I'm jumping onboard a monthly wrap-up post meme run by "
Our Worldwide Classroom". So here's Billy's February...
February has involved many days out:
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| An excursion to Tocal Homestead - learning about Australian history |
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| A local art show |
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| Homeschooler's swimming carnival |
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| 'Nerf' war day with the homeschoolers |
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Cubs has provided plenty of fun and learning opportunities:
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| Making chariots with lashing and trying them out |
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| Learning how to roll and break the flag correctly |
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A weekend cub leadership course - first night away from home without family! (A big milestone for him - and me!)
They did many team and leadership activities, as well as cooking, learning about the flag, knots, trail signs. They even got to watch a movie! |
Weekly activities are back into full swing - dragons martial arts, archery and drama. He's moved up to the Yr 5/6 drama class and is absolutely loving it. He loves the teacher, loves what they're doing and has friends in the class.
We're focusing on a few areas this year as far as 'intentional learning' goes:
Australian history
- Watched the complete My Place series 1, and several episodes so far of series 2.
- Reading the book of My Place by Nadia Wheatley.
- The visit (mentioned above) to Tocal Homestead
Computers
- Billy's been continuing to create plugins for Minecraft using Java. He's been modifying one of his old ones with my help (I have to learn it as I go!), and has created a new one entirely on his own.
- He's been using Corel Video Studio to create video intros for the start of the tutorials etc he creates and puts on YouTube.
- He's been researching how to create apps for an Android phone.
Maths
- Practising maths facts using Timez Attack
- Watching Cyberchase for maths concepts
- Discussions about pi, fibonacci numbers
Science
Reading
- The Jungle book
- Deltora Quest book 6 and 7 by Emily Rodda
- Toad Surprise by Morris Gleitzmann
So it's been a busy month of getting back into routine - and then losing that routine as we have days out!
2 comments:
Sounds like a busy month too!
Thanks for joining in Kez :-)
That's a lot of good stuff in just one month! Looks like a lot of fun was had too.
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