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About ofamily

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

Vocabulary workbooks for KS3

Posted on June 9, 2021 by ofamily

We started using the Get It Right series at the start of my daughter’s Year 7 – we were using the Get It Right Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar workbook 1. It was so useful, easy to use and had just … Continue reading →

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Scarlet Ibis

Posted on June 7, 2021 by ofamily

The first time we ever came across the author Gill Lewis was last year when someone kindly recommended her book Sky Hawk. The kids and I read it together and loved everything about the book. We actually used it as … Continue reading →

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Physics Matching Pairs Game

Posted on June 4, 2021 by ofamily

I love the idea of the Oaka Books Science matching pairs game. It is a simple and straight forward concept but one which I think helps to reinforce what the kids have learnt. We have already been using the Biology … Continue reading →

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Warrior Boy – book review

Posted on June 1, 2021 by ofamily

I have been reserving a number of books from our local library and reading them in a quest to try and find a good selection of books for ages 10+ (it is a bit of a work in progress) but … Continue reading →

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Measurement, Geometry and Statistics – a Bond workbook for KS2

Posted on May 26, 2021 by ofamily

I am a big believer that you need to practice Maths. And I am also a big believer that it helps to give the kids a wide range of different questions so I am often on the lockout for practice … Continue reading →

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