ha ha ha... we're good at this!

Well. Today we had our visit from the LEA. We were apprehensive, but really surprised - it went really well! The lady who came was very pleasant.
Where we live, they person they send out to you is an experienced teacher who works part time in a school and part time for the council, and so you would expect them to be very promotional of the school system. We have certainly heard of many horror stories, with them turning up announced on the doorstep and demanding access to the children, and threats of Social Services input blah blah But she listened, seemed to agree with our reasoning and was really impressed with the work that they have done so far. When she had finished she was totally satisfied that they are doing ok education wise and agreed that she won't be making contact for a whole year! Usually you get a few visits in your first year but she said next year would be fine. She gave a few pointers as to different workbooks and learning schemes we can try if we want but other than that we ticked all her boxes.

So we are all official now and free - we can get on with doing our thing safe in the knowledge that we do know what we doing and aren't going to be subject to any investigations or hassle from the LEA which is a nice weight off the old shoulders.

Actual education wise was a bit sketchy today lol - we did some writing and reading this morning but the education lady was here for about two hours so the afternoon time was taken, so instead once she'd gone we sat down and watched the first series of BlackAdder! LOL! Good ol Edukashun eh? Back to schedule tomorrow, hopefully with a trip to the library in the afternoon.

Thanks to all who sent good luck - obviously it worked :-)