Joe - not so beautifully pressure-washing the patio!
Visiting Rudyard Kipling's family home, Bateman's.
The watermill, which we were lucky enough to see in action.
Gary and Hannah contemplating the pond. In the Bateman's visitor's book, Kipling would write F.I.P. next to anyone's name who was misfortunate enough to "fall in pond"!
Hannah enjoying the grounds ... and the jurassic rhubarb!
We saw the water released onto the wheel, which then powered the machinery to turn the millstone (quern). The millers fed the wheat into the millstone, which was then ground to flour and sent down the chute to the 2nd miller below, who
guided the flour into bags, ready to be sold.
Joe practising his putting.
Hannah with Granny outside the Royal Academy of Art.
Joe at Herstmonceux Science Centre and Observatory with Shinies friends.
Hannah at Herstmonceux, taking part in a science workshop about the planets and the Solar System.
At the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Arundel, on the way to the New Forest.
Spaniel training with the Mid Sussex Working Spaniel Club.
Joe working on his go-kart.
Obligatory strawberry picking (with
the cousins)!
And Hannah customising
our hall wall, ready for a display of
20th Century Culture.
Joe on a clay pigeon shooting
day at West Kent Shooting School.
DPS Warhammer club after maths on a Thursday seems to be a winner!
Joe with fellow DT-ers at Shinies (top right corner)
Joe making the most of the early
Spring sunshine. Biology is
SO much better when it's done
out of doors! Meanwhile,
Hannah prefers the relative
darkness of the common Room!
Joe's FAB beads.
Our willow wigwam on the
day of planting.
Joe learning the art of glass
beadmaking - under the watchful
guidance of his Auntie!
Joe and the Dead Poets Society
hunting for fossils at
Holywell.
Hannah learning constructive art
(Graffiti) with friends!
A REALLY cold Sunday
morning walk in February.
Mandatory hot-chocolate
at our fave seafront cafe!
Obligatory snow-day pictures!
A glorious January day
at the park.
Joe at Shinies during
a DT/Woodworking session.
Joe enjoying GCSE
physics tuition!
"Can you see what
it is yet?!"
Shopping trips to
Jack Wills with your
best buddy are an
integral part of home-ed!
Hannah's singing lesson -
theory and practical!
Joe concentrating on painting his Warhammer.
Visiting the "Bodyworlds" exhibition at the O2 (end Dec 2008). It was FAB!
The garage - soon to be known as "The Common Room" ...
The Common Room at the beginning of day three.
The end of day six.
Visit to the Houses of Parliament; making our own laws, and meeting
our local MP, Nigel Waterson.
