Season 9 - Episode 12

As we near the end of our academic year, we're reflecting on our current read-alouds and free reads. Plus we're commenting on a recent theatre trip to see The Penelopiad, and its links to our classical studies.

Season 9 - Episode 11

This time round we're enjoying a day trip to London including the British Museum, we're celebrating a birthday with a cooked breakfast, we're talking about our Animal Farm study and an experiment linked to our Environmental Management GCSE. Also Mirabelle gives the lowdown on the frogspawn in her pond.

Season 9 - Episode 10

Amazingly, we're over two thirds of the way through our academic year! In this episode we're talking about renewable energy generation from the iGCSE Environmental Management. We're also giving the lowdown on some of the practical elements we added to our Japan study, plus a preview of what we'll be studying in our Russia topic.

Season 9 - Episode 9

This time we're celebrating lunar/Chinese new year, doing a study on Japan and enjoying sushi while watching Studio Ghibli. Eden's also won a poetry competition and gives an update on progress with her first novel. We're also looking at mining and energy generation in Environmental Management GSCE, which fits with some exciting news about our house!

Season 9 - Episode 8

This time we're sharing the good news that we reached our goal of 1000 hours outside in 2022, plus our favourite things over Christmas. We're also looking back at our highlights from 2022 and looking forward to 2023.

Season 9 - Episode 7

As we're nearing Christmas we're reflecting on our Dickens study of A Christmas Carol. We're also doing a last push on 1000 hour outside (we're so close!), and we've got an early Christmas present in the form of a labradoodle puppy!

Season 9 - Episode 6

This time we're running at Parkrun and around Alton Towers, making progress on our 1000 hours outside (the end is in sight). We're also planting blueberry seeds, talking about our Korea study (and feast), discussing our favourite films from the recent Into Film festival and how we're looking forward to Advent!