Month: May 2015
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Elizabethan Unit study: Week One: A Renaissance Queen
Biography This week I introduced them to the two main non fiction books we would be using over the next five weeks: The children read the whole of Good Queen Bess on Monday, independently, whilst I began reading Elizabeth I: The People’s Queen. I am attempting two chapters each week to ensure we’ll be finished […]
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Around the World with FIAR: Owl Moon and the Arctic Circle
Owl moon is a book about a father taking his child out one evening to hunt for owls. We slowly worked through the FIAR manual and Bible and Character manual produced by FIAR. However, my main goal for using these books was geographical, just to introduce the little ones to world geography. I would be […]
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Renaissance Explorers: Explorer Study – Columbus
This is my penultimate post about our explorer study. Last term, I read aloud the following book: It is unusual for me to go with just one book to study anything, but I am falling in love with this series. They seem to be placed well for the tween ages when the children need more than […]
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Plans for Next Five Weeks: Olders
Maths The older ones will be continuing with Conquer Maths. T13 has only got four more topics until he will be studying for his IGCSE maths. The girls are also working at their level, finding some topics harder than others. I am, nonetheless, very happy with the progress they are all making. Bible We are […]
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Seasons of Joy: Living a God-fashioned Life
I’m still sugar-free people! That’s a few weeks now and the lack of sugar has meant I’ve finally lost the stone I put on after the operation. I’ve done nothing but stop eating sugar and yet that stone has just dropped off. I know I have a big battle ahead of me but it feels […]
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Precious Moments
This week we have been on our half term. The children have been busy with all manor of artistic pursuits as well as a small amount of maths, just to keep their hand in. We also managed to squeeze in a visit to the beach, my very most favourite thing to do in the world. […]
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When a break becomes an excuse to do nothing…
This is one of those pointless posts written from me to……me. Yes, sometimes I need a good talking to and who better to do it than yours truly? So Claire, this is for you: It is not a good use of time to become lost in the YouTube blackhole. In fact, some might say it […]
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Precious Moments
The weeks are rushing in and out with a blink of the eye! We are having such a fabulous term. We are working hard, playing hard and joking hard. Routines and habits are slowly burning their intentional permanence into our hearts. Things, dare I say it, are feeling easier all the time. I have realised […]
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Explorers Age: Conducting a Blanket Trade
One of the main reason for exploring the world was to trade goods with the natives of the land discovered. But how could they do this if they were not able to verbally communicate with each other? Blanket, or silent trade, was a method whereby two different language speaking groups were able to trade without […]
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Renaissance Explorers: Making and using a Quadrant
During the renaissance, if a sailor lost sight of land he needed to have a method available to him which would help him determine his direction. The quadrant was an instrument which allowed him to work out which latitude he was at: Source We had already covered some navigational methods used by the explorers during […]