Spanish Exchange – an update on the education

finally a week were some education definitely went on of a book nature! As a home education journal, there are some real gaps in home ed details! It is mostly a catalog of exchange. SO a quick sum up of the main work items for each child. It goes without saying that there is crafting, painting, sewing, baking, sports, games etc!

SB

SHe is working towards 4 definite gcse: maths; chemistry; english; spanish, and one possible – physics. We are hoping that by the time she goes to Spain she will have finished at least 3/4 of the course, as will only have a month after her return before the exams start [I will not panic] the current sources she is using.

Collins Cambridge IGCSE – Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry Student Book
Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook with CD-ROM (Cambridge International Examinations)
Collins IGCSE Maths – Cambridge IGCSE Maths Revision Guide
Edexcel International GCSE and Certificate Spanish Grammar Workbook
Cambridge IGCSE First Language Coursebook (Cambridge International Examinations)

SpD is mostly working on English, both directly with a coursebook, with EFL worksheets from the internet and through a history project. We are clearly doing much less bookwork than normal, as actually it is conversation that is the most important, so we are also playing games, going to places and talking about it, encouraging reading of good books and watching good programmes [she rather likes Jane Austen, but Shakespeare is a bit dense]. When kids come out of school in England, it is common to find they need a period of deschooling – ie doing relatively nothing – to find their flow and self direction, and this was clearly something noticeable for SpD, though she didnt have the luxury of all the time she might have had in a 6 month exchange.

Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language Coursebook with Audio CD (Cambridge International Examinations)
Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language Workbook (Cambridge International Examinations)
Tudors & Stuarts (Usborne History of Britain)
The Victorians (Usborne History of Britain)

BB has decided to really work on her home ed this month. It is paying off she has decided that English really isnt so hard – though she doesnt like writing much, and is starting to push through her books. she likes the wizardy letts books too [now discontinued] though isnt so keen on any of the more wordy books – so those we need to move on with! she is doing regular piano practice and reading fact books. she seems happier with this activity. she is also doing conquer maths, though still with a bit of a block on times tables.

Collins Primary Focus – Grammar and Punctuation: Pupil Book 2
Collins Primary Focus – Comprehension: Pupil Book 2
Collins Primary Focus – Spelling: Pupil Book 2
Magical Science Ages 8-9 (Letts Magical Topics)
Understanding Science: Light, Sound and Space (Series of 6): KS2, Years 3 – 6