{"id":422,"date":"2020-04-20T15:45:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T22:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/?p=422"},"modified":"2020-04-20T15:48:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T22:48:05","slug":"20th-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/2020\/04\/20th-april-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"20th April 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Feeling:<\/strong>\u00a0Surprised how well today went<\/li><li><strong>Listening to:<\/strong> Nothing today<\/li><li><strong>Watching<\/strong>:\u00a0The Mandalorian<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Got up about 8am, D was already downstairs working and B was having breakfast. It was the first day &#8220;back to school&#8221; (at home) following 2 weeks Easter holidays, and I was really worried that the kids, especially F, would find it difficult to be told they needed to do school work again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B decided to get dressed in his school uniform as a way of getting into the school mindset &#8211; which I think was a great idea and worked well for him. He seemed pretty focussed all morning and relaxed about his work &#8211; which was nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4756-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-423\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4756-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4756-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4756-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4756-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4756-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4756-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4756-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time F came down at 8:30, B  was already working, and F had breakfast then got ready to do PE with Joe Wicks before starting some work. She did a little bit, but I&#8217;m not sure was very focussed, and then D persuaded her to give the BBC Bytesize material a go. I was teaching my online course at 10am, so not sure exactly what this was like, but D said it involved Dick &amp; Dom reading George&#8217;s Marvellous Medicine and then F spent time going through various Bytesize resources on the BBC website &#8211; so I think positive although it sounded like it lacked any structure &#8211; so F presumably just picking the things she&#8217;s interested in (which is a win I think!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F also did some work on her website during the day, adding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freyapatelstephens.com\/fun-when-bored\/\">a place where people can post ideas of things to do while in lockdown<\/a> and was delighted when B left a comment for her \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was on calls for much of the rest of the day &#8211; teaching 10-11, quick break for coffee and then a meeting, a break for lunch and another meeting, with a final hour from 6-7pm on another call. The online teaching seemed to go well and I&#8217;ve got two further sessions this week to the same group. I was a bit stressed with the other work today but only because I feel like I&#8217;ve fallen a bit behind (having focussed on preparing for the teaching last week).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B &amp; F had online Art class after lunch (which again left F upset unfortunately &#8211; she gets very frustrated and sad when what she is doing doesn&#8217;t turn out as she wants \/ thinks it should &#8211; I really relate to this as I feel the same often with artistic endeavours &#8211; the visions in my head are always so much better than what I seem to be capable of realising). After that they both had online tutoring with Explore Learning &#8211; which went well &#8211; they always seems to enjoy this and I think the 1-to-1 aspects are a huge benefit especially at the moment &#8211; it gives a focus on the kids which they don&#8217;t get from anywhere else right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a plan to try to fix some electronics to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/2020\/04\/19th-april-2020-lockdown-birthday\/\">wooden automaton I built yesterday<\/a> to get sound played as the guitarist moves &#8211; hopefully something I can work on with the kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So a good first day &#8220;back&#8221; after the Easter holidays. I suspect it won&#8217;t all be plain sailing this week, but I&#8217;ll take that for a Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay safe, stay strong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeling:\u00a0Surprised how well today went Listening to: Nothing today Watching:\u00a0The Mandalorian Got up about 8am, D was already downstairs working and B was having breakfast. 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