My oldest moved up into Key Stage 3 as of Sep 2019 so we are going to be adding to this page as we use and review more resources. As we home educate two kids some of the Key Stage 3 posts wil…

Education is compulsory, schooling is not. Find out your legal rights and responsibilities as a home educator

Best online resources for home educating and home schooling children in the UK, Key Stages 1, 2, 3 and 4, GCSEs, iGCSEs and A-Level.

The cost of home schooling in the UK can vary on location and type of education. Have a read through all the relevant costs in this post.

If you are considering homeschooling in the UK, particularly for a secondary school age child, you might be wondering how homeschoolers take GCSEs, or even if homeschoolers can take GCSEs. You'll find all the answers you need below. Can Homeschoolers take GCSEs? The short answer is, some of them. Homeschoolers need to take GCSEs as private candidates and

For my daughter’s Year 7 science we actually had 2 books – one was a Collins and one was an Oxford one. And I started the year not knowing which one we would use, so we dipped in and ou…

Home learning wellbeing resources for children and teens featuring tonnes of mindfulness and yoga exercises along with ideas for schoolwork.

Vast range of Black Death Worksheets. Tailored towards UK KS3 & KS4 however used globally. Produced by internationally renowned history teacher.

Learn how to create homeschool unit studies that are fun and engaging for your children and foster a love of learning more about the world around them.

My daughter has always enjoyed crosswords and when she was younger we often completed crosswords linked to the topics that we were learning in Geography or History so I was excited to spot the KS3 …

I am getting more and more emails/questions about the different resources that we use so I thought it might be helpful to write a summary post about the Year 7 resources that we have been using wit…

Homeschooling is different for each age and stage of a child’s life. As children get older, their capabilities grow and they need different things from their home education. This post will cover some of the key things to be aware of when starting homeschooling at Key Stage 3, Key Stage 3 refers to the work

Sticking with my starting year 7 resource idea posts this is what I have gathered for Science. Both my kids tend to heavily favour biology so we have actually already covered a lot of biology ̵…

This homeschool geography curriculum for grades K-3 from Beautiful Feet Books is a super fun way to boost learning through literature.

The English national curriculum means children in different schools (at primary and secondary level) study the same subjects to similar standards - it's split into key stages with tests

It's amazing how many FREE resources are available for homeschoolers. While I do recommend purchasing some curriculum, supplement with these free resources.

Six simple steps to make it easy when you're working out how to plan a home school year. Simple homeschool planner. Home education planner.

Without the proper knowledge, your homeschool experience may not go as planned. For today’s article, I present to you a complete guide on how does school at home works.

At home art lessons for kids. Salvador Dali art projects for kids. Art history. Home school art lessons. Kindergarten - 6th grade.

Medieval Chemistry and Homeschool History. Science wasn't really dead during the Middle Age, it's just people fanaticized about turning items to gold.

Use this comprehensive, easy-to-use music and art curriculum in just 10 minutes a day! In this 30-week enrichment curriculum, we journey through history with the great artists and composers.

These are free educational resources that are either based in or about the UK. Perfect for those who live in the UK or those who want to learn about the UK.

Our Geography learning has always happened as part of our projects, when we learnt about Vikings we also learnt a lot about Scandinavia and the parts of Europe that the Vikings invaded, whenever we…

Freedom Homeschooling lists free homeschool electives for all grades. Business, engineering, journalism, public speaking, and more!

At home art lessons for kids. Michelangelo art projects for children. Art history. Home school art. Preschool - 6th grade. Elementary art.

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Lesson Plan: KS3 Maths – Teach Angles with Clocks

English Home Studies can help your child with English via 1:1 English tuition, affordable digital, & printable resources and KS3 and KS4 Facebook groups.

The second of my starting year 7 resource posts for my son is going to be on History resources. It is another easy post because I really have LOVED the series that I used with my oldest for her KS3…

Keeping you up-to-date with the latest on education, including great teaching ideas and current issues in education.

Keeping you up-to-date with the latest on education, including great teaching ideas and current issues in education.

Amazing and awesome math art projects that kids (and parents and teachers!) will love.

There are certain essential supplies for distance learning that we find ourselves using over and over again. Here is a rundown!

The 21 best homeschool blogs to follow for free resources, inspiration and community. Home education blogs to follow.

All about Cazoom Maths Worksheets. All about Cazoom Maths. We help students from years 1 to 11 to improve their maths with targeted worksheets.

Contents 1x introduction sheet for teachers 3x sheets of ‘Area and Perimeter’ activity cards Sort the cards into statements that you think are always true, sometimes true, never true Match cards that show different ways of representing the same shape Problem solving card activity Objective Discussion in a mathematics lesson is acknowledged to be a […]

In this 21 minute video, I demonstrate how to paint an artist's mannequin in acrylic. Emphasis is on mixing, establishing, and applying a range of values, especially the creation of highlights and shadows from tints and shades in order to create the illusion of a monochromatic 3-D form. I hope you'll find the tone conversational but informative. This demo or tutorial is very specific to a challenge I had given my Art Foundations students, but my intention is that you find it helpful for teaching your students to paint any cylindrical form.