Home Education Archives

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Summer Holiday Activities: Guess the Word

2 September 2022/0 Comments/in Blog, Home Education, News/by Lucy Mottram

This guess the word game focused on materials will get the whole family involved!

Laura Armstrong

Summer holiday activity: Make nets for 3D shapes

26 August 2022/0 Comments/in Blog, Home Education, News/by Lucy Mottram

Have fun using old magazines to make shapes…

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Summer holiday activity: Packaging symbol sudoku

19 August 2022/0 Comments/in Blog, Home Education, News/by Lucy Mottram

Challenge your children to do our Packaging Symbol Sudoku.

Summer holiday activity: Fancy a word search?

12 August 2022/in Blog, Home Education, News/by Lucy Mottram

Download now available!

Summer holiday activity: What was it like?

4 August 2022/0 Comments/in Home Education, News/by Lucy Mottram

What was rubbish collection like in the old days? Start a conversation with an older friend or relative and find out!

An egg is surrounded by empty cardboard packaging, a yogurt pot, a fruit punnet, shredded paper, scissors and string.

Summer holiday activity: Egg drop challenge!

29 July 2022/0 Comments/in Blog, Food Waste, Home Education, Materials Link, News/by Lucy Mottram

Take on the #EggDropChallenge! Use recyclable and reused items from around the house to protect an egg from a fall!

Laura Armstrong

Make nets for 3D shapes

8 December 2021/0 Comments/in Blog, Home Education, Materials Link, News, Paper, Reuse, Teaching Resources/by Lucy Mottram

Have fun using old magazines to make shapes…

Textiles Worksheets – Home Schooling

20 July 2021/in Home, Home Education, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Science, Subject Link, Textiles/by Lucy Mottram

The worksheets on this page will help young people understand the science of textiles. This activity has been designed for all ages to be able to complete at home, whether you are home educating, home schooling or just looking for a summer holiday activity.

We hope doing these activities will create better scientists and more critical thinkers. We know the wicked problems (complex and difficult issues like climate change and biodiversity loss) we are leaving the next generation will need some innovative thinking to solve them!

Downloadable Worksheets

Home Education Worksheet:

(pdf) Download Home Education Worksheet: How quickly does fabric decompose?

(Word) Download Home Education Worksheet: How quickly does fabric decompose?

Visit our Home Education pages for more Activities suitable for Home Learning.

Plastic Worksheets: Home Activity

20 July 2021/in Home, Home Education, Materials Link, Plastic, Reduce, Science of Materials, Teaching Resources/by Lucy Mottram

Downloadable Worksheets

Home Education Worksheet: Comparing the Strength of Plastic Bags

(pdf) Download Home Education Worksheet: Comparing the Strength of Plastic Bags

(Word) Download Home Education Worksheet: Comparing the Strength of Plastic Bags

Visit our Home Education pages for more Activities suitable for Home Learning.

Metals Worksheets Home Schooling

16 July 2021/in All, Home, Home Education, Metals, Reduce, Reuse, Science/by Lucy Mottram

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