The painting Ana worked at during half term:
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We had a very difficult and eventful February, so I am behind on the blog. Summary of events and study opportunities: In Math we focused on fractions and decimals, we tracked back to KS3 to revise the basics: We will do division and multiplication of decimals next and then move on to GSCE questions on decimals/fractions/percentages. In English we finished on the "Playground". We discussed how the author used weather to create the mood and move forward the plot of the story. Plan for English now: x next story x encourage Ana to write at least 200 words every day x continue quizzes on "Education Quizzes" for GCSE x start a workbook on writing We also improved Ana's bedroom and Ana built her flatpack desk with some support from me :). Now she has more desk space away from computer. During the half term holidays Ana stayed at home with her dad and elder brothers and I took her younger siblings to see grandparents in Lithuania. Sadly, on the 2nd day of half term A...
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Plan for today: KS3 revision for decimals: ordering, subtraction and addition English: reading The Playground by Ray Bradbury: https://www.allfreenovel.com/Page/Story/42917/page-1-of-The-Playground/1/7 First 4 pages, discussing exposition, conflict, characters. Focused on similes and metaphors illustrations: Charlie, Carol and Jim
I am starting this blog to track Ana's progress. Manly maths + English and some of her art projects (they deserve their own platform) English: We started on https://www.educationquizzes.com/. On the first day Ana did quizzes: repeated: GSCE maths seems to be difficult, she did not do well, so we are stepping back a little. We are focusing on fractions and decimals this week. Math's revision: Decimals on Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zpf3k2p/revision/1 Quiz from Bitsize: Next time we are focusing on operations with decimal numbers Some of Ana's art: