Category Archives: Homeschooling

Ghost Boys, a sad but encouraging story about racism

Posted on November 14, 2022 by ofamily

When I was recently sent a copy of Ghost Boys for a review I did not know what to expect. But before I could even start reading it my eleven-year old son spotted it, started reading it and then quickly … Continue reading →

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The Hunger Games books

Posted on November 9, 2022 by ofamily

It feels like we have been working our way through quite a few dystopian stories lately but even after everything else that we have read I have to admit that our absolute favourite dystopian series has been the Hunger Games … Continue reading →

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Pride and Prejudice Text Guide from CGP

Posted on November 7, 2022 by ofamily

We have already read Pride and Prejudice and it is one of our options for English Literature (we are still deciding on which book to use for our third set text). So when I was given an option to review … Continue reading →

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Our Soldier on the window

Posted on November 3, 2022 by ofamily

We have been going back and revisiting quite a bit of the World Wars lately and since it is Remembrance Day soon I thought it would be good to combine our History with a quick art project. We started by … Continue reading →

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Sawbones

Posted on November 1, 2022 by ofamily

I am not entirely sure what I was expecting when I first heard about Sawbones or saw the front cover but I must admit it was a gripping tale and one that I think my eleven (almost twelve-year old) son … Continue reading →

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