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About ofamily

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

Code-Cracking for Beginners a Twinkl story

Posted on March 10, 2022 by ofamily

I am spending more one-on-one time with my oldest (we working through some poetry activities) so I wanted to find a learning unit that my son could complete by himself. And as the Twinkl book activities have always been a … Continue reading →

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Year 9 English Language Book

Posted on March 8, 2022 by ofamily

I have started looking at the content for different GCSE/IGCSE subjects and one thing I was very aware of is the way in which the questions are structured especially when it came to the English Language questions. So I started … Continue reading →

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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Posted on March 3, 2022 by ofamily

This was NOT one of the World War Two stories that I had planned on reading with the kids but we happened to stumble upon it in our local library and after just skimming the first few pages I knew … Continue reading →

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Divergent

Posted on March 1, 2022 by ofamily

Divergent is the first book in a gripping series of Dystopian fiction that has been expertly crafted for teens (they will not want to put in down) and even some of us who are ever so slightly older (I tore … Continue reading →

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English Literary Heritage Unit from Twinkl

Posted on February 18, 2022 by ofamily

I mentioned at the beginning of my daughter’s Year 9 that we have chosen a few KS3 English units off the Twinkl website which we were planning on working through. We have just completed their English Literary Heritage unit which … Continue reading →

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