Tag: Learning journey

  • May Fairs past and present!

    May Fairs past and present!

    Actual May fair, A second very welcome extended break from school this week- in the form of another May bank holiday- which brought us just the opportunity we were wanting!  May Fair at the Community Orchard   Having scoured the local facebook pages for any sight or sound of a May Pole (what is wrong… Read more

  • Malory towers, May fairs, Cake cost maths and the chance for a FREE download!

    Malory Towers and May fairs. Now I’m incapable of watching TV without also doing something else; so I set myself to some work on the laptop while we powered through a good amount of Malory Towers this morning; making the most of sick day number 2. I was never into Enid Blyton as a kid,… Read more

  • Bristol Aquarium and the biggest fish I’ve ever seen!

    Bristol Aquarium and the biggest fish I’ve ever seen!

    Packing lunches Now. I’m the worlds’ most frugal parent, having spent the majority of my life exceedingly skint. So when we decided to pay out on a trip up to Bristol Aquarium, it led to a morning packing ourselves a picnic. The three kids all piled into the kitchen packing a variety of things, chatting… Read more

  • Stampede by the sea, ED TED and surprise unicorns!

    Expect the unexpected Today I found myself face-to-face with a monster. Table of Contents Building a unicorn Being met, bleary eyed, first thing in the morning by this on your stairs…is quite something. Small picked this cardboard kit up in a charity shop yesterday and obviously decided to build the thing as soon as she… Read more

  • Education by Accident!

    Education by Accident!
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    Art, Board games and Rube Goldberg research – Heath Robinson Keeping it chill again today, we did some painting with the girls’ new watercolours, then headed over to a local board game cafe! The amount of education and development that can be discovered by accident while you’re just pootling about is amazing. Table of Contents… Read more

  • Applied Science – Momentum and Youtube

    Applied Science – Momentum and Youtube

    Sunday Science It’s Sunday. In the Easter holidays. And what has Big spent her time doing?Science. Table of Contents Applied Science Well, the other day when we cycled to Grandma’s house we got talking about Momentum. (There’s a really big hill in between us) As the girls haven’t been riding all that much, they were… Read more

  • Always look out for local free activities!

    Roman Festival Today was one of our two home education “Plan” days for this week. Our plan today was to attend a free local Roman festival in Dorchester. We are incredibly lucky in where we live, as there is a wealth of historical architecture around us. Maiden Castle– one of the largest and most complex… Read more

  • Easter holiday time

    Easter Activities This morning I have spent yet MORE time fighting with passwords to get all of the settings on Twinkl to work, having finally figured out the other day that although I had set up both learner accounts, (you need to go in and individually allow permissions for each section, which explains why they… Read more

  • Home Education equipment recommended list UK

    Home Education equipment recommended list UK

    Recommended equipment for starting out in home education in the UK, from someone starting out in home education! Read more

  • Our day off educating. Birthday time and maths with meatballs!

    Home Educating on a birthday day – unintentional learning, and a lesson in flexibility. Maths with meatballs! Read more