It's our last episode of 2024 and we're looking back on some of our favourite parts of the year, as well as our fave bits of Christmas. We're also looking forward to 2025 and share some of the activities we're already anticipating.
Thanks for all your support in 2024 and wishing you and your loved ones a happy and blessed 2025!
It's starting to feel Christmassy in our household, and Asher and Mirabelle are sharing the carols they've been studying in our "Caroling Noel" curriculum during December. Mirabelle's also finished a good book about the Tower of London, and they're sharing their best bits from a mini trip to London. Meanwhile Eden's giving the lowdown on how her Christmas show went, how it's going juggling biology at college with chemistry at home, and how she's getting on with a new approach to guitar and piano. Plus we all have breakfast with Santa at Ikea - Merry Christmas!
It's half term! And for the first time we're in sync with the schools. Mirabelle's enjoyed Civil-War related trips out, Asher's working on his piano skills, and Eden's getting used to wearing glasses, as well as practicing hard for a guitar performance at an upcoming Christmas show.
This time round Asher's been reading the Book of Marvels and the History of Medicine, Mirabelle's still enjoying her microscope studies, and Eden's thinking ahead to sixth form options as well as designing computer games.
In this episode Eden's reflecting on her recent sitting of her Environmental Management GCSE, Mirabelle's been looking through the microscope and conducting experiments on water, and Asher's been designing electricity pylons.
It's been a big week as Eden's had her first week at college, plus we're thinking already about options beyond GCSE. Mirabelle and I do some gardening in a thunderstorm, Asher beats me at chess and we discuss politics and Farenheit 451.
We're back! We've had a great summer, and in this episode Eden's sharing her first GCSE results and the plan for the next ones she's sitting. Mirabelle's excited about her new pet fish, and Asher's talking about his new chemistry course. Plus we fill you in on our summer adventures and what we're looking forward to this term.
It's our last episode of this season! We're still in summer holiday mode before starting our next academic year next month, but Eden's started a new chemistry course already and all three have been receiving end of season sports awards. Plus we're sharing what we're each looking forward to camping in the Lake District soon.
This time round we're camping in Cornwall, with some fascinating mine trips which tie into the Environmental Management GCSE. Eden's also sharing how she's done on her various online courses and groups this year.
We've reached the end of another academic year! Eden's reflecting on
sitting her first few GCSEs, and what she's learnt about "deep practice"
on the guitar. Asher and Mirabelle are picking their favourite books
and topics, and we're all discussing what we're looking forward to over
the summer (starting with a camping trip in Cornwall).
As Eden's first GCSE looms she's deep in past papers to practice, meanwhile Mirabelle's doing stop-motion animation, Asher and I are planning a Japanese garden, and Eden's performing in a production of "The Monstrum".
This time, Eden's sharing how she's getting on with GCSE mocks and past papers, Mirabelle's performing on stage as a famous character, and we're taking a mini-break in Blackpool.
It's nearly Easter and Eden's talking about how she's preparing for some mock GCSEs. Mirabelle's discussing anatomy experiments, swimming badges and seed planting. Asher's doing an interesting astronomy experiment with fizzy cola, and we're discussing art movements, the end of our middle east topic and a film festival we took part in.
In this episode, Eden's joined a newspaper writing team, Mirabelle's enthusing about her trip to Crufts, we're feeling sad at finishing a beloved book series, and we're having fantastic adventures on various day trips.
This time we're getting excited by what's appeared in our garden pond, Mirabelle's been learning about the sense of smell, we've finished more read-alouds in our Middle-Eastern topic and we're enjoying some classic movies.
In this episode Mirabelle and Luke are finding the first signs of spring in the garden, Eden's giving an update on her GCSE preparation and time management, Asher's making a DNA model out of sweets, and we're also talking about our recent Middle Eastern feast and trip to the West Midlands Police Museum.
As we approach the end of January we're participating in the Big Garden Birdwatch. Asher gives an update on his astronomy study and an experiment about twinkling stars, Mirabelle's studying bones, and we're talking about Islamic art and our current Ambleside free reads.
It's our first episode of 2024, Eden's sharing her interesting resolution for the year, we're doing some stargazing, and we're talking about the new topics we're starting which include Astronomy, Anatomy and a new Middle East topic.
