Term begins

All of the schools in our part of the world are starting the Autumn Term, and so are we,

B started with Maths, Probability, using  GCSE Maths Revision workbooks and BBC Bitesize and D worked from the GCSE English workbook in the morning and did copy writing and reading in the afternoon.

J and I went on a nature walk at our local University, starting off at Reed Hall Cafe for a Latte and J had a bite to eat

Then armed with clip boards, identifications sheets and binoculars we headed for the University grounds.

Tuesday

B made a start on iGCSE English revision, reading from Touching the Void by Joe Simpson and D studied Probablilty from a GCSE revision workbook.

For J we covered Geography, Science and a bit of local history.

Science Experiments

First one - taken from An Ordinary Life Blog Fireworks in a glass:-

Using water, oil, food colouring and salt.

Next Absorbing Science

Which didnt quite turn out as it should like this

(from All for Kids TV )


Next try, the Apple Experiment from here

Will check on the results today.

Geography

We posted two postcards as part of our Post Card Swap.  Going to China and Russia.  Also we had a message to say that two of our post cards had arrived in Torrington, USA and The Netherlands.

Just in time the Map of the World I ordered arrived the day before, which also has various stickers, so J spent a while allocating the stickers to different countries, and we also looked at the countries where we had sent our post cards too, and where they travelled and how far (it tells you all of this on the post card swap updates).

History

We followed part of the Town Trail leaflet for our town, J on his scooter, which of course wasn't at all stressful with lots of pedestrians (usually old) to get in his way and mow down.

We looked at the Town Hall which was a Police Station over 150 years ago, and the old Market Square.  That is as far as we got as it clouded over and looked like it was going to bucket it down.

Art and Craft

J made a paper robot, which I forgot to take a photo of, but he is very proud of it and takes it everywhere with him.

From the Weekend:-

The rugby team that M coaches and D plays in won their first game of the season, with D scoring a Try!

Plans for today:-

Biology revision for the older two this morning, planning on making a weather chart and a weather station with J, then a visit to our local Home Education Group in the afternoon.