Organisation Really Helps!
Last year I did not consider the forthcoming year curriculum until the 4th September. I stayed awake until the early hours of the morning planning a rough guideline, so I could face the girls in the morning with some confidence to welcome in the new learning year together. This year I planned it at the beginning of August! I reviewed what they had learnt over the past year, wrote their yearly reports and from there gauged the path I wanted to take them down this year. Dad and I also had a long conversation about our end goals for their education, so we can start to roughly plan the next ten years out for them. This gave me clarity in the direction we are guiding them towards. I sat at the school room desk and calmly planned and noted, with the full knowledge based on last year, that flexibility and spontaneity remains absolutely pivotal and should be your constant guide. This may sound conflicting, but in practice having a plan whilst allowing spontaneity to flo...