Category Archives: Homeschooling

Mental Arithmetic Workbooks

Posted on July 19, 2020 by ofamily

I have shared before how much I like the Times Table test workbooks – I like the way each page is set out and how they give a wide range of questions, some are just numeracy questions and some word … Continue reading →

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The Summer Holiday Question

Posted on July 16, 2020 by ofamily

It is that time of the year again when the same old question arises – what do you do about Summer Holidays? And this year with the whole lockdown and distance learning everyone has been doing more and more people … Continue reading →

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Pride and Prejudice Literature Companion

Posted on July 12, 2020 by ofamily

My daughter and I have started putting together book/ resource lists for her Year 8 academic year. And number 1 on her English Literature book list was Pride and Prejudice. Pride and Prejudice is normally covered as part of GCSE’s … Continue reading →

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Art History for Kids

Posted on July 9, 2020 by ofamily

I have a confession to make. I Love Art History. It was my favourite subject at school (well Art History and History) but for some reason we have not included a lot of Art History in our home education. We … Continue reading →

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Light Topic pack from Oaka Books

Posted on July 3, 2020 by ofamily

I mentioned in my previous post that we have just covered Light in Science. And one of the resources that we used was our Oaka Books Topic Pack on Light. While we were using it an interesting shift happened for … Continue reading →

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