Author Archives: ofamily

About ofamily

Home educating family based in the UK. We try to make learning fun

The Birds of Flanders Fields

Posted on November 8, 2021 by ofamily

We have been covering the First World War as our History Topic but most of the work that we have been doing has been aimed at my oldest (Year 9) and I knew I needed to find something slightly easier … Continue reading →

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KS3 English Anthology – War – Review Update

Posted on November 3, 2021 by ofamily

I wrote a review, a few months ago, about our new English Anthology book on War. It was a post based on me reading the book, my expectations of the book and not us (my daughter) having actually had time … Continue reading →

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New Book sets from Books2Door

Posted on October 28, 2021 by ofamily

I get ridiculously excited when new books arrive and this past week we received our latest delivery from Books2Doors which included 3 stunning book sets. I love the idea of buying book sets because then you get the whole series … Continue reading →

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Soldier Dog – a World War I story for older kids.

Posted on October 25, 2021 by ofamily

We have been covering World War One in our history and as I always like to do, I have linked our History with our English. The book I chose to start our World War One reading is probably not one … Continue reading →

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AQA KS3 Science Practice Books

Posted on October 21, 2021 by ofamily

As I mentioned in earlier posts we are using the Hodder AQA KS3 Science Book 2 this year for my daughter’s Science. And that means both a Student Book and Practice Book (there are two practice books to chose from … Continue reading →

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