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About ofamily

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

Sky Hawk

Posted on October 19, 2020 by ofamily

Sky Hawk was one of the books we chose to read together this year. It was chosen for two reasons, it is a story about an animal (always a big winner with my kids) and they have a Free set … Continue reading →

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Super Simple Biology. A KS3 and KS4 Science book

Posted on October 12, 2020 by ofamily

As my daughter is getting older I am constantly on the lookout for engaging educational books that we can use to supplement our learning activities. It seems like there is a much wider range of interesting educational books for younger … Continue reading →

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Why we choose to Home Educate

Posted on October 9, 2020 by ofamily

I wrote a short post 6 years ago about why we chose to home educate but I have been thinking a lot about it lately and since we have now started our ninth year of home educating I thought I … Continue reading →

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Activate 2 Workbooks. Year 8 Science

Posted on October 7, 2020 by ofamily

I wrote a post yesterday about the Activate 2 Student Book and mentioned we were using it with the Activate 2 Workbook for our Year 8 Science. This post is about the workbooks (there are 2 different versions). But to … Continue reading →

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Activate 2 Student Book. Year 8 Science

Posted on October 6, 2020 by ofamily

This year we are sticking with the Activate Science range from Oxford University Press. We used their Activate 1 student book last year and at the end of the year added their Activate 1 workbook. We were very happy with … Continue reading →

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