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The Masquerade Party was a HUGE Success!!!

Published on May 15, 2010 in Celebrations and Homeschooling. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Well after lot of hard work by a number of home ed children the Home Ed masquerade party date finally managed to arrive. The mount of energy and enthusiasm the children had put in, facilitated by one very dedicated mum and a number of other very supporting families, was evident from the moment you arrived at the venue.

The atmosphere was electric, the energy amazing and the night a huge success. During the night a number of different competitions where held. Jah managed to win the ‘Guess the number of lollies in the jar’ competition. I can’t believe that she managed to guess the exact number!

Here are some pictures of her – dressed up to go to the party and with her prize!

All dress up and ready to go!

And the Winning Number is ...... 195

Preperations are Underway!

Published on May 13, 2010 in Celebrations, Homeschooling and News around the House. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Well the girls have been busy today decorating their masquerade masks. Jah has a home ed Masquerade Party to attend on the weekend and Nik will be staying home with mum to have her own little party. So together they have been busy deciding just how to decorate their masks today and then started out doing it. There was a lot of thought and effort put into the masks. Here are some pictures of them working on it today.

Starting to work on their Masks

Nik hard at Work

Jah busy painting

Happy Mother’s Day!

Published on May 9, 2010 in Celebrations and News around the Community. 0 Comments Tags: , .


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Happy Birthday DJB!

Published on May 1, 2010 in Celebrations and News around the House. 0 Comments Tags: .

Well today is DJB’s birthday and it is hard to believe that he has grown up so quickly. We would have loved to have been able to get on a plane and to go and visit him, so that we could spent time with him, but money and time off work meant that we could not make it.  Let’s hope that we get to see him sooner rather than later.

Happy Birthday DJB!

Interesting facts related to the ANZAC’s and ANZAC Day

Published on April 25, 2010 in Homeschooling. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

While learning about the ‘Spirit of the ANZAC’s’ and the HISTORY of them too we stumbled across some interesting facts we thought we would share with you.

The term ANZAC is protected under Australian law.

More than 11,000 ANZACs died at Gallipoli and more than 23,500 were wounded.

The first dawn service on an ANZAC Day was in 1923

The Anzac Bridge in Sydney was given its name in memory of the ANZACs. On the western pylon flies a Kiwi flag and the eastern flies the Aussie flag.

The game of two-up is only legal on Anzac Day. It became the soldier’s favourite game during the war and remains Australia’s (unofficial) national game.

ANZACs were all volunteers

The date, 25 April, was officially named ANZAC Day in 1916.