Noa’s Home Ed Journey

Another year done 💪🏻 The last few weeks we have been busy with lots of fun learning. They have had a sports day which they did incredible well in, they have been to laser tag, ninja warrior, skate park and have just been having the best time with their friends celebrating the end of another fantastic year. I have absolutely loved watching my babies grow … it’s been a privilege that I will always be grateful for. Yes sometimes hard but pros definitely out weigh the cons. We have lots of new things planned after the summer holidays … it’s going to be one amazing year 🥰

Last weeks home Ed Noa & Nyla took part in a science workshop by Big Science. They learnt all about forces, chemical reactions and dry ice. They loved every minute of it, not a pen or paper in site just all hands on … they learnt so much because they enjoyed it and it was so much fun, the teacher was amazing and managed to keep the interest of all the children for 2 1/2 hrs. 😲
They also went to gymnastics, 4 motion indoor skate park and the play park to meet up with friends.

They both do maths, English and reading must days and have their tutor … both doing great in all subjects. Last week there was a lot of child lead learning … Nyla wrote a story on hockey and never giving up and read the book on resilience as inspiration whist Noa re wired a key aboard to make it light up again. They both re created the science experiments which they had learnt from big science.
They played in the garden loads and also helped out on gardening jobs. ❤️

Loved last week because Nyla learnt a new skill how to Crochet 🙌
They both made cakes with absolutely no help from me and have to say they were so good 😋
We visited the Kirkleatham Museum a lovely free museum with lots to learn … there was a display of they past 100 yrs of fashion which they enjoyed and also tried a bit of cross stitch. They watched a short documentary on the Anglo Saxons and asked lots of questions and were both really interested init so we will carry that learning on at home.
Both worked really hard on Conquer math and had brilliant results when answering the questions after each lesson.
We also did a lot of English work last week … one of there lessons was to write up and tell me about what they loved most about our mine climbing which they did in the lakes. They have worked really hard on their spellings and have done lots of reading.
Also both had their tutor covering English and maths 🙌

Back to it …we have been slowly getting back into things this week this allows Noa to get his back into work mode 😬

In maths we use Conquar maths and Twinkle, we have been covering improper fractions both got to grips with it fast and got a 100% on the questions 😃 they also spent some time on push the button, which is great to keep on top of times tables.

Science we used one off the science boxes from Xmas. Today’s experiments was learning about evaporation and rain clouds. 🌧️

In Geography we are learning all about Japan, we started this before the holidays and will carry it on over the next few weeks as they have both been really interested in it and lots to learn. Today we sat and watched a documentary on Japan which we found on You Tube.

They have both been to gymnastics and also an organised home Ed lazer tag group which they absolutely loved and of course ninja Noa got the top score.

They had their tutor been back this week coving maths and English.

Both read to me today and finally finished their library books 🙌 and did some great reading

Its been a crazy couple of months I think since January there has been this nasty bug going rd my house 😭 so posting has been put on hold but really need to keep up with it .. the whole point is so I can look back when writing my reports to remind me what we have done and achieved.
Ava returned back to school a few weeks ago but unfortunately been off this last week with tonsillitis but she’s still managed to do her Spanish, maths, reading, art and lots of home economics to keep busy on these long days.
Nyla & Noa also not been great in health but has still managed to keep up with their maths which we use Conquer maths and twinkle. English which we use oak academy and twinkle. They have both been learning about the man who moved mountains. They have done lots of reading. They have had their science kits out which they got for Christmas and enjoyed the experiments.
We have managed to get a few times to some home Ed groups and I managed to have a catch up with the m**s 🥰
They have also joined a gymnastics group but because of illness only been twice but both enjoy it and hopefully get back next week.
Lots of home economics which they love, Nyla made a lovely spaghetti bolognaise and Noa’s rice pudding was most probably the best I have tasted they follow recipes from the bbc so easy to follow and always taste great. Yesterday they all made cookies and toffee apples.
Both Noa and Nyla have been playing about with Canva learning to navigate their way around it .. Noa designed a bday card for his granddad and Nyla designed her own colouring book 😊
They have both managed to attend hockey training a few times and Nyla had a game which she loved, she asked me to do a T-shirt for her and her friend .. they definitely have sass 😆

Been a hard couple of weeks we are literally passing this bug from one to another 😬 we did manage to get to the sea life centre as part of an home Ed group. Nyla unfortunately was poorly 😷
It was fantastic and very informative … they learnt about the different types of seals with a lovely display showing the importance of the seal rescue programme. They also did an interactive lesson on star fish and the different types… again very informative and the children loves it. They loved learning about the different types of fish.
Super proud of Noa making a his first power point about aircraft’s … he did this off his own back with very little help. It was really good and the information he put into it was fantastic 😊
Ava has worked so hard this week and has produced some excellent English work and has been learning a lot about women’s rights and the struggles women have faced over the years.

She has also been working really hard and getting too marks in her maths. She loves me her Spanish lessons every Thursday and Is making good progress.

All 3 have been doing bits of work on the rainforest and deforestation.

Both Noa and Nyla have been working on fractions in Maths and both doing really well and moving forward in their lessons with ease.

In English they both doing lots of reading and writing practice. This week we have up ours spellings. Also been doing lots typing work on the computer.

Last weeks work lots covered ..
Organs & muscles and how they work.
Typing up English work into the computer.
Plant care
Cooking Pancakes and serving everyone breakfast 🥞
Learning new tricks at the skate park.
Having a go on an electric guitar 🎸
teaching the dogs new tricks
Making new hair accessories
Maths … fractions for Nyla and Noa. Ava conquer maths working her way through each topic and smashing it with 100% marks on the recap questions.
Spanish … Ava with a tutor and Nyla on line.
English lots of spelling practice for Noa and Nyla and hand writing practice writing stories. Ava finished of her horror story…. it was absolutely brilliant and really enjoyed reading it.
tutor .. Noa also had his tutor this week covering English.
All 3 have read their book most days.

Great start to home ed last week. We started off our week learning about Antartica....we read about it and answered the questions, each week over the next few weeks we will learn something else about it and extend our knowledge. This was a great to learn about and all 3 children could work together.
They all worked on conquer maths Noa and Nyla working on place value and Ava converting fractions to decimals and division by decimals. They both practice there times tables daily. All 3 doing really well and scoring high on the recap and questions.
English ..Nyla and Noa started each day with the same spellings and at the end of the week were able to spell all spellings they had been practicing. They both worked on oak academy learning more about how letters change the meaning of the word (suffix) they also did science learning about organs.
Both had a lesson with their tutor covering maths and English.

Avas English was learning about Malala Yousafzai then writing about what she had learnt . Science was Biology revision using the Internet to do research and answering questions from a print out off Twinkle...Ava struggled a little with this so will do more work in this subject over the next few weeks.
Ava had her Spanish lesson with an online tutor ...we always get good feed back from the teacher on Avas progress.

All 3 children made a lemon cake for their nannas Bday it was all self lead with no input from me and was a success.
They worked great as a team following the instructions and remembering how to use the oven and test to see if a cake is cooked.

We visited RSPB Saltholme where the children learnt about birds and got to look through spotting scopes. The staff were great Ponting out the Snip Bird and shelduck. We had a lovely walk spotting all the different wild life and enjoyed lunch over looking the lake where there was loads of wildlife to be seen.

We decided as a family we would raise money for Maxi's mate dog rescue centre. The children are doing 4 weeks no sweets, chocolate bars or fix drinks and the grown ups no alcohol for 2 months. We visited the dogs and Ava did a video then edited it when we got home so it could be put on my FB to help raise money so for they have raised £334.

All 3 children have been reading their books throughout the week.

Tried something new today to start the term off with some rock climbing and origami. The kids did amazing at Rock climbing, origami was a bit harder to master.
The all covered some maths and English and Ava finished off with science (biology).

An easy morning today to get the week started … pretty much child led… Nyla wanted to draw the planets and read about them… Noa was making buts by sticking bits together with the glue gun. Both sat down and worked on spellings and x tables and watched a short documentary on the Red squirrel. Ava did Maths then decided she wanted to write storey, loved listening to it and can’t wait to see how it ends 😊 Then this afternoon we decided to try out a new skate park which was brilliant because there was only us so they had the full park to themselves which they love. Ava wanted to learn skateboarding so like a pro Nyla took the challenge on … I was so impressed with her teaching skills and breaking things down for Ava and her patience was 👌 Ava listened and was skating along doing exactly what she been taught, sad my phone died before I could get the pics.

This week has been hit and miss with what we did as one minute the kids were ok then back down again feeling poorly😭 it was Noa’s turn this week feeling quite poorly at times.
However we did still manage some lessons and a trip to the skate park to see friends.
I got a lovely book recommended to me all about perseverance. I read the book with the kids then we had a group discussion about what it meant with lots of examples… they then went off to write about it and did a lovely picture along side it at the back of the book, which had some pages free at the back to draw your pictures … this is a lovely keepsake.
Ava covers Math, English, science and art most days these are generally around 30-40 minute lessons … then after that we alternate geography and History… she has her Spanish lesson every Thursday… the progress she is making is lovely to see …. She made herself flip cards and revises most days with help from me testing her on what she has learnt .. this has really helped her improve. It was Avas turn to make something this week and opted for a cheese cake which was so good.
Nyla has done lots of work from her Maths and English work books this week she’s really enjoying working from them … she’s also been working on the computer learning how to do coding. She loves art and is producing some really good work. Nyla has done lots of spelling and writing practice this week and reads her book daily to me.
Noa hasn’t been to well this week but has read to me everyday and managed bits of work.., it’s also lovely to see him take more interest in art and made some lovely pictures this week. On the way to the skate park (30 min drive) we generally choose a subject and research them on the way to find out more about it … this week was Julius Caesar, we learnt lots of interesting facts about him.… Noa asked if we could do more on this subject so next week we will dig deeper and find out more.