A family's homeschooling, lifestyle and adventures.
July-Aug Activities: Homeschooling. It has been a hectic two months of homeschooling sports, mainly polo, with loads of weekend travelling. Thankfully, the children have learned to homeschool around their sports, travel and other activities. We have pushed hard through these last two months, trying to get a lot of school done, just to keep up …
April-June Activities: Homeschooling. Life gets extremely busy from April onwards; as we head into the winter polo season. Family Visits. April began with visits from family, so the children took a week off school to enjoy their cousins. This was followed by an April houseboat trip on Lake Kariba, accompanied by grandparents and a grand uncle. …
Homeschooling Adventures and Activities – Year End 2022. Year End – Activities: Homeschooling. Mum’s Health. As you have probably noticed, I have not posted anything for three months!.. Towards the end of the year, my health took a serious tumble… This eventually resulted in a period in hospital, for tests, then major surgery at another …
Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for August. August Activities: Homeschooling. August break. August was holiday time for the children, starting with a two week camping trip on the Zambezi River. This was followed by cricket trials and a cricket camp for Paula Joy. The homeschooling holidays ended with the final polo tournament of the season. It’s …
Adventures and Activities July 2022. July Activities: Homeschooling. Homeschooling on the Move. Our lives are always on the move, between our two homes. This requires organisational and self disciplinary skills, to ensure that the children keep up to date with their school work. They have now both learnt how to manage their monthly goals, even …
Adventures and Activities June. June Activities: Homeschooling. Horsey Month. June is always a very busy month. The polo season continued in full swing, with horse activities most weekends. Homeschooling was ongoing, with a week’s break early in the month, so that the children could prepare for the annual pony club show. Homeschooling Year End. With …
May Adventures and Activities. May Activities: Homeschooling. Winter Arrives. As May begins, so does winter… Fortunately, on our farm we experience very mild winters, which is wonderful. Homeschooling Timetable. We pushed hard with schooling, throughout the month, and managed to do schooling around the training of our horses. On many days we would ride in the mornings …
April Adventures and Activities. April Activities: Homeschooling. A visit from our Botswana family. April began with a last minute visit from our Botswana family, so school was temporarily abandoned! It was awesome to see this family, after 2+ years, largely due to Covid 19 restrictions. The cousins had lots of fun together and particularly enjoyed …
March Adventures and Activities. March Activities: Homeschooling. A week’s break from school. March began with a wonderful trip to Nyanga in the East of Zimbabwe. Nothing like fresh mountain air and some down time, to recharge the batteries. This trip was followed by a celebration of Granddad ‘Pops’ 83rd Birthday, -then back to school …
February Adventures and Activities. February Activities: Homeschooling. Grandparents Arrive. February began with the exciting arrival of the children’s grandparents. Having not seen their grandparents for over a year they were most excited, so February got off to a wonderful start! Paula Joy’s Project. School continued throughout most of February. Paula Joy took time off school, …