 1944, and German prisoners were detained there from 1944 until 1948.

      Now, the huts are equipped to cover all aspects of World War Two, from social to military history. The huts cover subjects like Hitler and the Nazis, evacuation, propaganda, the Land Army, munitions factories, The Red Cross, the war at sea and in the desert, the life of a PoW, Dunkirk, the Dambusters, the Great Escape and many more.

     There's a War News Reading Room with newspaper pages from nearly every day of the war; a collection of military vehicles; a 'dig for victory' garden; an assault course; a Garden of Remembrance; a music hall with puppet shows and war-time entertainment, and food served in the Mess.

    


 There's a hut devoted to the First World War and one about British conflicts since the Second World War, including Palestine, Cyprus, Korea and Iraq.

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