Just a couple more days and we can hang up the gym kits, put away the uniform and lose the book bag for two weeks. The Easter school holidays are nearly here and thank goodness!
We are jiggered.
This month alone, not to mention everything else that we have had since the February half term, has been busy to say the least and has included…
- World book day dressing up and associated school fun
- Dress as a knight day
- Dress as a wizard day (today)
- Dress in sports gear (Sports relief) and Skip-a-thon
- Two school plays to attend after school
- Phonics afternoon (for us parents – we get jiggered too)
- A bake sale (to contribute to and to attend after school)
- An Easter Egg tombola (to contribute and attend)
- Easter lunch, in school to have with the kids if we can.
- Parents evening (I get this but it’s another one on the list!)
- Make an Easter bonnet to bring to school for a competition
- Make an animal board game to bring to school
- Design and make a book cover and bring to school for a competition
- Church visit for the Easter service
These and many other similar extras have kept the kids very busy and had us running around like headless chooks. Fortunately I work from home so have some flexibility when it comes to running around organising things and making important calls like ringing your little sister and begging her to makes some nice (not squished and crap looking) cakes for the bake sale.
A busy half term to say the least!
This holiday we have things planned but in a leisurely way. The first day off includes a birthday party but other than that, and a few days where Kieran is at a play scheme we will be kicking our shoes off and enjoying some R&R!
One day is earmarked for a train ride to York for just Kieran and I, to watch the boats, walk around the park and enjoy a museum or two and some chilled out garden time is also on the cards.
Yes, I think we can all say “THANK GOODNESS” now the holidays have arrived because as much as it means having a juggle work-wise, we all need a break from school, kids and parents alike!
Is anyone else counting the days until they break up? Are your kids shattered and ready for the time off?
What have you got planned? (I may steal ideas from this one if anyone answers!).
Whatever you do, have a great break everyone!
Wow, that is a lot! This half term, we have had Science Week – which had a night for everyone to attend, and we made a cake for that, a couple of non-uniform days, parents evening, I went in to have lunch for Mothers Day and tonight, we have a PTFA event which is Easter Egg bingo. The school mark Book Day but never have fancy dress for it.
Holidaywise, I don’t really know as I like to kick back and the kids get to play with their friends on the road, none of whom go to the same school as them. We may find a free museum to attend, probably IWM North in Salford.
I suppose we bring it down on ourselves being suck wonderful multi-taskers!
The York trip sounds fab, I’ve not been there for years and I must go back one day. Yep, we’re tired too and we don’t have half of the events you do!
I love York. We are only 20 minutes away on the train and of course the journey is part of the adventure :
I know exactly how you feel, the whole household is looking exhausted and ready for a break. Some time on the beach for us if the weather is reasonable and some decent forest walks if it isn’t.
We love forest walks! We’ll be hitting the forestry commission website again this year, (And Whitby!).
We’re exhausted too! I’m counting the hours ’til
Friday at 2pm (early pick up) and have NO plans for the Easter break after we’ve come back from our week away, we’re going to lay low, and take each day as it comes. My 5 year old is so tired from school and all the extra bits, plus ballet, swimming, parties etc, that she’s almost unbearable by bedtime at the moment, poor kid.
By my reckoning it’s 50 hours and 9mins until schools out, I AM counting!
We only have swimming thankfully but Kieran may choose to add karate next year.
7 day weeks – pah! 9 would be much more efficient.
Gosh. That does sounds busy! We’ve been quite busy, with bake sales and non-uniform days and a country dancing festival and this week is enterprise week, so we had to come up with a way to turn £1 into more money – RoRo made lemonade (well, mostly I did – she weighed the sugar and pressed the button on the liquidiser). To cap it off this week, we’ll be in early on Friday to spend money on all the things the children have been making and buy tickets to RoRo’s class’s animations and pay to be taught dance and for a massage from our children! Much of it does seem to involve spending money.
I am looking forward to the Easter holidays, too, even though we have no plans to go away. Hoping that the in-laws might make it down for a few days, though.
I love the enterprise week idea! I think the older kids in our school did that last year! Sounds like great fun.
Couldn’t agree more Nicki, me and Litte A are dragging our feet behind us at the moment. We’ve got some low-effort decorating planned but apart from that, zilch! Bring. It. ON.
I hear you, and will be doing much the same!
ooh I feel tired just reading that list! We’ve had a busy one too. And our plan for the Easter hols is to chillaxe!
You and me both 🙂