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About ofamily

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

An Inspector Calls Revision Guide from Twinkl

One of the IGCSE English Literature books (well actually play) that we have selected is An Inspector Calls. So over the last few months I have been gathering the different resources that we are going to use with it and … Continue reading

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I am tired but no they are not going to school

One of the things that frustrates me about home education is the way “others” view it, by others I mean those who do not home educate. They never seem to grasp that it is something that families truly believe in, … Continue reading

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Key Stage 3 Maths, 10 minute test books from CGP

I have to admit we never did “tests” as such when the kids were younger – I really did not see the point as I already knew how they were progressing and I knew which areas we needed to work … Continue reading

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Get Children Writing

A few weeks ago I heard about a new book – Get Children Writing by Sue Walsh and I was immediately interested because this is actually one area in which I have struggled to find good books for my kids. … Continue reading

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How do I plan for our Secondary subjects

This seems to be quite a common question so I thought I would try and explain my planning process in a post. This is how I have planned for our Secondary years (so KS3 and now our GCSE years) and … Continue reading

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