by Dancing Wombat | Jun 4, 2016 | Achievements, Blog, Life Skills
It’s Friday morning. Hubby Wombat has to leave early for work. I’m due at a Tony Attwood and Sue Larkey seminar on Autism at 9.00. On the other side of town. Precisely when Dancing Wombat is due at the local primary school where she has been helping this term. She’s...
by Dancing Wombat | Jun 3, 2016 | Blog, Life Skills
This blog’s a bit longer than usual. Do you have a cuppa? Glass of milk and some chocolate? Or something stronger? Good. Read on. Train Wombat (now in Year 9) started catching the train by himself in Grade 4. While some other parents looked at me askance, I was...
by Dancing Wombat | Apr 16, 2016 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community
Did I say Littlest Wombat seems to have settled in reasonably well at school? How foolish. I jinxed myself. The first few mornings of the new term have been nothing if not nightmarish. A week might be a long time in politics but it seems an age in Wombat world. Have...
by Dancing Wombat | Apr 7, 2016 | Achievements, Blog, Family and Community
At the start of Term 1, I wrote about the new beginnings for my four Wombats (see New beginnings). There were also new beginnings for me. Well, we’re one term down, three to go. How have we fared? Overall, things have gone well. Compared with Term 1 last year, this...
by Dancing Wombat | Nov 11, 2015 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Learning Through Performance
Hooray! No new students today. And only two away! Further bonus – they were all in a great mood after visiting “Inside the Brick”, a Lego-based activity centre. Everything looked set for a successful lesson. As there are only two after today, every...
