The older two are now buckling down to some hard work for the next two months before breaking up for the summer (although there will still be one study day a week during the holidays).
Maths - have been setting this for three times a week for one to two hours (one in the morning, one in the afternoon).
This week studies have included:-
Angles - both
Long Multiplication - B
Year 8 Test - D
Year 9 Test - B
Foundation GCSE past paper - B
English Assignments for both.
B - questions on:-
‘
Dulce et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen (1920)
D questions on:-
Extract 1 from
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Also have just purchased several books from a recommended English reading list:-
Of Mice and Men
An Inspector Calls
Great Expectations
A Christmas Carol
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Pride and Prejudice
Notes from a Small Island Bill Bryson
The Kindness of Strangers Kate Adie
Charlotte Grey Sebastian Faulks
The Color Purple Alice Walker
I Know why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings Series
Rudyard Kipling
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Enigma Robert Harris
B is starting with The Color Purple and D The Hobbit.
English also included copy writing, reading and spelling.
Biology - from GCSE revision book.
J
I found a Little Red Riding Hood Activity Pack at 123 Homeschool 4 me. and we have been concentrating on the letter R this week.
We also made a trip into our local Home Ed Group for the first time in ages, happened to be a nice afternoon weatherwise, and we will try and make a bit more of an effort in the future to make these meetings.
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