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http://www.walesenvironmentalhomeeducationcamp.com/

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We have just done a C.L.A.S creative learning and support, camp on anglesey. It was a week long, and fantastic as normal. Asha enjoyed playing, being, learning and everything else which happens in camp. She also proved to me, how she really is being a good girl over her violin and practiced 5 days out of 7.

She is loving it.

clas camp july 2009 from Debbie Pritchard on Vimeo.

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The may day celebrations were at the end of a week of great fun, there had been loads of environmental projects, den building, bug hotels, and crafts.

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Has anyone got the following items they dont need?

We have just aquired a caravan, with awning, and need a few bits and pieces to make life easier.

Tent pegs

Water carrier (rolling one) fitting for water carrier – caravan.

Ground Sheet – for awning.

Gas bottle fitting, and pipe – butane bottle.

Solid step, so we can get in and out of caravan!

Caravan heater??

If anyone can help in anyway with any of this, we really would appreciate the help!

Vicki …..

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During our last home edd camp we made some ruler boomerangs.

Now I am going to try and explain this to you.

needed:

30 cm ruler.

cardboard

double sided sticky tape.

sticky paper and stuff to decorate

space to try it out

What to do:

draw around the ruler four times so you end up with 4 strips of cardboard.

using double sided sticky tape stick two peices together ontop of each other.

using tape again, sandwhich this peice between the other two, forming an x shape.

Decorate. Use as a traditional boomerang, experiement with the throw and if necessary curve the card a bit. But they do work.

I will try and get a picture of Asha’s up some time soon

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Yes, but its 6 am Asha!

Anyway, we got up.. i got up later than 6 though.. and we packed and we went to anglsey, and we unpacked and I came home and Steve and Asha had a great time.

Next day I returned as i felt so incompetent at home.

Asha made a lovely fairy, and I will try and get a photo of it up, and it rained, and rained all day :d

The woodburner kept us all warm though!

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Anglesey Cake: [Teisen Sir Fôn]

4 oz butter

4 oz sugar

1 egg beaten

8 oz G.F Self Raising Flour.

Pinch of salt.

4 oz currants

4 oz sultanas

Milk (i used long life soya milk, sweetened)

( I also use what ever dried fruit i have in)

Set oven to gas mark 4 / 350 F.

Cream butter and sugar together, once fluffy beat in egg.

Sift in flour and salt, fold in.

Stir in dried fruit,

add sufficient milk to give a dropping consistency.

Turn into a greased cake tin. The recipie states a 6″ cake tin, but I tend to double up the recipie and cook in a few small loaf tins :d

The instructions also say bake for 45 mins to an hour, but I find with LPG and gluten free it takes slightly longer, but well keep an eye on it!

Enjoy!

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After a week, nearly of incessent pain on mummys front. Very little sleep for Daddy, and Asha waking up most nights either crying due to cramp, or nightmares, we called it a day today.

Camp has been wonderfull, but we are all suffering too much. Mummy can hardly walk again. Asha now has a snotty nose. and daddy is rather bad tempered. The kids and other parents have been great. The hosts have been truly angels, in what they have done for us. And I am greatfull for all the help and support. But I am suffereing.

So what did we do today?

got up. Steve and Asha had breakfast, I cant face it at the moment. I had cake later!
Slowly packed up, sorting out the washing, and things on the way. Asha fell asleep on Daddy for a while. She also couldnt stand up on the trampoline, her poor legs are that tired.

We sat and talked a lot, as none of us have a rush in us!. Steve played with the kids, and I pottered a bit. Eventually we got everything in the car, and went and dropped off some clothes someone had left by mistake, on the way home. We also opted for tea at petes eats, as we realised we had nothing in, and I couldnt face a shop!

Exhausted we got home. Asha had first bath, then spent two hours fighting sleep.. The silly girl.

Night all!

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Mummy suffered today, so she spent most of the day in bed, whilst daddy looked after Asha and Mummy with a load of help off the others.

Mummy has very little idea of what happened today. However mummy did make some creams with Asha and we did enjoy making them. I had just woken up, and went looking for everyone.

After that, I read to Asha and she went to bed fairly early tonight.

Making creams and tinctures, is certainly fun!.. great workshop, and all the kids loved it, old and young!

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Along with all the unstructured and just home play things which were going on, one of the mums had made a play up with the costumes which were there.

They included things like space suits, princess costumes, and animal costumes.

Most of the children got involved, but Asha didnt want to. She tends to shy away from doing things in large groups, and I am reluctant to force her.

Anyway, when I asked her if she wanted to do the play, she replied. “no, because if i am in it, I cant watch it”

The play was wonderfull. Asha got to play with many of the great toys outside for much of today on her own, and she also locked mummy in the toilet.

It was a pit, and it needed a catch on the outside, so that the wind dosnt blow it open, however Asha thought it would be great fun to show mummy she could lock it.. Mummy wasnt impressed, and daddy had an Asha delivered to him, to deal with!

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I wandered into the barn, to find my husband playing with the older boys, and some of the younger children with balloons, and playing some kind of lord and lady Piles game – Is this what home edd is about?

photograph of hospital for piles

The kids were in fits of laughter, though I am not sure most of them knew what piles were / are. And one little boy, smartly had the guts to ask my steve what they were. Steve told him.. wondering if this was the right approach, and his mum was pleased he had told him.. Its so hard to know what to do isnt it!

However all the kids were happy, laughing and playing. And Asha.. well she was as well :d

After the mornings lesson.. hu humm,, in human biology and balloon pumping / sculpturing. We had a warm lunch, and did paper mache plates in the afternoon. I am not sure whether or not, you can get them off the plates though. As we forgot to gress them, oh well, learning curve!

At night Asha fell asleep fairly fast after one of her stories, and loads of the food she has eaten today. Its scarey!

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Yah its our first ever home edd camp.

Its on Anglesey, and I am sure its going to be LOADS of fun..

Job done, car packed.. Ouch oww its off to camp we go…

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Asha and I both seem to be struggling to get to sleep and stay asleep at the moment.

You would think after going camping and how exhausted I feel, that I could close my eyes and sleep.. But no. It just wont happen. Everything is keeping me awake. Last night Asha helped in that dept as well!

Anyway back to home education.. Today has been a shopping day, but Asha has a new toy as well. When we were sorting out the van yesterday, she found some old roller boots, she has been using them, nearly 8 sizes too big, concerend, Steve and i decided she could have her birthday present early, and we will get her something else – if anyone has any good ideas, please let me know..

Asha loves them. She has been up and down the road today, I dont know how many times. I think after tomorrow, she may even let go of Steves arm for longer than three minutes! Between that and her trampoline she is feeling rather spoilt right now.. Oh she is spoilt isnt she :d

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At the camp practically everyone of us were attacked by Midges. Patchouli was the most used and seemed pretty effective at keeping them from biting. I just did a search for essential oils as insect repellent and indeed Patchouli is considered effective against Gnats (are they the same as Midges?)

Further reading of the website informs me that peppermint water is effective at killing houseflies. Flies have been bugging me for ages. We have fly spray, but I am reluctant to start spraying it around. You can regularly see me running about the house with a tea towel or similar trying to knock the buggers out of the air. This is often accompanied by swearing.

Anyway, the website: http://www.raindroptraining.com

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camp was brill. The site was dead basic, but you could see llanberis lake and the train going up snowdon from it.
Was it dark then?
Yes, the stars were well cool, though some of the older members insisted on drinking too much at night, and It did get a bit noisy

Also there was paragliders most days flying off one of the mountains

how did Asha find it all?

She didnt sleep, and my wake up call on Sat was ” mummy i dont want to go home today”… I think that sums it up!

what tent did you have?

We used the one we got for work.. 6 sleeper thing, its great.

Asha had her own compartment to her self – which sleeps 3… in theory, this would be very cosy , though we have done it with Asha when she was tiny.

Camp was great fun

Wed night we went for a story time in a round house in llanberis.

Thursday, the older kids went on a mountain walk, then did a rope trail.

The little ones stayed on camp in morning , but did the rope trail… not blindfolded

Friday, we stayed on camp, cos we were knackerd. But the rest of them went to the slate mine, rowing on the lake, and for ice creams

On Thursday night we also had a camp fire and songs around it.

Saturday morning, whilst packing up we did a pea fair.. great fun, and the kdis spent most of there “spare time” making up the games etc.

I did a play with the little ones to get them there carnival badges

A pea fair?

Dried peas are used as a currancy.

you can either produce a product – two girls did custom drawings for you, or you could make a game – one lad made a hit a rat game.

Asha has a custom made certificate of attending the camp

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Its 7.30, its quite hot, and Asha has just woken up.. Steve is making me a drink, and I have a tearfull Asha to deal with.

I guess she has enjoyed camp and all her playing.. Oh well she still has “The pea fair” to do, the taking down of the tent, and the “winnie the pooh play” for the Carnival Badge. Asha trotted out to her find her friends. some of them had got up early this morning, having actually gone to bed at reasonable times last night. Others were not planning on getting up, much before mid-day, but we soon changed those plans.

Asha had a lovely day. The sun being out made packing down easier, and we all enjoyed a boiled egg with our cereal for breakfast. A great camp has ended. Thanks Gwerin leaders in Gwynedd, you are all stars, and the kids… well your just FAB!

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With 1/2 a tank of fuel. No spare money, at all. A load of spare food, a tent we think is complete, and allready tired… Oh well :d

We are camping in Lllanberis with Gwerin Y Coed. I am praying they can cater for Asha O.k. I am sure Steve is going to spend the weekend tired, and hungry, and to be honest I am not at all sure about any of this. But we are going.

first job now, is to find the campsite… Done that, and to my amazement, the tent was complete, and Asha spent the first night in the tent, on her own side… WOW. My baby is growing up.

We went to a story tellers tonight. It was great, all sat in a round house, listening to stories. I was a bit cross, as a couple of the older kids had these like “light sticks” which were very off putting. But well it isnt for me to judge is it They kepts on squirming around and playing with them.

Asha was exhausted by the time she fell asleep back at camp.

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