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 loyal followers, if there are any!  Today is Thursday 👊🏻 Nearly Friday! Today was a bit of a catch up day finishing some things up and continuing on from recent lessons. I kept reading the poem I am  studying  'My Country', I have learnt the first 3 stanzas now and am actually enjoying the challenge of  remembering  all the lines.  Anyway, here's my day...  9am  Maths 1 hour + Revision of times tables 3, 4, 6 and 7 10:15  Morning Tea 10:30  French - Revision and continuing learning the words for this week - remember test  on Friday 10:45  - French History Essay - Read the feedback and proofread the essay 11 (ish) - Today Stephen Hawking passed away. He was an extremely intelligent man who contributed much to the world of science and mathematics. Research him - his life, his achievements, his young diagnosis with Motor Neuron Disease, and how he defied the odds by living WAY b...

Hey guys,  So today is Monday. The beginning of Week 7!! This term is going ridiculously fast! Only three weeks of school left before the Easter holidays which is crazy. I'm really loving the work I'm doing at the moment, its all stuff I've never learnt before which is always good. Here's my day... 9am  Maths 1 hour + 15 minutes times tables revision of 4, 6 and 7. 10:15  Morning Tea break 10:30  Begin reading Animal Farm, taking notes throughout it of anything interesting / confusing / key plot points 11:30  French revision plus add 5 new words to the vocabulary list 11:45  Poetry - Continue revising / learning My Sunburnt Country Lunch break whenever finished. Shopping for materials, then Craft - headband making in the afternoon.  Extra things to do this afternoon :  Make sure ALL areas in One Note are up to date, including art with Indi, reflections, recipes, etc. Choose the next art activity to do...

Hello everyone!  Today is a Wednesday and the next episode of Riverdale comes out today after a month's break so I am hyped! Anyone else excited?? Today it poured all day and it was cold! I had to pull out some warmer clothes  which was awesome because I love cold weather. Here's my day... 9am  Maths 1 hour 10am  Morning tea break 15 minutes 10:15am  Art - Next lesson in the program When finished make another large Waldorf rainbow star 12pm  Lunch and break 12:45  History - Write the paper on The Help 1:30pm  History - 30-45 minutes - Continue writing the essay on French history and culture. Look at having this completed by  Friday For art today I looked at Outer Space drawings using oil pastels on black paper. It had a really great effect! Here are my two finished pieces:  An Outer Space artwork Camping under a night sky I really  love the mo...

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 guys,  Today is Friday!!! So I only had a short day with a free afternoon! And then Youth Group tonight which was awesome! Here's my day... 9am  Maths 45 mins ; Times Tables revision 15 mins - 8, 9 and 12 10am  Morning Tea 10:15  - History - Continue researching and working on the French essay 11am  - English - Continue reading The Help 12pm  - Lunch and break time Afternoon Activities - Resume - there is a great Template in Word. Also, look up online ‘Australian resume - current’ and make sure everything on there is included.  Art activity with Indigo - edible finger paint.  That was my day and then I had youth group tonight which was really fun. We had our own mind Commonwealth Games with different activities. They were all with a twist though. For example the '100 metre sprints' was that we had to reach 100 metres (or as close to as possible) using just items we had on us includin...

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 ...

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 ...

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 F...

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...