HomeGrown Learners

Adventures of a home education journey

Welcome to my blog. I home school Jenson and Wren, who are 6 and 4 years old respectively. We live in Cheltenham in England with my husband, Simon, and all manner of animals including chickens, rabbits, a dog and a handful of fish. This is an online diary. It's a place for me to keep a record of the highs and lows of our home ed experience.

The MAD Museum

December 06, 2016 by gill thomas

Our trip to the MAD Museum in Stratford-Upon-Avon on today was mad for lots of different reasons!

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December 06, 2016 /gill thomas
home schooling, home education, gloucestershire, mad museum

A Clucking Good Lego Club!

November 28, 2016 by gill thomas

We are into week three of Lego club and what a great turn out! After the success of week one and the disappointment of week two, the verdict was still out on how today would go.

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November 28, 2016 /gill thomas
home schooling, home education, lego club, cheltenham, gloucestershire

Up In Flames!

November 25, 2016 by gill thomas

Friday was eventful. The morning started with the cry of Jenson: The bird's on fire!!! Not good I thought as I jumped out of the shower to address the situation undressed! 

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November 25, 2016 /gill thomas
home education, home schooling, cheltenham, gloucestershire

Children In Need

November 17, 2016 by gill thomas

I was left feeling very proud of Jenson again today as he made a big fund raising effort to support Children In Need. With my help and encouragement, he baked lots of spotty biscuits that we then sold by knocking on people's doors in return for a donation.

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November 17, 2016 /gill thomas
home education, home schooling, cheltenham, gloucestershire

Pittville Play

November 02, 2016 by gill thomas

The day began with the words, "The dog's done a poo! (pause) There are two poos! (pause) There's a wee! Mummy get up!!!" Thankfully things improved as the day went on!

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November 02, 2016 /gill thomas
home education, home school, cheltenham, gloucestershire

A Question of Home Education

October 17, 2016 by gill thomas

For weeks now I've been thinking of opening sentences to write for my first blog and now that I'm stood here, fingers poised, ready to type, my mind is a maze of sentences and jumbled words of where to start.

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October 17, 2016 /gill thomas
home education, cheltenham, gloucestershire

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