Tag Archives: English Ideas

English Literature Update – Black Beauty

Posted on October 4, 2019 by ofamily

Over the summer I wrote a number of “starting Year 7” posts where I mentioned the different resources that we were planning on using. So I thought I would give an update on one item that is proving to be … Continue reading →

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Night Zookeeper. The Penguins of Igloo City

Posted on February 10, 2019 by ofamily

Last year my son read the first two Night Zookeeper books (The Giraffes of the Whispering Woods and The Lioness of Fire Desert) and loved them. He enjoyed the whole idea of the Night Zookeeper – a young boy who … Continue reading →

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The JOY of siblings reading together

Posted on June 22, 2018 by ofamily

I am very lucky that my two kids adore each other and generally get along really well (of course they are siblings and siblings do have arguments) but they happily play together and really do enjoy each others company. For … Continue reading →

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The Life and Times of William Shakespeare

Posted on May 6, 2018 by ofamily

We were sent a lovely set of Big CAT readers over a month ago and we have been loving them.  We used the Tutankhamun’s Tomb book when we went to do a tomb painting workshop at the British Museum and … Continue reading →

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Viking Fiction makes fun learning

Posted on March 3, 2018 by ofamily

One of my son’s Christmas presents was a the set of How to Train your Dragon books written by Cressida Cowell.  I must admit that I when I ordered the set I was not sure if it was going to … Continue reading →

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