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About ofamily

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

The London Eye Mystery

Posted on June 8, 2022 by ofamily

I had seen this book – The London Eye Mystery mentioned on a few different book lists for kids in the 10 years and over range, but for some reason I had never looked at it for my kids and … Continue reading →

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Macbeth GCSE Lesson Unit from Twinkl

Posted on June 6, 2022 by ofamily

For part of my daughter’s Year 9 Literature she choose to read Macbeth and as we are so close to her starting to work on her GCSE’s I decided we would have a go at using some of the GCSE … Continue reading →

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Raven Boy – historical fiction set in 1666 London

Posted on June 1, 2022 by ofamily

When I first spotted this book and saw the blurb on the back I was immediately intrigued – a story about a young boy living through the Great Plague of 1666 and the fire of London, who also befriends a … Continue reading →

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IGCSE Biology student book from Hodder Education

Posted on May 25, 2022 by ofamily

I am slowly looking at different options and selecting books for us to use in preparation for my daughter to write her IGCSE’s (for those of you wondering IGCSE’s is just International GCSE’s). We know the subjects she wants to … Continue reading →

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Idiom Cards – Free to download

Posted on May 23, 2022 by ofamily

The kids and I have been talking about idioms, how they are often used in writing and what the different idioms mean. There are lots of idioms, actually a crazy amount. But I am trying to work through the common … Continue reading →

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