Castle View Academy

Free Home Education Resources in the UK

Over the past 5 years that we've been homeschooling we've come across a variety of great resources. The internet is an amazing place to find information! As I've been organising my notebooks and consolidating my notes and bookmarks I thought I'd share these free home education resources with you to have in one handy place. As we find more sites we love we'll add to this list. If you have any great resources that you'd like to share, we'd love to hear about them. ... read more

Homeschooling and Working From Home? Yes, It Is Possible

Yes, It Is Possible to homeschool and work

I initially drafted this post over a year ago, but I think now is the perfect time to share it. Homeschooling and working is indeed very possible; but it isn't always easy and it does take some patience from everyone involved. Home educating while working is definitely tiring and trying, at times, particularly when work ebbs and flows. And you find yourself working on projects that take up more time. However, many of us do absolutely need to have an income and where there's a ... read more

Summer Writing For Kids K-2

If you're looking for some interesting outdoor learning this summer, why not try out The Wise Owl Factory's Free Summer Writing Printable with Writing Paper! How Can You Use These? The children and I had great fun doing these activities. To begin I printed the PDF files and we all sat down together and coloured. I didn't want to be left out, so I coloured the pictures on the word wall pages and the children coloured their writing frame pages. Don't worry, we didn't do ... read more

A Mom: What is an Adoptive Mom? (Giveaway)

For this year's 7th annual Read Around The World Summer Series for Multicultural Kid Blogs with great multicultural books for all ages. It runs from June 15 - August 14 this year. You can find all the recommended books on social media with the hashtag #readaroundtheworld. For our book, we've selected A Mom: What is an Adoptive Mom? by our friends, Betsy and Carolyn Wilhelm. A Gift To Her Adoptive Mom Betsy wrote this book for her mom, Carolyn, as a Mother's Day card, and Carolyn ... read more

15 Ideas For A Fun And Frugal Summer

This is proving to be a summer like no other! While some families may find they have more disposable income than usual without paying for commuting, lunches and coffee, along with hair appointments and new work clothes, others are finding that they have less money than usual with jobs being furloughed and layoffs happening at an ever-increasing rate. Either way, with fewer options than usual for going out, it's a great time to save some money this summer. These are some of the things we're ... read more

Foraged Apple and Blackcurrant Tea

Last year I wrote about my children attending the Biodiversity Summer School, and I mentioned that they love to make foraged tea with the fruit they find in the community orchard. Making this apple and blackcurrant tea is super easy and they thought you might like how to make it, too! Foraging Fun One day of the Biodiversity Summer School for the past couple of years has had a day where the kids learn how to build shelters and go foraging. The kids went ... read more