so, the summer holidays (such as they were cos it really has been miserable weather wise!!! - altho we've still had lots of fun) are over and the girls are back at school :o)
They went back on Tuesday and were both SO excited :o) Caitlin is back with her teacher from year 3, Mr Shildrick, who she gets on with SOOOooooo well - and he really appreciates her talents and personality too so I think she'll have a wonderful year. As Barleyfields is a new school, it opened 2 years ago only up to year 4. Caitlin was year 3 at that time and joined a small mixed year 3/4 class which grew throughout the year. Last year, they had a mixed year 3/4 class and a mixed year 4/5 class and Caitlin (again) was in the top class - year 4/5. This year, they still don't have enough year 6s for a full class of 30 (but nearly!) and more year 5s than fit into one class but only just. So, a few of the more able year 5s are in the mixed year 5/6 class and, you guessed it....Caitlin's in the top class again!!! She'll have spent 4 years in the top class in the school by the time she leaves for secondary after year 6!! Its going to be a tough year for her tho because the year 6 kids have their SATs to do later in the year and will have to work very hard. Caitlin usually works with the year 6 kids anyway so, by default, she's going to have more to do. There are only 3 year 5 girls in the class (and I think 3 year 5 boys) so that little group are going to be pushed! Caitlin loves to work and enjoys the challenge of learning but please keep her and her other friends in your prayers this year that they don't get disheartened and still have the energy for their real year 6 year next year!
Izzy has also been a star this year. Barleyfields has wraparound provision on site for nursery children called Ryandale. Up till this year, Izzy has been looked after by Lauren, then the childminder, then Renee in the mornings and then went to nursery in the afternoon. She only has one more term of nursery to go and then starts full time school in Janaury - which she can't wait for!! So, for this term, Izzy goes to Ryandale in the morning, they take her for school dinner at lunch then onto nursery for the afternoon. She has settled SOOOooooo well - I'm such a proud Mummy!! She loves the playgroup in the morning (which has staff from after school club in it so she already knew plenty of both the staff and the children who go to nursery with her in the afternoon!) and ADORES school dinners ;o) It'll work really well cos she'll get used to school dinners under direct supervision for a term before she starts doing it on her own in January.
Aside from the settling back into school, Caitlin travelled safely back from Exeter having had a wonderful time with her Auntie Mel, Uncle Carl and cousins - she also saw lots of my brother and had a great time with Uncle Steve too :o) How amazingly grown up of her to travel back on her own tho - proud Mummy time again!!!! Izzy and I met her at the airport which was lots of fun - the girls missed each other so much - so sweet to see them back together again! I put Izzy in her pushchair as it was after 8pm when we had to pick Caitlin up so she was all in her pjs and dressing gown and tucked up in the pushchair which she loved. Izzy was never a pushchair fan and we haven't used it since well before her 3rd birthday - I think she was about 2 and a half when we put it away!! She was so funny this weekend tho - wanting to sleep in it and go everywhere in it cos "my legs get so tired Mummy with all that walking".....heheheheeee - I told her "tough" and put it back in the garage when we'd finished picking Caitlin up!!!!! :o)
Nick's in the sunny Seychelles again.....I'm saying no more but I still think he really ought to blog his trips at some point!!! Caitlin and I were laughing the other day looking at facebook cos lots of his friends / "work" colleagues who go to Mauritius / Seychelles with him had posted pictures of him....in the first one, he was lounging on a lounger under a palm tree with a cocktail, second one, propping up a bar arm in arm with friends drinking a cocktail, third one, with a friend and a glass of something or other....Caitlin said "he's not working in this one Mummy......or this one......he's definitely not working in this one"......;o) We took the mickey a bit before he left and he assures me that someone has taken a photo of him "working" this time...so we'll see!! ;o)
Tomorrow Lauren is coming over to spend the morning with us and hopefully stay for lunch cos its yummy pasta, our traditional Saturday treat which I never knew who enjoyed the most, the girls, Lauren or me!!!! We're all excited to see her - and will hopefully get over to visit her very soon in her new house just up the road in Billingham :o) YAY!!! So great to have her back and be able to text her random things or give her a quick call :o) I think Nick's quite relieved that we'll have our first meet up when he's not here cos he can't keep up with our conversation and the speed at which we talk and usually ends up with a headache!!! ;o)
Sunday marks the beginning of the new year of Razamataz with our new groups :o) I've got a lovely group of year 3s again and I'm excited to see a whole year through from beginning to end and to really plan and think about what we're going to do from the start :o)
Think that's about it for now.....to finish in true brit styley - I went to work this morning in trousers, a wooly jumper and a jacket - the heating is back on and its grey, cold and raining! - oh well.....next step Christmas!!!! heheheheheheee
Love to all
Nikki xoxoxoxoxoxoxx
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