Author Archives: ofamily
A Computer Free Day
One of the most important lessons I have learnt since we first started home educating was that I needed to give myself a break, some time to just recharge and switch my brain off. Over the years this has taken … Continue reading
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Starting Year 5 resource ideas
My son would be starting his year 5 academic year if he attended school so I thought I would give a summary of the different resources that I am planning on using with him this year (as always I will … Continue reading
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Tagged educational resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling, ks2, Oaka Books, Twinkl, Year 5
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Activate 1 Workbook – Year 7 Science workbook
When I first switched my daughter to the Activate KS3 Science range last year I only got her the Student book – which really is the book that explains the concepts and then has a few questions afterwards. And to … Continue reading
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Tagged educational resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling, KS3, KS3 Science, secondary resources
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KS3 Forces
We have been doing quite a bit of Physics over the summer, we got into a nice routine with it. My daughter would go through the concepts with her dad, he would do the explaining part and look for clips … Continue reading
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Tagged educational resources, Forces, home ed, home education, homeschooling, KS3, Oaka Books, science
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Starting home education
I know there are a number of people who are starting their home education journey at the moment and I have seen lots of posts from people worried about it so here are my thoughts on starting home education. Stop, … Continue reading
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