For our sixth week’s home-schooling activity we decided on a VE day theme, as this week we celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE day in Britain! The activity is a creative writing one that we thought would be a great way to practice writing skills and to commemorate this important occasion. So, we thought this week it would be nice to […]
So for our activity this week, its back to the good old basics. Using the key below, we have created some maths questions based around the historically numerically based notion of Army personnel and how they are grouped. However instead of focusing on the classic Roman Centuries etc we are looking a little closer to […]
For our fourth week’s activity, its another creative one with a bit of science/technology thrown in. This can be as creative as you like, on as big a scale as you like or as close to the brief as you like. The task is the fun part, the follow up questions will test the deeper […]
This week, we have been looking at a multiskilled task again. This time it is a cooking activity. Cooking is a great way to strengthen mathematical skills, reading skills and comprehension skills, all whilst having fun and with a potentially tasty treat at the end! Allow the children to weigh the ingredients, read the recipe and mix the […]
This week, we have been looking at a crafty activity that again is nice and easy to do from home and engaging with an element of thrift and research to hit some skills also. The activity is making cardboard people and decorating them. To start off you need to pick a character or role from […]
This week, we have been looking at a role play style activity that’s easy to execute at home and very beneficial. To start off with pick an event from history or a story perhaps (we shall provide some examples below). Then dependent on age (parentally guided for younger years and self-research for older children) research […]