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

Boudica – Queen of Darkness Book Review

Posted on December 3, 2019 by ofamily

Earlier this year we watched a documentary – 2,000 year History of London and they mentioned Boudica and how her revolt burnt London to the ground. Now we have never really learnt about Boudica but both of my kids were … Continue reading →

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Spanish Armada Topic Pack

Posted on November 28, 2019 by ofamily

We are busy looking at Medieval England in quite a lot of detail at the moment but that does not stop the kids asking about other events that don’t slot in to the Medieval timeframe. This past week alone my … Continue reading →

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Geog.1 Oxford Geography Resources for Key Stage 3 Review

Posted on November 25, 2019 by ofamily

I am going to start this post by saying Geography is one of those subjects that I just was not sure about. I feel like I have found my feet with Secondary English, Maths, History and Art but Geography has … Continue reading →

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Jan Brett drawing videos

Posted on November 21, 2019 by ofamily

Last week my son tried a great white shark drawing video (it went really well) and then we spotted a turtle video (not such a success) which lead us to a video by Jan Brett showing how she created a … Continue reading →

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Number Property Maths Posters from TeachitMaths website

Posted on November 15, 2019 by ofamily

I have mentioned before that we like hanging up learning posters around the house. The posters work really well with both kids and we have seen over time that the information we hang up really ends up sinking in and … Continue reading →

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