Trips & Workshops
Bolton Solar Farm
We spent a really interesting hour at Bolton’ solar farm on Salford Road this week. I saw a family tour advertised on Facebook and so we signed up for free. The tour was hosted by their education officer. She went through the science of how solar panels work and explained why that particular site was ... Read more
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Environmental Management iGCSE | Geography | Physics | Science | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Thackray Medical Museum
Last Monday, Mummy and I went to the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds. We were taking part in the All Change Workshop which was about growing up and puberty. It was run by Hannah and Rachel and it was their first time running the workshop. It was linked with their current exhibition on periods through ... Read more
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Biology | Physics | Science | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Does the Loch Ness Monster really exist?
Twinkl has released some new CSI Investigations this week so we thought we’d have a go at one after reading so many positive comments about them on the various Twinkl Facebook groups. The girls picked the Loch Ness Monster one as Peggy especially likes to read about mythical beasts. The pack was really self-explanatory with ... Read more
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Geography Fair
One of the mums in the Stockport Home Ed Facebook group (Sarah from Let Them Be Small, @mssburns on Instagram) organises various home-ed fairs throughout the year where children can display what they’ve been learning. We went to our first one last week on the topic of geography. Agatha did a display on the Earth’s ... Read more
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Plants (KS2 topic)
Using the CGP KS2 Science Study book and workbook, we worked our way through the topic of plants. This covers: Parts of a flower Plant growth Water transport in plants Reproductive organs inside a flower Pollination and fertilisation Seeds This was more of a revision session as the girls had covered this a while back ... Read more
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Inventive Architecture course
Over the past few months I have been doing an Inventive Architecture course with Homemade Education. I have done a fashion history course with them before and that was really fun, so I wanted to do another topic. Over six one-hour sessions, I learned about architecture and the ways it can effect people and their ... Read more
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National Space Centre Home Ed Day
To kick start our learning in 2022, we went with another family down to the Space Centre in Leicester for a home educators’ day. There were three sessions for each family to attend: a session in the planetarium, a talk and then a hands-on workshop. The theme was looking after the Earth in a more ... Read more
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MathsCity in Leeds
We all went on the train to MathsCity in Leeds this week. MathsCity was a brilliant experience because there was a lot to see and do. We pretty much had the whole place to ourselves which was great because we could do whatever activities we fancied. There were many things to do and many of ... Read more
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A night at the Museum. Literally.
Our first day back for the start of the new academic year was a lot more interesting than previous years. We spent the night at
a sleepover at the Natural History Museum in London. What an amazing experience!
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Trips | Geography | History | Natural World | Science | UK Trips - rest of UK
Making potions and retro t-shirts!
This was a super successful session on acids and alkali which created a lot of mess but which kept the girls engaged for a whole morning. We made some red cabbage indicator so we could see what liquids were acid or alkali according to what colour the indicator went. We guessed first and then found ... Read more
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