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Lockdown Learning

Posted on June 12, 2020 by ofamily

I know some people are loving lockdown learning but I must admit we have struggled. And yes I know some people find that hard to imagine because we are full time home educators (we home educated before lockdown started and … Continue reading →

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Cells

Posted on June 9, 2020 by ofamily

We started looking at cells earlier this year and the kids created a visual representation of an animal cell and a plant cell using kitchen items like a plastic container, frozen peas and frozen corn. It was a great activity. … Continue reading →

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The Parts of a Flower

Posted on June 5, 2020 by ofamily

During our many walks we have started trying to identify the different flowers that we spot and just talk about plant life more. Things like how to you think those flowers came here – could it have been wind dispersal? … Continue reading →

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KS2 Grammar Workbook

Posted on June 3, 2020 by ofamily

I really enjoy the Understanding English series from Schofield & Sims. One of the books included in this series is the Grammar one – which I actually used as a revision book with my daughter in her Year 6 (great … Continue reading →

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Number Puzzle Book

Posted on May 26, 2020 by ofamily

I love the idea of number puzzles and word puzzles. I think they are a great activity for kids because there is always an element of logic and often an element of trial and error (which I think is important … Continue reading →

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