Crochet Hat
I am very pleased to have completed a crocheted hat. Martin is less pleased as my new interest in crochet means that I have delayed yet again completing his socks. [Continue]
Getting Hut
The huts at Thorness Bay are something of a recurring theme on our blog, but on this occasion it is Martin posting about them, not Susan. We’re just back from a great evening at Heron Hut, [Continue]
Corf Camp
For the first time since our HE group has been going we didn’t camp with them at Corf. We did manage to get out there for a couple of days (and actually did stay one night in a tent a [Continue]
Corf – the Twits retelling
At Corfe we did a retelling of Roald Dhal’s The Twits. The idea is that you learn the gist of a chapter and retell that part so we get the whole story told by a variety of different people. [Continue]
Bath Tub Places – Or The Wonders Of Thorness Bay
I have a playlist entitled Bath Tub Songs. This is because they are songs that I listen to and immediately give the same sense of well-being and relaxation that sinking into a hot bath tub [Continue]
Learning to Crochet
I have been wanting to learn to crochet for a while now and we had some discussion about various crafts at LZ camp this year so I decided I would just have a go at it. Having got on [Continue]
Manic Mechanics – Regional Finals
Ruth is part of a team of home educated kids called Manic Mechanics who are entering the Landrover 4×4 technology challenge. Last week they were in the regional finals in Reading. As you can [Continue]
Estuary Explorers
Our HE group was lucky enough to be invited to be guinea pigs for a new Estuary Explorers project. We were hoping to go along and learn all sorts of things about estuary birds and [Continue]
Real Maths Or Playing Games?
There is this maths site that I really like. It’s called Nrich and the main reason I like it is that it is full of puzzles. But we’ve not really used them at home. Why not? Well because [Continue]
Warm Socks
I got a text from Rebekah last night (she was at festival and I was at home making chicken curry). She said “My knitted socks are the best things!! My feet are the only warm dry part of [Continue]