Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Wed 30 Jan 13

Hi, there's so much to it!
We watched an intro to biology/evolution/natural selection video today on Khan academy.
Why? Cos i keep wibbling between paying some ££ and getting on with a GCSE, or simply finding everything on the syllabus, finding lessons free on the web & getting on with that - takes a lot more time planning. not my fave.

what is going on at the mo?
*codeacademy          - this is good, and free. but again requires more time, as i have to complete each step myself in order to help the pupils.
*a single shard          -this is quite good too, it goes vocab-chapter-comprehension quiz. Not the kids' most fun lesson. but good.
*anne of green gables      -i have to prepare an extensive vocab list beforehand. sudden brainwave - google it! brb!




Monday, 21 January 2013

Monday 21 Jan '13 - explaining about gcses

today we did our devotion & some bible study.
then the vocab & read chap 1 of anne of green gables.
we made a chicken stew together.
f did chap 61 of maths tt5.

we spoke for about an hour about doing igcse biology using cloudlearn. i explained yet again that you are taught first, then tested.  i explained how we would break it down into chunks....
then i showed R a gcse biology exam paper, she was able to answer some questions outright, using common sense & guesswork.

R made a chocolate cake.
good.


Friday, 11 January 2013

thurs 10 jan '13

The internet was down, so I cast about the house. We  had a great time doing pimsleur hebrew the the 1st lesson from study guide to " a single shard".
All cosy, laughing and having fun!

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Carob bread

Tuesday, got the bus to GAP, there wasn't that many there, but there were two new families & a brand new baby.
I made the "Chocolate bread" recipe in my breadmaker, using carob powder instead of cocoa. It wasn't chocolatey but it was quite nice.
Great to be back at BSF tonight!

Monday, 7 January 2013

07 Jan '13

Back To School. After a slow start today we did our BSF, finished reading The Midnight Fox, did a chapter of maths & a page of english.
That'll do for today. Onward & upward!

Next book to begin is A Single Shard.