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Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar workbook for Year 9

Posted on May 6, 2022 by ofamily

We have been using the Get It Right Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar series for part of my daughter’s KS3 English. There are three different workbooks so we split them over the three years and we have been using Workbook 3 … Continue reading →

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A Macbeth book perfect for home learning

Posted on May 2, 2022 by ofamily

We started working through Macbeth and the book (the text) that we are using is the RSC School Shakespeare version of Macbeth. It is actually the third play in this series that we have read and I must admit – … Continue reading →

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KS3 Maths series that really works

Posted on April 27, 2022 by ofamily

I have written a few posts about the Mastering Mathematics series that we started using this year (at the start my daughter’s Year 9) and it is honestly such a brilliant series, that I am writing another post. And NO … Continue reading →

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Out of the Ashes – a story about foot and mouth disease

Posted on April 27, 2022 by ofamily

There are so many brilliant Michael Morpurgo books out there that it is very hard to choose which ones to read but this one, even though it is shorter, should be on your must read list. It is not a … Continue reading →

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Refugee Boy By Benjamin Zephaniah

Posted on April 22, 2022 by ofamily

I must confess I had never heard of this book until I started downloading almost every secondary reading list I could find (I am trying to create my own reading list for my daughter) and I then started searching online … Continue reading →

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