Homeschool Girl

Another day, another post... Today is Thursday and I spent the day at the library. It is still raining heavily and some places are beginning to flood. I loved sitting in the library listening to the rain while I do my schoolwork. Here's what the view looked like.  Loving this rain! Anyway... Here's my day:  9 (ish) Maths 1 hour + 15 minutes times tables revision 8, 9, 12 (there will be a full times tables test next week - last week of term) Morning Tea break 10:30  English - complete and tidy up / proofread bonus chapter. It will be marked over the weekend. 11:30  French - revise current words and begin to write the speech to present to the family.  It should ideally go for 3-4 minutes. 12pm  Lunch and break 12:45  Science - NEW UNIT - Farming and Permaculture Undertake a research study into traditional and contemporary farming / gardening methods. To begin with, do some general research...

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope your weekend's went well, mine was great. On Saturday we had a home day but spent the afternoon / evening at a friends house. We had a swim, a dance party and dinner there. Then on Sunday we drove to Brisbane for my Poppy's birthday, we went to a park  and  got fish and chips. I hung out with  Indi  and our  cousin Lauren who is 2.  It was fun! Here's my day today... 7:45  head to school to drop boys off ; go to Helensvale Library In the library care for Indigo and get her some books.  Borrow some new fiction, as well as look for any relevant books on Stephen Hawking (for educational free reading) ; also on Mother Theresa who will included in a study soon.  10 (ish) home for morning tea 11am  - Maths 1 hour 12pm  - I Love a Sunburnt Country memorisation 12:30  - Lunch and break 1:15  - Write the “bonus chapter” for the end of Insurgent ...

Hey guys,  Yesterday I actually had a day off which is why I didn't post. It is now Tuesday here and it has been raining for the last 48 hours. I spent this morning at the library, doing school, reading books and drinking coffee. It was the perfect morning. Here's the rest of my day... 8:30  ish - LIBRARY 8:45  Maths - 1 hour Morning tea break - 15 mins 10am  History - Continue reading ‘The Help’ - 1 hour (ish) Start working on the informative paper on 'The Help' and the message is sends.  Home - Lunch - break 45 minutes 1pm  - French - new words + revision of old ones.  Also, find  2 short phrases  rather than single words, and add these to the repertoire. There will be a revision test  on Friday . 1:30pm  - Making Waldorf rainbow stars  Today was a relatively easy and fun day but I still got a lot done. Here's a photo of the rainbow star I made this afternoon:  ...

Hey  everyone!  Sorry these next two posts will be a bit late. This is Thursday's post and today is Sunday here, but I'll just post as if today is Thursday. So "today's" schedule is below... 9am  Maths - Just 30 minutes, continuing with the program and preparing for tutoring later this morning. 9:30am  - History - have a break from French History research, and begin Task 4 of the Civil War Unit - reading The Help 10:30am  - Morning tea and break Get ready for Tutor 11am  - Maths Tutor 12pm  - Lunch and break 12:30pm  - French - continue with learning the new words, remembering there will be a revision test on Friday. Also, look through the new French library books. 1pm  - Write a persuasive text about why I want to go to Vanuatu on a mission trip with some family friends.  1:30pm  - Organise a social event for the coming weekend or next week. This may be with an old friend,...

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 ...

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...