April 30th-May 25th 2012.

Have had so much happen recently ive not had a chance to update this, have unfortunately and sadly lost both my Nan and my Granddad over the last few weeks. In between visits to the hospital and one funeral (one is next week) and J's appointments at various departments we have fitted in lots of learning. He has done lots of English work including meanings of sayings such as 'under the weather' etc, apostrophes and punctuation etc and also started a new reading book... 'Jack Nicklaus-My Story'......he is a famous golfer and it is his biography. Maths has been lots of success working on Conquer Maths including conquering fractions which has been his nemesis for years in mainstream school. Geography has been ongoing work about the Rainforest tho he has now completed this and also learning about the EDO tribe but I have an idea for another on going Geography idea which would combine his love of consoles games as they are all based in different countries...more on that when ive figured it out. Science has been more work about his 'Grow your own Potatoes'...they look like triffids lol, also learnt about various reptiles. History is still W.W.2 based....he had to think about being a child in an air raid shelter in London then write an imaginary diary about how it was, make a W.W.2 poster about 'Make do and Mend', he has written an imaginary evacuee letter home and also researched about occupied Singapore and written about how it would have been. He stayed a weekend at my parents and while there did cookery and made a Spanish Chicken and Chorizo dish. Lots of silver art award work like planning lessons, researching about an exhibition and then visiting that exhibition and writing a report on it etc. He also played a gold competition with Disabled Golf Society Wales and came 4th place on a count-back.He has played lots of golf besides which included learning on the course be it Maths and working out yardages or Science watching the birds of prey or the squirrels.

Silver Art Award work.

April 23rd-April 27th 2012

Back to learning after a few weeks break for Easter. Foot is healed so back to golf too for Jordan.

Monday he wrote a magazine article for English, Maths was decimals, Geography was all about the rain-forest  Then we went up the range to practice as the weather was too bad for the golf course.

Tuesday was money and addition for Maths, for English he made a leaflet for a local tourist attraction, Science was pictures of the potatoes he is growing and some worksheets, Silver Art Award was research into what he would need to do to become a professional photographer tho this is still a word document and needs to be put onto his blog. Art was to draw his version of a painting by Andre Derain. In the evening it was his golf lesson.

Wednesday we went to the golf range again as weather was too bad to go on the course. Then in the afternoon he did Maths which was fractions, money and mental maths. Then history was WW2 food, planning a party with WW2 food and comparing my shopping list with what you could buy then.

Thursday he made an information leaflet about his favorite game and did some book work for English, Maths was whole numbers and subtraction, for Project work he started The Tudor Time Traveler so took a walk around our area looking for everything that a Tudor visitor would find odd and not have seen before etc. Then it was cookery and he made Mississippi Mud Pie.

Friday he did some mental strategy for Maths and then bookwork for English then as the weather was so bad back up the range. While there the pro told him there was an award in the shop for him to pick up that he had won whilst a member at that club last year so he picked the award up on the way home.

March 3rd thru April 3rd 2012.

Another busy month, lots of Conquer Maths, English, History is W.W.2, Cookery, Geography, Golf, Science including the potatoes that are growing, Silver Art award work, and the last of African drumming. Mix that with a week of illness and then a fractured foot on the golf course its been a funny old month. Having a break for Easter then start back in a couple of weeks and he is also back to golf and competitions too.

February 11th til March 2nd 2012.

Man ive been so lax with my blog....were to begin....lots of African drumming at home ed group, a ton of work on his Silver art award including a photo-shoot of two little local  kids and their parents, lots of History about Victorian Britain, Lots of Geography, Projects about all sorts including Wales, China and Robins, English, Science...we just started the Grow your own Spuds project, Maths is now something enjoyable as he does Conquer Maths.....lots of incidental learning too and plenty of golf. And this evening was spent tidying the learning corner.

February 6th to February 10th 2012.

Winding down week this week as having a week break from learning over the half term week.

He stayed over another home schooled friends house Sunday till Tuesday so I had him back at home group were he did African Drumming. In the week we also went to the golf range, did Geography about New Zealand as it was Waitangi day on the Monday, Science and some Maori art, did some writing work about his trip to the fire station with his friend and also did his silver arts award work and also watched a few 'how its made' programmes.

January 30th to February 3rd 2012.

Been a flexi week this week, nothing set to any particular day except Tuesday which is Home Ed Group day....African Drums and Aborigine hand painting and boomerangs, bit of persuasive writing work, Geography work about Australia.....last week had two events....Chinese New Year and Australia day.....so we carried the Australian theme over for this week but rather than modern White Australia he learnt about the Native Australian Aborigines, their food, musical instruments and art. He did some Science work and continued his history about Victorians. He did a project about Robins. Cookery was Lamingtons and Damper bread. Art was to make a digeredoo with an Aborigine design. Silver Arts award he learnt all about the camera settings and what they all do so that he is able to know what to do for the rest of his work.

January 23rd to 27th 2012.

Monday we went to golf first thing then when we got back J did some Science and some Geography.

Tuesday was home ed group and African Drumming and Chinese New Year day.

Wednesday was English,  History and lots of incidental learning about different animals he saw in the animal planet mag.

Thursday was meant to be golf but it was raining so we went to the range and then when he got back he did an ICT power-point about China...the whole week has been about China as it was the Chinese New Year on Monday. Then it was cookery and he made Chinese Garlic Chicken, really tasty.

Friday he did some reading and then some persuasive writing work, Art was to find a famous Chinese artist and make a copy of one of their pictures. Then he did week two of his silver arts award.