A Year in the Life of a Home-Schooling Family: Day 155

I was determined to get myself out of bed, dressed and public-ready before eight. Becca has been having episodes of breathlessness and irregular heart beats, so I wanted to get an appointment at the GP's surgery just to make sure it was nothing serious. She complains a lot about feeling tired, so I wanted to…

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A Year in the Life of a Home-Schooling Family: Day 154

Well, we're back to school... at least three of us are. Thomas is at work, and Gary has taken the older girls to Kingston. Charlotte, although she has one more exam to take (màths), has officially left our little homeschool. She is school bound in September to study Theatre Studies, English Literature and History at…

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A Day in the Life of a Home-Schooling Family: Day 122

I thought I'd show you Lillie's photography work, charting Charlotte's journey through ME last year. I have snipped her final twelve photos from her project document, along with her notes: This morning, Thomas had a driving lesson and then was dropped off by his driving instructor to the station to catch the train to college.…

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A Year in the Life of a Home-Schooling Family: Day 120

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely bank holiday Monday. We decided to work through ours as Lillie only has three weeks before all her photographic projects have to be handed in, and Charlotte's exams are starting this coming Monday. I reached a brick wall on Sunday. I have worked solidly for the…

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A Year in the Life of a Home-Schooling Family: Day 109

My eight year old made porridge this morning for the masses, all by herself. She wasn't asked to do it, she just decided. Becs rolled the oats and cooked one dairy free porridge for Charlotte and a larger dairy one for everyone else, with nuts, seeds and frozen blue berries! Just before school, I captured…

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A Year in the Life of a Home-Schooling Family: Day 106

All day I've had a niggly horrible feeling that I've not done enough. I've not done enough to help Lillie succeed in her photography. I've not done enough to help Charlotte succeed in her GCSEs. I've not done enough to help Charlotte succeed in her maths which she finds so very difficult. I have an…

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A Year in the Life of a Home-Schooling Family: Day 105

Easter holidays sure are weird this year. We took a couple of weeks break, although Charlotte did a little bit of Latin each day. But Thomas is only just now starting his Easter holidays! Very odd. We are now entering the final leg of Charlotte's exams and Lillie's A Level photography. I have spent the…

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