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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 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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Older Colouring pages

Posted on September 29, 2020 by ofamily

I know lots of people think of Activity Village as the site for colouring pages for younger kids, and they do have lots of stunning pages for younger kids but they also have a few gems tucked away for older … Continue reading →

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Romeo and Juliet pages from the Twinkl website

Posted on September 24, 2020 by ofamily

My daughter really enjoys English Literature. She loves the older, more classic stories, Jane Austen and Shakespeare are current favourites. She enjoys the way they are written, the fact that she sometimes has to figure out what they mean and … Continue reading →

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Henry VIII Topic Pack

Posted on September 22, 2020 by ofamily

We recently went back and looked at Henry VIII, his wives and the King’s Great Matter again. We have covered Henry and his wives already just by going out to various places and reading our different History books but this … Continue reading →

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