WK 6 - OCTOBER 21ST 2013

Our learning week beginning Monday 15th October 2013 

     This week Louise has had a nearly identical week to last week. All the subjects she has done are still looking at the same things as last week.

      Louise has continued to work on the MEP maths unit of Angle Geometry.  She has made some good progress and has completed all this unit of work.

      In English she has been continuing to read Romeo and Juliet and has continued adding further to her analysis sheets on the characters in the play whilst looking at the further ways Shakespear wrote his plays

      In Geography Louise has been continuing with unit urban environments and looking at the major cities of the U.K and comparing them with major cities around the world.

      In history she is still working on the unit on the changes in medicine 1845 - 1945. The main focus this week has been on the impact the start of the Great War had on treating wounded servicemen.


  

   

                                 

     Katie has this week continued carrying out her study into our local area. She has produced some great pictures and written some informative passages to go along with photos on her map work and display sheets. 

     She has continued working away at the MEP maths work and is progressing steadily. English has this week been doing some informative writing for her work on the Local Area.

      Lily has continued to work from her maths and English work books. She has also continued to read her books and done various art and crafts as well as cooking. 

     

       Once again the usual pattern of activities involving Lily and Katie have seen them going to the youth club at Blackpool Young Carers, visiting the library and going to the park and swimming. 

      Louise has also gone to both of her youth groups at FCBI - Fylde  Coast Be Involved as well as  the two Young Carers Youth clubs.

   


      Another great week girls. Well done!   

WK 5 - OCTOBER 14TH 2013

     

Our learning week beginning Tuesday 15th October 2013 

      Louise has started to work on the MEP maths unit of Angle Geometry. She has been working through the set exercises along with a lot of one to one tuition from myself as it was mainly an area Louise had not covered before. She has made some good progress and will carry on with the unit she has completed all the work.

      In English she has been continuing to read Romeo and Juliet and has continued adding further to her analysis sheets on the characters in the play. 

      In Geography Louise has been continuing with unit urban environments and has been looking at the major cities of the U.K and comparing them with major cities around the world.

      In history she is still working on the unit on the changes in medicine 1845 - 1945. The main focus this week has been on pioneers such as  Louis Pasteur,  Alexander Fleming, Edward Jenner, Robert Koch and Joseph Lister. 

   

                                 

     Katie has this week was been carrying out a study into our local area. This has involved Katie going into Bispham Village and making a detailed survey of all the businesses and facilities that are present there as well as taking photographs. This her seen her using all her skills to produced a detailed analyses of the village to then transfer the information to maps, articles and presentations which will become part of her work on the wider area topic of Where In the World? 


     

      Lily has continued, as usual, using the maths and English work books. She has also continued to read  her books and various articles from the newspapers and magazines. 

     

     The normal pattern of activities involving Lily and Katie have seen them going to the youth club at Blackpool Young Carers, visiting the library and going to the park and swimming. 

      Louise has also gone to her 1 of her youth groups at FCBI - Fylde  Coast Be Involved as well as  the Young Carers Youth clubs.

   
      Another great week girls. Well done!   

EDEN CAMP OCTOBER 2013

    On Wednesday 9th October, during our holiday in Humberside and Lincolnshire we visited the museum Eden Camp.

    The museum is located on the outskirts of the market town of Malton in North Yorkshire and is an award winning Modern History Theme Museum housed within the grounds of an original World War Two prisoner of war camp.  It was developed into a museum to stand as a tribute to all people, civilian and military, who endured hardship throughout World War Two.

      Eden Camp  was built as a Prisoner of War camp in 1942. A small number of Army troops arrived at Malton in 1942, and erected a barbed wire enclosure and tents which would serve as a camp for the influx of enemy prisoners of war captured in North Africa.Two hundred and fifty Italian prisoners were the first arrivals, and were ordered to construct a larger and more permanent prison camp. While at the camp, prisoners worked on nearby farms. The Italian prisoners left the camp in 1944, and German prisoners were detained there from 1944 until 1948.

      Now, the huts are equipped to cover all aspects of World War Two, from social to military history. The huts cover subjects like Hitler and the Nazis, evacuation, propaganda, the Land Army, munitions factories, The Red Cross, the war at sea and in the desert, the life of a PoW, Dunkirk, the Dambusters, the Great Escape and many more.

     There's a War News Reading Room with newspaper pages from nearly every day of the war; a collection of military vehicles; a 'dig for victory' garden; an assault course; a Garden of Remembrance; a music hall with puppet shows and war-time entertainment, and food served in the Mess.

    


 There's a hut devoted to the First World War and one about British conflicts since the Second World War, including Palestine, Cyprus, Korea and Iraq.

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OCTOBER 7TH 2013 HOLS!!!!

This week were on holiday. We went to Lincolnshire and Humberside area. We went on some educational trips which will be detailed in future posts.

WK 4 - SEPTEMBER 30TH 2013

Our learning week beginning Monday 30th September 2013

      Louise has still been working on the MEP maths unit of Indices. She has been working through the set exercises and has made good progress and completed the unit with very good results. She will start a new unit after the mid session break.

      In English she has been continuing to read Romeo and Juliet and has been producing an analysis on the characters that have been in the play up to this stage and been developing individual sheets on each.

      In Geography all the three girls have been studying the water cycle. They have all produced their own sheets showing the various stages of the cycle. 

      In history Louise is still working on the unit on the changes in medicine 1845 - 1945.

  

                                 

     Katie has continued with her numeracy and literacy work. Numeracy this week was concentrated mainly on multiplication and division. Katie worked through the questions but is still struggling with them but is getting there with guidance. 

     Literacy has seen Katie start her news book where she writes about the various events in the news which have caught her interest. She has produced some excellent descriptive articles and enjoys this type of writing.

     Katie has produced her water cycle poster in Geography.

     

      Lily has continued using the maths and English work books. Lily again has worked really well and always looks forward to doing her work. She has also completed a poster about the water cycle.

     Like usual they all worked well and are really enjoying their studies. Well done girls!   


     Once again Lily and Katie have also been to the youth club at Blackpool Young Carers, visited the library and been to the park and swimming. 

      Louise also went to her  2 youth groups at FCBI - Fylde  Coast Be Involved as well as volunteering at the Carers Charity shop and also the Young Carers Youth clubs. 

      Another great week and the girls are looking forward to their holiday next week.
  

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME FRIDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER 2013

BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING FOR MACMILLAN

FRIDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER 2013

     Friday 27th September 2013 was the annual "World's Biggest Coffee Morning" to support the Macmillan Cancer Support charity. In a break from the usual academic work, the girls hosted their own coffee morning to raise funds for the charity.

     The girls made flags and decorations, blew up balloons and wrote on signs to decorate the house for the event.

     There was also a buffet with lots of scrummy food and the all important cooffe and cakes.

                         

     There was a raffle and various games with lots of prizes to be won.

 Lots of people came and we raised £105 for the charity.

    

 What a great morning for the girls and supporting a vital charity!!

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