A family's homeschooling, lifestyle and adventures.
The Whaley Academy was formed when my daughter started school at the age of 5 years old. We are proud of our Academy and strive for excellence and relying on God’s guidance. We like to share our difficulties, challenges and achievements.
Activities. Homeschool: School continued for the first week in March. We had now completed 8 weeks of school on the trot. -Time for a break, so off we went to Cape Town, in South Africa, for a two week holiday. Once back the children picked up their school work, from where they had left off. …
Activities. Homeschool: February was a busy school month. Paula Joy and Murray John worked hard and managed to achieve all their school goals. Twice, during the month, I had to take Paula Joy to morning appointments, to renewing her passport and have her toe x-rayed. On both those days, I left Murray John at home …
“The Whaley” Homeschool Structure. 1. Homeschool – Identity. I treat my homeschooling activity as a business. We have named this business ‘The Whaley Academy’. We are proud of our school and have a mission statement on the schoolroom wall, reminding us of what our school is about. 2. School – Training. Once I had chosen …
Activities: Homeschool. We began school mid January just as our country went into chaos with strikes etc. We therefore decided to stay out on the farm and do school work until the dust settles. We shall start sport once it is safe for us to travel to and from Harare. That is the beauty of …
Before I started homeschooling my children I made the following lists: Who am I? An organised, disciplined person. Loads of business experience. Not a qualified teacher. Live in a third world country. Commute between two homes. Love the Lord! What do I need to look for in a homeschooling program? With the above list of …
Activities: Homeschool. School is out! We shall begin again in January. We like to take a big break at Christmas so that we can enjoy the farm. This year we are ending ahead in school having started some of next year’s work. The ACE program is a system with constant small tests so we don’t …
Activities: Homeschool. We completed the school year by the middle of November even though we took two Tuesdays off to ride. So wonderful to be able to be flexible like that. Paula and Murray took to selling Bananas, each week, when they were in Harare for sports. A great exercise to see how to …
ACTIVITIES: Homeschool: Summer has arrived in Zimbabwe, -a great time of the year to get back to summer sports. We have managed to complete our school program for the year so have moved onto the next year’s work. I like to keep my children ahead in their school work so that we can travel or …