Tag Archives: KS3 English

Top Two English Lit books for Year 7

When I was trying to choose our English Literature units for my son’s Year 8 I ended up thinking a lot about the English Literature units that we have already worked through and the ones that were the biggest successes … Continue reading

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Boy, Everywhere, a refugee story for kids

Boy, Everywhere is a story about Sami, a young Syrian boy, who loves his life and enjoys living in Damascus. Then out of the blue his mother and sister go to a shopping mall to pick up Sami’s new football … Continue reading

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KS3 English workbook from Collins

A few weeks ago I emailed Collins and asked if we could get a few of their GCSE books to review (I am wanting to build up a page of reviews on GCSE/IGCSE resources), while we were discussing GCSE books … Continue reading

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Starting Year 7 home education English Literature

I have found choosing books for my son to read (and by that I mean when we read and “study” a book) difficult because he actually worked through most of the books that his older sister did as part of … Continue reading

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Enola Holmes The Case of the Missing Marquess book and activities

When I first read a bit about the Enola Holmes book I was intrigued and thought it might appeal to my daughter – I thought the fact that it was about a fourteen year old girl trying to solve a … Continue reading

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