Castle Grey School – It’s Been Emotional

I don’t think either Darrell or Nigel would describe their first week “proper” Home Schooling as in any way romantic …….

…….. it’s been a very steep learning curve, they returned to The Towers on Friday night totally exhausted, but, they both survived, (just about), proudly holding aloft two printed off certificates that I think at some stage we might need to frame.

During the week Nigel found that he is quite adept at Cosmic Yoga, giving both Iris and Bertie a supple run for their money …….

……. having found his inner flamingo, washing machine and hot air balloon …….

…… and his “happy baby” pose has to be seen to be believed, according to Darrell!

Darrell in turn has been managing the two Zoom sessions each per day  Iris and Bertie have to log into at their rigid designated times ………

Typical of  Darrell, he has created some quite wonderful, coloured in, timetables and rotas for us all to follow for as long as we are on call, which, at present, stands at around mid February according to Boris’s last announcement.

However, Darrell is determined that should we be selected for a random Ofsted inspection, our delivery of the National Curriculum will not be found wanting in any way, what is he like?

The highlight of their week was a little something from Bertie.  Unbeknownst to Darrell, Bertie had taken great notice in watching Iris and him working on the flags of the United Kingdom, the next day Bertie disappeared for a while ……….

…….. returning with this.  He had made Darrell and Nigel, in secret and all on his own, a Union Flag for them to wave, he said, when the Eurovision Song Contest, our televisual highlight of the year, was on, lets just say, it got emotional, very emotional, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house ………. and on that note, I think will leave it there as I too am beginning to feeling a little emotional at the thought myself!  Happy Days.