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Ancient History Books for GCSE

One of the subjects that my daughter has chosen as a GCSE exam subject is Ancient History. It is not what I would call one of the main subjects, so you don’t tend to find many resources available for it. … Continue reading

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I am a home educator and I am not a teacher

That seems to be a misconception out there – I am a home educator and NO I have never been a teacher and quite frankly I would NOT make a good teacher. How teacher’s manage to educate a group of … Continue reading

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Macbeth GCSE /IGCSE Revision Workbook

As part of our Macbeth unit of work we have been working through this Macbeth Revision workbook and I have to admit I have been really impressed with it. I like the layout, it just works. It refreshes the kids … Continue reading

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Macbeth GCSE Lesson Unit from Twinkl

For part of my daughter’s Year 9 Literature she choose to read Macbeth and as we are so close to her starting to work on her GCSE’s I decided we would have a go at using some of the GCSE … Continue reading

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Raven Boy – historical fiction set in 1666 London

When I first spotted this book and saw the blurb on the back I was immediately intrigued – a story about a young boy living through the Great Plague of 1666 and the fire of London, who also befriends a … Continue reading

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