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It’s finally November! We’ve survived Hallowe’en (on a school night, no less) and we’re looking forward to Bonfire Night. The kids are a little sad that the pumpkin-fest is officially over, so we wanted to do something fun* to recover… Continue Reading →
Twinkl PlanIt is my go-to resource for History lessons. Today, we used a PlanIt lesson pack to learn about Skara Brae and its archaeological significance. Revision & Fact Finding To begin, we briefly revised our previous Stone Age knowledge –… Continue Reading →
Today, we did spelling practice, individual reading, SPAG workbooks, Spanish tuition, Gus on the Go and HelloChinese language apps, and a simple pinyin worksheet I created recently. Praise (of the children) from the Spanish teacher was gladly received. The Grammar… Continue Reading →
It is very tempting to answer questions with short sentence fragments. When my kids do that, I truly sympathise. (Honestly, I was a young child once upon a time!) However, we spent a large chunk of today focused on sentence structure,… Continue Reading →
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.” – WE Hickson. Spanish, spelling, colouring, watching Dinosaur on DVD*, writing film reviews, and not answering in full sentences. Those pesky fragments are encroaching on noble sentence territory, and will… Continue Reading →
We kick started the day with spelling practice. (We like rainbow writing, for spelling practice, because a little bit of colour makes anything less boring.) After watching and discussing a presentation on Stone Age homes, we completed an activity sheet with labelled drawings… Continue Reading →
