Consultation on new Surrey County Council EHE Policy
Today home educators known to Surrey County Council will (Post Office permitting) have received a copy of the DRAFT EHE policy [pdf] with a cover letter [pdf] explaining that the consultation will run...
View ArticleJust look at the dust and cobwebs!
Has it really been nearly three years since I last posted to this blog? How time flies! Looking back at those old posts full of battles with national government and SCC it doesn’t seem like it was that...
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AQA GCSE Maths
This academic year we’re going to make a start on the AQA GCSE Maths (8300 spec) course with the intention of A sitting the exams when they start in summer 2017. I ordered the text book and the...
View ArticleHome Ed the teen years
It’s been a long, long time since I’ve posted anything here. I guess it’s just a feature of home educating a teen, all those visits and projects and social events that filled the pre-teen years and...
View ArticleBiology - intro & weeks 1 to 3
Largely because of the availability of Human Biology as a separate subject we opted for the Edexcel IGCSE (Specification and support materials here). I’m basing each week’s work on the Scheme of work...
View ArticleHuman Biology - intro & weeks 1 - 2
Following the same pattern as Biology here’s the specification and support materials and the scheme of work. The Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) Human Biology Student Book: print and ebook bundle...
View ArticleHuman Biology - week 3
The Student Book had finally arrived and here’s a blog friendly version of the email I sent A: Video - DNA Structure and Function Video - DNA Replication: The Cell’s Extreme Team Sport Amoeba Sisters...
View ArticleBiology - week 4
Stem cells and differentiation Video - Stem Cells (SciShow) Video - Specialized Cells: Significance and Examples (Amoeba Sisters) Video - How Cells Become Specialized (More Amoeba Sisters) ABPI web...
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Genetic engineering Video GCSE Biology Revision: Genetically-modified organisms Video Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR Video Why Do We Make Glowing Rats? Video Genetically...
View ArticleBit of a rejig
Over the last couple of weeks it has became painfully obvious that the Schemes of Work on the Pearson web site were not properly updated for the new course specifications, critically the Student Books,...
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