January
- Started martial arts
- Holiday fun with fishing & swimming
- Puzzles
- Made marbled paper
- Competed in the Homeschool Swimming carnival
- Participated in Engineering challenges at FBI
- Celebrated Galileo's b'day with some telescope viewing
- Built a sound-detecting robot
- Did some M&M maths
- Celebrated Pancake Tuesday and Chinese New Year
- Maths puzzles on the whiteboard
- Rock-climbing with homeschoolers
- First go at archery
- Maths plays about goblins at FBI
- Chromotography experiments at FBI
- Attended a Da Vinci exhibition
- Celebrated International Pi Day
- Played Maths board games
- Started cubs
- Had his first martial arts grading
- A homeschool excursion to a Macadamia Farm
- Auskick training started back
- He did a Crime Investigation unit looking at things like fingerprints, tire track, pH of powders etc
- Coloured eggs for Easter
- Attended the CSIRO Science workshop
- Attended a homeschool excursion behind the scenes at Newcastle Airport
- Learnt about square numbers
- Did experiments about erosion
- Played lots of Auskick including a game on the SCG
- Watched the lunar eclipse
- Science experiments including making sherbet, and investigating polymers
- Completed Cub's Cooking badge
- Codes and ciphers
- An excursion to the mail sorting centre with local homeschoolers
- Another martial arts grading
- Achieved his cub Space badge
- AFL Skills training day
- Saw The Gruffalo stage show
- Trip to the Sydney Observatory
- Trip to the Maritime Museum with entry to a submarine and the Endeavour replica
- Just Macbeth on stage at the Sydney Opera House
- A 2-day CSIRO Science workshop
- Came 2nd in a writing competition
- Went on an excursion to the Worm Farm with other homeschoolers
- Went on a hike with Cubs
- Did some light experiments
- Learnt lots about rocks
- Completed the 2010 Premier's Reading Challenge
- Went on his first Cub camp
- Attended the Jollybops Science Show
- Put together a solar powered car
- Planted a garden
- Attended an Aboriginal Art printmaking workshop
- Science experiments like making slime
- Learning some foreign languages
- Doing Halloween crafts
- A trip to Taronga Zoo and a look behind the scenes at night with other homeschoolers
- Attended a magic workshop
- Attended a Spanish folk art workshop
- Swimming lessons
- Wind in the Willows performances
- Coin collecting
- Watched another lunar eclipse
- Went to the Questacon water exhibition
- Visited the Australian Shark & Ray Centre on a homeschooler's excursion
5 comments:
I love the photo summary! It's been a big year, and I've enjoyed reading about the many adventures of Billy. The square numbers lesson looks great, simple but memorable.
Have a wonderful Christmas!
:) Vanessa
It looks like you guys had a great year. Thanks for the comment on my blog.
What a busy year your family had! And so many interesting activities! That was an incredible eclipse last night. My mind is boggling a little about how both northern and southern hemispheres on either side of the world were able to see it. Probably best I don't think about it too much!
Re your comment: Dusty isn't picky about her shoulder sitting. If you have broad enough shoulders, she'll jump on you. This has scared more than one guest to our house!
Peace and Laughter,
Merry Christmas!
Wow - Billy sure has had a busy and fun year. Anyone who knocks home schooling only has to see this post to see that Billy is not missing out on anything - if anything he does more.
Libby
What an awesome year!
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