Homeschool Girl

Hey guys,  Today was swimming, so I am TIRED... But that does tie in with getting new library books, so that works out great for me. Got lots of new reading material. The library recently restocked the teen section, so I am on a roll. Here's my day... 8:30 ish get picked up Swimming 45 minutes 10am  - Baby Rhyme Time / Book return / Book collect etc. Home 11ish ; Morning Tea 11:30  - Maths 1 hour 12:30  - Lunch and break time 1:15  - History - continue working on French essay.  Also, look over the presentation so it's ready for tonight. 2pm  - Watch the following videos on French culture and history. Take notes. Include anything interesting / confusing that was discovered.  https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=z89fac5Z250 https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=JGDcDICQswg So yeah that was my day today. I did my history presentation this evening and it all went well. Apart from the fact that the music I had playing in the background int

Hello everyone. Happy Tuesday!  Last night we had a huge storm come over. There was some pretty awesome thunder and lightning. It's cooled things down a lot today, which is great! It's only 23 degrees here which is a nice change. Anyway here is what my day looked like today... 9am  - Revise history essay once again, looking into why the slaves were freed and how this connects with the Civil War ending.  9:15am  - Maths 45 minutes 10am  Morning Tea 10:15am  - English / History a Reflective Writing task on the reality TV show Outback House. 11am  - English - continue working on the Comparative Essay on Romeo and Juliet  11:30am  - Art - next lesson in the program 12:30  (or whenever it's finished) - Lunch and break for 45 minutes Afternoon task - Science - There was a lovely big storm last night. Research what causes a storm to happen, and draw a creative, neat and explanatory diagram on white A4 paper which represents this occurrence.

Hey everyone!  I'm back after my weekend. I've got some Monday-itis today as I had a really great weekend. I spent Saturday up on Tamborine Mountain looking at op-shops, book stores and cafes. It was lovely. On Sunday we went to Church and then spent the afternoon at home. I hung out on the trampoline with a good book. How was your weekend?  Anyway here's my day today... 9am  Maths 45 minutes ; 15 mins revise timetables 8,9 and 12 10am  Morning Tea break 15 mins  10:15am  - English - begin working on the Comparative Essay for Romeo and Juliet. This will be due by the end of this week. 11:30am  - French - next lesson in the program 12pm  - Lunch and break time  12:45pm  - History - Continue work on the study of French history and culture (see the program for direction) 2pm  - Finish! When looking at it now, it seems like I did hardly anything but in fact I was quite busy. I did some French using the program  https://www.busuu.com

Hey everyone, Back up to date with my days... Today is Friday!! Today I wanted to have a bit of an adventure so I went off to the library to do my schoolwork there. It was so nice and quiet. No annoying little sister to interupt me. I managed to get a lot done (including writing like 5 blog posts). Here's my day... 9am  - Maths 45 minutes ; 15 mins times tables revision 6, 7, 8 , 9 10am  15 min coffee / morning tea break 10:15am  - Try and check out / hold a copy of the books "The Help" and "Animal Farm" ; look for reference books on French History or French Culture 10:30am  - History - FINISH the Civil War / GWTW presentation! Polish it and make it ready for presentation  next Wednesday  night 11am  - Begin researching some general facts about France and compiling them in one place - where is it? What is the population? Any interesting cultural facts?  Begin researching the French Revolution, it is a very important time in French Hist

Good afternoon!  Today I really didn't feel like doing school so my Mum decided I could have the morning off! We went on an adventure to the Gold Coast Arts Centre to have morning tea, a walk on the beach, and a mini photo shoot in front of this awesome wall!  Seriously the coolest wall ever! When we got home I had to do some school. So I did the following subjects, just so I could say I'd been productive.  1 hour - Maths Online 15 mins - French revision (test tomorrow)  15 mins - Worldviews revision (test tomorrow or Monday)  Choose a craft activity for Indigo for next week and a recipe for dinner Tuesday night.  So I had a pretty simple day. 😊 QOTD is would you rather be in front or behind the camera? I would definitely rather be behind but I don't mind having my photo taken either.  Homeschool Girl xx

Hello!  Today is a Wednesday for me which means I'm halfway through the week! Yay!  9am  Maths - 45 minutes ; 15 minutes revision of times tables 3, 4 and 6 10am  Morning Tea break 10:15am  House cleaning for inspection tomorrow  11am  Art - Next project in Art Program 12pm  Lunch break - Watching Romeo and Juliet (finishing it tonight). PLEASE TAKE NOTES as we watch for doing the comparison essay between the book and the film.  1:30pm  ish Afternoon activity - Photography Challenge #4  Steps Go for a walk somewhere which inspires you. As you walk, stop and take a unique image after walking  exactly 20 steps. The world changes a lot in just a few feet. Stop to capture this. Place your photographs into a slideshow. So that was my day! It was actually pretty good, as I didn't have much on. Sometimes I find I get the most work done when I don't have many subjects to do. I don't have any of the photos I took for my challenge but I did

Hey everyone,  Back from my weekend! I spent the weekend with my Grandparents and yesterday too. So I had a free day yesterday and didn't do ANY schoolwork! So here's today's schedule... 9am  MATHS - 45 minutes online program 10am  ish - Morning Tea 10:30  - English - Continue working on Book/Play Review for Romeo and Juliet - due TODAY Once this is completed, move onto History until lunch time. History - Continue working on the GWTW / Civil War Presentation AND the informal paragraph (due next Wednesday) 12pm  ish - Lunch and break time 1pm  - French - Choose new words (5) for the week, and revise your others 1:30pm  - Spirituality - final revision on Worldviews as there will be a test on these on Wednesday Free time with Nanna and Grandpa :) So yeah that was my day. Yesterday was awesome, we went out for breakfast and then spent a couple of hours at a bookshop 📚 It was a really great day. Coffee and Books, what could be better

Hey guys!  I am so sorry that I haven't posted in such a long time! I've been really busy with school and other things. So I promise I will catch up.  Anyway, I'll just write as if this day was today... Here is my schedule.  9am  Maths - 45 minutes online program; 15 minutes times tables 10am Morning tea break 10:15am - History - Continue to work on Gone with the Wind informal paragraph (this will be due next Wednesday), and speech (date to be advised) 11am - Arts and crafts with Indigo (little sister) 12pm - Lunch and break time 1pm - Times Tables Test - French Test (15 words) 1:30pm - English - Work on your Book Review for Romeo and Juliet 2pm - FUN FRIDAY AFTERNOON - Finish photography (this will be due on Monday by  3pm ); hunt for recipes; sew; draw/sketch/paint; watch a movie; bake something; email / write to friends; work on my blog (obviously I didn't do this!); read etc.  YOUTH GR

Hello again! I hope you guys don't mind that I post everyday. I just like sharing what I get up to with someone other than my one year old sister. 😝 Let me know if there are other things you want me to share? Anyway here is my day today:  9am - Maths - 45 minutes online program 10am - Break for morning tea 10:15am - ART - Continue on with art program :) If completed before 12pm, finish taking photographs from  Tuesday   12pm - Lunch and break time 1pm - English - Continue reading Romeo and Juliet. Take notes of sections found difficult.  2pm - Complete photography challenge (editing photos, putting them together in a slideshow or another creative display, with captions) Today in my art class I looked at shape and shading. The example used was pumpkins. I had to do a practice piece and then the main task. Practice Pumpkin Pumpkin field at night  So those are the two art pieces I did today. Leave

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!! Look at me having another year without a Valentine. What about you? Anyone special in your life? Today was just a normal school day for me. Here's what it looked like... POOL for a swim LIBRARY - check out new books Morning tea 11am  - Maths - 45 minutes on lessons ; 15 minutes on times tables 12pm -  History - Begin to write a paragraph on the movie 'Gone with the Wind' and start to think about a 5-minute presentation.  12:30  - Lunch and break time 1pm  - French - Continue to memorise 5 new words, as well as the 10 from last week 1:15  Watch this video  https://youtu.be/ HGx7q4O6w2w   on the background of Valentine’s Day. Learn something new about the origins of this holiday. Read Lord Byron’s poem “She Walks in Beauty” - this is considered to be one of the most romantic poems of all time. Lord Byron lived 1788-1824, so it’s been around a long time! Link to the poe

Hello!  This is my first real post seeing as the last one was to just get everyone caught up on my life and who I actually am. This is more of what I will be sharing on a day-to-day basis. Today for me was a Tuesday and this was what I got up to today (roughly).  9am - English - keep working through Romeo and Juliet, taking notes as you go 10am - Morning tea break 10:15 - Photography Challenge - Exercise 9: Mixing Bowl Drop many pieces of scrap paper into a mixing bowl. Each piece should have a single word or phrase. Draw a piece of paper, grab your camera, and start shooting. 11am - MATHS TUTOR 12pm - Lunch and break 12:30 - History - Continue watching Gone with the Wind 1:30pm - Art Study - Commence online program So that was my day!  I want to share a bit about what my art lesson was today. I recently started using an online art program called Our Homeschool Forum . It is a great website which all

Hey, everyone!  (It seems kind of ridiculous starting this post off like that since I know no one will probably be reading this. But if you are, Hello! Thank you so much for beginning to follow my journey) I'm Saraya (or Raya, which is what I've been called since I was little and my younger siblings couldn't say my name properly.) I am 15 years old, a bookworm, art enthusiast, aspiring photographer and homeschool girl.  {With a camera in hand as usual} I started this blog because I need an outlet to just talk. Since I am homeschooled and don't go to school and interact with people, I wanted somewhere where I could just be myself whether or not anyone is listening. If you choose to follow along on my journey than I just want to thank you! I promise it will be an adventure.  I will be sharing on here my schedule every day and what I get up to. Also including any art pieces I do, photos I take or any random inspiration from my day.  More coming s