Rogan's Weekly Schedule

This is Rogan's breakdown for each day over a 4 week cycle:
Rogan will have a creative week for week 4

Daily Drills: approx times
Spelling - 15mins
Poetry - 10 mins
French -  20 mins
Maths - 1 hour
Music practise - 20mins
Assigned reading
Faith - 30mins
Hand writing 10mins
Writing - blog, journal or other 20mins
Art Appreciation- while walking past

Week One:
After daily drills - above
English and Science (see your yearly list) 2 -2 1/2 hours

Week Two:
Daily Drills -above
Art, Music Appreciation and Nature (see your yearly list) 2 -2 1/2 hours

Week Three:
Daily Drills
History (both Australian and World) and Geography (see your yearly list) 2 -2 1/2 hours

Week Four: This is your creative week therefore no daily drills
Activities for the week~
information reading - Newness, Arthur Mees, children's world and other non-fiction reading etc
Assigned reading
sewing
cooking
making Christmas presents
felting
knitting
embroidery
write story
board games, cards, puzzles
Messy crafts  see your yearly list)
Use creative books see your yearly list) for ideas

Blessings,
  

Eden's Weekly Schedule

This is Eden's breakdown for each day over a 4 week cycle:

Daily Drills: approx times
Spelling - 15mins
Grammar - 10 mins
Dictation - 10 mins
Poetry - 10 mins
Spanish-  20 mins
Maths - 1 hour
Music practise - 20mins
Assigned reading
Faith - 30mins
Hand writing 10mins
Writing - blog, journal or other 20mins
Art Appreciation- while walking past

Week One:
Daily drills - above
English and Science (see your yearly list) 2 -2 1/2 hours

Week Two:
Daily Drills -above
Art, Music Appreciation and Nature writing and nature notebook, Information Reading (see your yearly list) 2 -2 1/2 hours

Week Three:
Daily Drills
History (both Australian and World) and Geography,  (see your yearly list) 2 -2 1/2 hours

Week Four:
Daily Drills
Shakespeare, Logic and Writing Analysis   (see your yearly list) 2 - 2 1/2 hours

Blessings,
  

Saxon's Weekly Schedule

This is Saxon's breakdown for each day over a 4 week cycle:

Daily Drills: approx times
Spelling - 15mins
Grammar - 10 mins
Dictation - 10 mins
Poetry - 10 mins
Latin-  20 mins
Maths - 1 hour
Music practise - 20mins
Assigned reading
Faith - 30mins
Hand writing 10mins
Writing - blog, journal or other 20mins
Art Appreciation- while walking past

Week One:
Daily drills - above
English and Science (see your yearly list) 2 -2 1/2 hours

Week Two:
Daily Drills -above
Art, Music Appreciation and Nature writing and nature art, Information Reading (see your yearly list) 2 -2 1/2 hours

Week Three:
Daily Drills
History (both Australian and World) and Geography, Technology (see your yearly list) 2 -2 1/2 hours

Week Four:
Daily Drills
Shakespeare, Logic and Writing Analysis  (see your yearly list) 2 - 2 1/2 hours

Blessings,
 

Vellvin's Weekly Schedule

This is Vellvin's breakdown for each day over a 4 week cycle:

Daily Drills: approx times
Spelling - 15mins
Poetry - 10 mins
Italian -  20 mins
Maths - 1 hour
Music practise - 20mins
Assigned reading
Faith - 30mins
Hand writing 10mins
Writing - blog, journal or other 20mins
Art Appreciation- while walking past

Week One:
After daily drills - above
English and Science (see your yearly list) 2 -2 1/2 hours

Week Two:
Daily Drills -above
Art, Music Appreciation and Nature (see your yearly list) 2 -2 1/2 hours

Week Three:
Daily Drills
History (both Australian and World) and Geography (see your yearly list) 2 -2 1/2 hours

Week Four: This is your creative week therefore no daily drills
Activities for the week~
information reading - Newness, Arthur Mees, children's world and other non-fiction reading etc
Assigned reading
sewing
cooking
making Christmas presents
felting
knitting
embroidery
write story
board games, cards, puzzles
Messy crafts  see your yearly list)
Use creative books see your yearly list) for ideas

Blessings,
 

Plans for Saxon 2012

ENGLISH -
Lingua Mater

Grammar:
Grammar Land  (finish)
Grammar for Dummies (library resource)

Spelling:
Words from Dictionary
The Essential Spelling List - Fred J Schonell

Poetry:
Memorise approx 8 per term (to be chosen each week)
A 4-5 stanza poem should be able to be memorised in a week
                           OR
Inspirational Speeches  eg Michael Collins, William Wallace etc

Handwriting:
Copywork of set Scripture or inspirational quote in both manuscript and cursive.
Improve Cursive using one of our resources in the style you prefer

Logic:
The Fallacy Detective: Nathaniel Bluedorn (when purchased thanks Erin)

Writing Analysis:
Windows to the World (when purchased thanks Erin)

Shakespeare: 
Read, listen and watch over the year - Hamlet, MacBeth, A Midsummer's Night Dream, The Merchant of Venice
using the resources below
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare - Edith Nesbit
Tales From Shakespeare  Charles and Mary Lamb
Shakespeare for Children – Jim Wiess (Audio)
In Search of Shakespeare - library resource
Shakespeare Works - library resource
Library resources as available

Writing:
Blog Posts or journal 2 entries per week
Letters to Pen friends, brothers away and others
Continue to write out own creative  stories
Sparrow Post notes

Assigned Reading:  2 from each category below for each term
Saint/Missionary:
The Children of Fatima - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Saint Paul the Apostle - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Saint Hyacinth of Poland - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Saint Francis Solano - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Mother Seton - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Patron Saint of First Communicants - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Saint Margaret Mary - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Saint John Masias - Mary Fabyan Windeat

Nature or Science:
Freckles - Gene Stratton-Porter
Gentle Ben - Walt Morey
Two Little Savages - Ernest Thompson Seton
Laddie - Gene Stratton-Porter
A Girl of the Limberlost -  Gene Stratton-Porter
The Young Livingston - Patrick Pringle
Fabre's Book of Insects - Jean Henri Fabre
The Garden and Forest Behind Grandpop's House - Vincent Iezzi

Classic/History:
Anne of  Avonlea - L M Montgomery
Anne of the Island - L M Montgomery
Anne of Windy Poplars - L M Montgomery
Anne of Ingelside - L M Montgomery
Rainbow Valley - L M Montgomery
Rilla of Ingelside - L M Montgomery
Pride and Predjedice - Jane Austen
The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien

G.A. Henty:
Wulf the Saxon
The Lion of St Mark
Under Wellington's Command
A Knight of the White Cross
At Agincourt
At Aboukir and Acre
By Conduct and Courage
Beric The Brition

Australian : See below in Australian History

Information Reading:
Arthur Mee Encyclopedia
Newnes Encyclopedia
Other non-fiction from Home Library

FAITH -
The First Christians - Marigold Hunt
St Patrick's Summer - Marigold Hunt
Church  History - Father John Laux
The Faith Explained - Leo J Trese

A Philadelphia Catholic in King James Court and use the Study Guide with this
Credo (Printed notes)
Memorise The list of important facts on printed sheet

Read from Catholic Culture and be able to talk about it intelligently

The Catholic Guide for Boys

HISTORY -
World:
Story of the World 4 - The Modern Age
Supplementary books from Home Library

Australian History:
History of Australia- Manning Clark, Meredith Hooper and Susanne Ferrier (spine)
The Australian Book -Eve Pownell (Interesting Note this is a new edition and varies dramatically from the old edition called 'We live in Australia'  published in 1966. My initial reaction is that it is a 'politically corrected' book.
Write and illustrate, map  information

Supplementary Reading ( 2 or more per term): this is part of your Assigned Reading
Man-Shy - Frank Dalby Davison
A Saddle at Bonthatambo - H J Samuel
The Bushrangers - William Joy and Tom Prior
A Little Bush Maid- Mary Grant Bruce
Southern Rainbow - Phyllis Piddington
Bakers Dozen -Celia Syred
The Smugglers Den - Jeff Townsend

MATHEMATICS -
mathsonline
Dux Mental Arithmetic -K. Perrett and E. Whiting
Betty and Jim Mental Arithmetic  A.A. Parkes
Quick Practice Maths- K E Couchman, S B Jones, W Nay
Figue it out It Our Thinking like a Math Problem Solver - Sandra R Cohen  (www.curriculummassociates.com)
The Mathematical Toolbox- Rosamond Welchman-Tischler
Read Living Maths books from Home Library

Board games and card games and puzzles

SCIENCE-
Term 1:
Exploring The World of Physics-John Hudsen Tiner
Exploring the World of Mathmatics-John Hudsen Tiner
Term 2:
Exploring The World of Chemistry -John Hudsen Tiner
Exploring The World of Medicine-John Hudsen Tiner
Exploring Planet Earth-John Hudsen Tiner
Term 3:
Geology - focusing on precious metals stones, mining etc
Term 4:
Biology (Kids Bilogy Site) and Anatomy Home library and using library resources, (add in names when they arrive on interlibrary loan)

Nature Study:
A)Keep a Nature Notebook all year. B)As part of this try to have an area or tree or other that you can document the change of with the seasons.

Using the books below divided into 4 terms - read,  illustrate, and write information about them
Term 1: Key guide to Australian Wildflowers- Leonard Cronin
Term 2: The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia - Michael F Braby
Term3 : A Field Guide to Insects in Australia - Paul Zborowski and Ross Story
Term 4: Field Guide to the Birds of Australia - Ken Simpson

Watch Science and Nature  DVDs eg Steve Irwin, Mythbusters, MacGyver etc and Magic School Bus  (by your request)

Technology:
Learn to  about computers Including webcam, blogs, email, online chat, google sites webpages, Word, Excel, power point presentation
Create your own website for a specific purpose (eg a business)
Use parts to  rebuilt computers
Learn about computer software/programming
Use  the ' For Dummies' books as we get from the library

GEOGRAPHY -
Road Trip Around Australia:
This involves choosing a destination for a 'holiday' and the route to take to get there. You will document the distance between towns, any significant physical landmarks and made made historical or cultural landmarks. You will chart your way and record information on the towns you pass through including population, what state it is etc.
Mapping and memorising
Use online and Home library Resources
Have a map to pinpoint the towns on

Watch DVDs of Michael Palin and his various travels around the world.  Keep a world pin point map of the various places he visits

Around the World Trip:
Similar to the Australian one
Use online and Home library resources

MUSIC-
Appreciation:
Listen to The Masters Series
Classical Kids Collection Vol 1 and Vol 2

Piano and Guitar Lessons (self teach)
Ballroom Dancing - use the DVD we have
Continue to learn new Hymns and songs

ART-
Appreciation:
One Art picture a week for Picture Study (Charlotte Mason style)
Term 1:
Monet
Robert Duncan
Term 2:
Jessie Wilcox Smith
Waterhouse
Term 3:
Thomas Kinkade
Van Gough
Term 4:
John Constable
Tom Roberts

Practise:
Draw from approved sources
Draw/colour/paint own designs and creations

LANGUAGES-
Latin
Live Mocha
Library resources (waiting for them to arrive- update when have)

GENERAL CRAFT -
Cooking
Creative writing

MESSY CRAFT-
Resources:
All Year Round
The Children's Year
Global Art MaryAnn F Kohl
Discovering Great Atrtists
Mudworks
Craft Basket and Nature Study Basket books from on my Book Blog

(Weekly breakdown to follow)
Blessings,
  

Plans for Eden 2012

ENGLISH -
Lingua Mater

Grammar:
Finish Grammar Land
Grammar for Dummies (library resource)

Spelling:
Words from Dictionary
The Essential Spelling List - Fred J Schonell
Kids Spelling Site

Poetry:
Memorise approx 8 per term (to be chosen each week)
A 4-5 stanza poem should be able to be memorised in a week

Handwriting:
Copywork of set Scripture or Inspirational quotes in both manuscript and cursive.
Improve Cursive using one of our resources in the style you prefer

Logic:
The Fallacy Detective: Nathaniel Bluedorn (when purchased thanks Erin)

Writing Analysis:
Windows to the World (when purchased thanks Erin)

Shakespeare:
Read, listen and watch over the year - Hamlet, MacBeth, A Midsummer's Night Dream, The Merchant of Venice
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare - Edith Nesbit
Tales From Shakespeare  Charles and Mary Lamb
Shakespeare for Children – Jim Wiess (Audio)
In Search of Shakespeare - library resource
Shakespeare Works - library resource
Library resources as available

Writing:
Blog Posts
Letters to Pen friends, brothers away and others
Continue to write out own creative stories
Sparrow Post notes

Assigned Reading:  2 from each category below for 1each term

Saint/Missionary:
Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity - Alma Power-Waters
Saint John Bosco and Saint Dominic Savio - Catherine Beebe
Saint Isaac and the Indians - Milton Lomask
Saint Margaret Mary - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint Thomas Aquinas - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint Dominc an dthe Rosary - Catherine Beebe
Father Marquette and the Great Rivers - August Derleth
Edmond Campion - Harold C Gardiner

Nature or Science:
Two Little Savages -Ernest Thompson Seton
The Garden and Forest Behind Granpa's House - Vincent Iezzi
First Studies in Insect Life in Australia - William Gilles
The Harvester - Gene Stratton-Porter
Moths of the Limberlost - Gene Stratton-Porter
The Song of the Cardinals - Gene Stratton-Porter
Fabre's Book of Insects - Jean Henri Fabre
Laddie - Gene Stratton-Porter

Classic/History:
Warrior Scarlet - Rosemary Sutcliff
The Hound of Ulster - Rosemary Sutcliff
The Shinning Company - Rosemary Sutcliff
The Eagle of the Ninth - Rosemary Sutcliff
Outcast - Rosemary Sutcliff
The Lantern Bearers - Rosemary Sutcliff
The Mark of the Horse Lord - Rosemary Sutcliff
Betsy and Tasey Downtown - Maud Hart Lovelace

G.A. Henty:
Both Sides of the Border
At Agincourt
Won By The Sword
A March On London

Australian : See below in Australian History

Information Reading:
Arthur Mee Encyclopedia
Newnes Encyclopedia
Other non-fiction from Home Library

FAITH -
The First Christians - Marigold Hunt
Saint Patrick's Summer - Marigold Hunt
Church  History - Father John Laux
The Faith Explained - Leo J Trese

A Philadelphia Catholic in King James Court and use the Study Guide with this
Credo (Printed notes)
Memorise The list of important facts on printed sheet

Read from Catholic Culture and be able to talk about it intelligently

The Catholic Guide for Girls

HISTORY -
World:
Story of the World 1 - Ancient Times (finish this one first) (as a spine)
When Finished Story of the World 4 - The Modern Age
Supplementary books from Home Library

Australian History:
History of Australia- Manning Clark, Meredith Hooper and Susanne Ferrier (spine)
The Australian Book -Eve Pownell (Interesting Note this is a new edition and varies dramatically from the old edition called 'We live in Australia'  published in 1966. My initial reaction is that it is a 'politically corrected' book.

Supplementary Reading ( 2 or more per term):
Man-Shy - Frank Dalby Davison
Hills End - Ivan Southall
A Saddle at Bontharambo - H J Samuel
The Undercover Secret - Colin Thiele
The Boundary Riders- Joan Phipson
Family at the Lookout - Noreen Shelley
The Australian Twins - Daphne Rooke

MATHEMATICS -
mathsonline
Dux Mental Arithmetic -K. Perrett and E. Whiting
Betty and Jim Mental Arithmetic  A.A. Parkes
Quick Practice Maths- K E Couchman, S B Jones, W Nay
Figue it out It Our Thinking like a Math Problem Solver - Sandra R Cohen  (www.curriculummassociates.com)
The Mathematical Toolbox- Rosamond Welchman-Tischler
Read Living Maths books from Home Library

Board games and card games and puzzles

SCIENCE-
Term 1- Botany:
The Wonderland of Nature Nuri Mass
Shaleya's Quest Thomas J Elpel
Botany in a Day -Thomas J Elpel
Exploring Creation with Botany (Young Explorer Series) Jeannie K Fulbright  Apologia  Press
Christopherous Unit Study Botany by Donna Simmons
Term 2:
Exploring  The World of Chemistry - John Hudson Tiner
Exploring The World of Physics - John Hudson Tiner
Exploring Planet Earth - John Hudson Tiner
Term 3:
Astronomy (using books from Home Library) Kids Astronomy site
Create a solar system
Term 4:
Biology and Anatomy Home library and using library resources, (add in names when they arrive on inter library loan) Kids Biology Site

Nature Study:
a) Keep a Nature Notebook all year.
b)As part of this try to have an area or tree or other that you can document the change of with the seasons.

Using the books below divided into 4 terms - read,  illustrate, and write information about them
Term 1: Key guide to Australian Wildflowers- Leonard Cronin
Term 2: The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia - Michael F Braby
Term3 : A Field Guide to Insects in Australia - Paul Zborowski and Ross Story
Term 4: Field Guide to the Birds of Australia - Ken Simpson
           
Watch Science and Nature  DVDs eg Steve Irwin, Mythbusters, MacGyver, Magic School Bus too if like

GEOGRAPHY -
Road Trip Around Australia:
This involves choosing a destination for a 'holiday' and the route to take to get there. You will document the distance between towns, any significant physical landmarks and made made historical or cultural landmarks. You will chart your way and record information on the towns you pass through including population, what state it is etc.
Use online and Home library Resources
Have a map to pinpoint the towns on

Watch DVDs of Michael Palin and his various travels around the world.  Keep a world pin point map of the various places he visits

Around the World Trip:
Similar to the Australian one
Use online and Home library resources

MUSIC-
Appreciation:
Listen to The Masters Series
Classical Kids Collection Vol 1 and Vol 2

Piano and Flute Lessons (self teach)
Ballroom Dancing - use the DVD we have
Continue to learn new Hymns and songs

ART-
Appreciation:
One Art picture a week for Picture Study (Charlotte Mason style)
Term 1:
Monet
Robert Duncan
Term 2:
Jessie Wilcox Smith
Waterhouse
Term 3:
Thomas Kinkade
Van Gough
Term 4:
John Constable
Tom Roberts

Practise:
Copy and colour/paint from approved sources
Draw/colour/paint own designs and creations

LANGUAGES-
Spanish
Live Mocha
Library resources (waiting for them to arrive- update when have)

GENERAL CRAFT -
Cooking
Creative writing
Painting
spinning
crocheting
hand sewing
machine sewing
felting
embroidery
learn to knit
sculpy

MESSY CRAFT-
Resources:
All Year Round
The Children's Year
Global Art MaryAnn F Kohl
Discovering Great Atrtists
Mudworks
Craft Basket and Nature Study Basket books from on my Book Blog

(Weekly breakdown to follow)
Blessings,
  

Assigned Reading for 2112

To make life easier for this year, 2012, this is the list of Assigned Reading for Eden, Saxon, Vellvin and Rogan. This should avoid the  'oh I am finished what will I read next' problem and the resulting sometime 'forgetting of' getting another book for that subject.

EDEN ASSIGNED READING FOR THE YEAR: Approx  2 books per term per category


Saint/Missionary:
Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity - Alma Power-Waters
Saint John Bosco and Saint Dominic Savio - Catherine Beebe
Saint Isaac and the Indians - Milton Lomask
Saint Margaret Mary - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint Thomas Aquinas - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint Dominc an dthe Rosary - Catherine Beebe
Father Marquette and the Great Rivers - August Derleth
Edmond Campion - Harold C Gardiner

Nature or Science:
Two Little Savages -Ernest Thompson Seton
The Garden and Forest Behind Granpa's House - Vincent Iezzi
First Studies in Insect Life in Australia - William Gilles
The Harvester - Gene Stratton-Porter
Moths of the Limberlost - Gene Stratton-Porter
The Song of the Cardinals - Gene Stratton-Porter
Fabre's Book of Insects - Jean Henri Fabre
Laddie - Gene Stratton-Porter

Classic/History:
Warrior Scarlet - Rosemary Sutcliff
The Hound of Ulster - Rosemary Sutcliff
The Shinning Company - Rosemary Sutcliff
The Eagle of the Ninth - Rosemary Sutcliff
Outcast - Rosemary Sutcliff
The Lantern Bearers - Rosemary Sutcliff
The Mark of the Horse Lord - Rosemary Sutcliff
Betsy and Tasey Downtown - Maud Hart Lovelace

G.A. Henty:
Both Sides of the Border
At Agincourt
Won By The Sword
A March On London

Faith-
The First Christians - Marigold Hunt
Saint Patrick's Summer - Marigold Hunt
Church  History - Father John Laux
The Faith Explained - Leo J Trese

A Philadelphia Catholic in King James Court

Australian History:
Man-Shy - Frank Dalby Davison
Hills End - Ivan Southall
A Saddle at Bontharambo - H J Samuel
The Undercover Secret - Colin Thiele
The Boundary Riders- Joan Phipson
Family at the Lookout - Noreen Shelley
The Australian Twins - Daphne Rooke

SAXON ASSIGNED READING FOR THE YEAR: Approx  2 books per term per category



Saint/Missionary:
The Children of Fatima - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Saint Paul the Apostle - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Saint Hyacinth of Poland - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Saint Francis Solano - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Mother Seton - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Patron Saint of First Communicants - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Saint Margaret Mary - Mary Fabyan Windeat
Saint John Masias - Mary Fabyan Windeat

Nature or Science:
Freckles - Gene Stratton-Porter
Gentle Ben - Walt Morey
Two Little Savages - Ernest Thompson Seton
Laddie - Gene Stratton-Porter
A Girl of the Limberlost -  Gene Stratton-Porter
The Young Livingston - Patrick Pringle
Fabre's Book of Insects - Jean Henri Fabre
The Garden and Forest Behind Grandpop's House - Vincent Iezzi

Classic/History:
Anne of  Avonlea - L M Montgomery
Anne of the Island - L M Montgomery
Anne of Windy Poplars - L M Montgomery
Anne of Ingelside - L M Montgomery
Rainbow Valley - L M Montgomery
Rilla of Ingelside - L M Montgomery
Pride and Predjedice - Jane Austen
The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien

G.A. Henty:
Wulf the Saxon
The Lion of St Mark
Under Wellington's Command
A Knight of the White Cross
At Agincourt
At Aboukir and Acre
By Conduct and Courage
Beric The Brition

Faith -
The First Christians - Marigold Hunt
St Patrick's Summer - Marigold Hunt
Church  History - Father John Laux
The Faith Explained - Leo J Trese
A Philadelphia Catholic in King James Court

Australian:
Man-Shy - Frank Dalby Davison
A Saddle at Bonthatambo - H J Samuel
The Bushrangers - William Joy and Tom Prior
A Little Bush Maid- Mary Grant Bruce
Southern Rainbow - Phyllis Piddington
Bakers Dozen -Celia Syred
The Smugglers Den - Jeff Townsend


VELLVIN ASSIGNED READING FOR THE YEAR: Approx  2 books per term per category

Saint/Missionary:
Bernadette Our Lady's Little Servant - Hertha Pauli
Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity - Alma Power-Waters
Pauline Jaricot- Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint John Bosco and Saint Dominic Savio - Catherine Beebe
Saint Isaac and the Indians - Milton Lomask
Saint Elizabeth's Three Crowns - Blanch Jennings Thompson
Saint Margaret Mary - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint Thomas Aquinas - Mary Fabyan Windeatt

Nature or Science:
A Tippy Canoe and Canada Too - Sam Campbell
The Wolfling - Sterling North
Laddie - Gene Stratton-Porter
Old Bob's Birds - C. K. Thompson
Canada Ride - Mary Bosanquet
The Garden and Forest Behind Grandpop's House -  Vincent Iezzi
The Young Milton - Mary Hobbs
Marie Curie - Beverly Birch

Classic/History:
The Silver Branch - Rosemary Sutcliff
Tom Sawyer Abroad - Samuel Clemens
Heidi - Johanna Spyri
Legend Led - Amy Le Feuvre
Tom Sawyer Detective - Samuel Clemens
The Enchanted Island - Ian Serraillier
The Story of Doctor Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

G.A. Henty:
A Roving Commission
By England's Aid
The Lion of St Mark
St George for England
In the Reign of Terror
Rujub the Juggler

Faith:
The First Christians - Marigold Hunt
With God in Russia - Walter Ciszek
A Philadelphia Catholic in King James Court
and others of choice

Australian History:
By the Sandhills of Yamboorah - Reginald Ottley
Southern Rainbow- Phyllis Pinddington
Verity of Sydney Town - Ruth C Williams
Bakers Dozen - Celia Syred
They Came South - Mavis Thorpe Clark
Gold on the Wind - Valerie Thompson
From Billabong to London - Mary Grant Bruce
The Green Laurel - Eleanor Spence

ROGAN ASSIGNED READING FOR THE YEAR: Approx  2 books per term per category

Saint:
Francis and Clare: Saints of Assis - Helen Walker Homan
Saint Rose of Lima - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Blessed Marie of New France - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
The Little Flower - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
The Cure of Ars - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint Martin De Porres - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint Benedict - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint Catherine of Sienna - Mary Fabyan Windeatt

Nature or Science:
Actos the Grizzly -Rhoda Leonard
Gatie the Aligatter -Rhoda Leonard
Mattie - G D Griffiths
Animals that Eat Nectar and Honey - Alice L Hopf
Monarch The Big Bear of Tallac -Ernest Thompson Seton
James Herriot's Animal Stories - James Herriot
Little Rascal  - Sterling North
My Side of the Mountain  -Jean George
The Wofling - Sterling North

Classic:
Nurse Matilda - Chritiana Brand
The Call of the Wild - Jack London
Black Beauty -Anna Sewell
The Hundred and One Dalmations - Dodie Smith
The Silver Sword - Ian Serrallier
The Family from One End Street - Eve Garnett
A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson
Maddie - Astrid Lindgren

History:
Children on the Oregon Trail - A Rufgers van der Loeff
Legions of the Eagle- Henry Treece
The Bronze Bow - Elizabeth George Speare
The Sign of the Beaver - Elizabeth George Speare
The Borrowed House - Hilda van Stockum
The Winged Watchman - Hilda van Stockum
The Children's Crusade - Henry Treece
The Eagle - Rosemary Sutcliffe

Faith:
St Patrick's Summer - Marigold Hunt
A Life of Our Lord for Children - Marigold Hunt
The First Christians - Marigold Hunt
The Rebel Prince - Raymond H Belton
The Heroic Messenger - Ambrose Haynes

Australian History:
By the Sandhills of Yamboorah - Reginald Ottley
Cousin Come Lately - Eve Pownell
John of the Sirius - Doris Chadwick
Trim- Mathew Flinders
The Bay Whalers - Ira Nesdale
The Boundary Whalers - Joan Phipson
Courageous Crew- Kathleen Allanby
The Australian Twins -Daphne Rooke

Blessings,
 

Plans for Vellvin 2012

ENGLISH -
Lingua Mater
Imitation in Writing Fairy Tales

Grammar:
Grammar for Dummies (library resource)

Spelling:
Words from Dictionary
The Essential Spelling List - Fred J Schonell

Poetry:
Memorise approx 8 per term (to be chosen each week)
A 4-5 stanza poem should be able to be memorised in a week

Handwriting:
Copywork of set Scripture in both manuscript and cursive.
Improve Cursive using one of our resources in the style you prefer

Writing:
Blog Posts
Letters to Pen friends, brothers away and others
Continue to write out own creative  stories
Sparrow Post notes

Assigned Reading:  2 from each category below for 1each term

Saint/Missionary:
Bernadette Our Lady's Little Servant - Hertha Pauli
Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity - Alma Power-Waters
Pauline Jaricot- Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint John Bosco and Saint Dominic Savio - Catherine Beebe
Saint Isaac and the Indians - Milton Lomask
Saint Elizabeth's Three Crowns - Blanch Jennings Thompson
Saint Margaret Mary - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint Thomas Aquinas - Mary Fabyan Windeatt

Nature or Science:
A Tippy Canoe and Canada Too - Sam Campbell
The Wolfling - Sterling North
Laddie - Gene Stratton-Porter
Old Bob's Birds - C. K. Thompson
Canada Ride - Mary Bosanquet
The Garden and Forest Behind Grandpop's House -  Vincent Iezzi
The Young Milton - Mary Hobbs
Marie Curie - Beverly Birch

Classic/History:
The Silver Branch - Rosemary Sutcliff
Tom Sawyer Abroad - Samuel Clemens
Heidi - Johanna Spyri
Legend Led - Amy Le Feuvre
Tom Sawyer Detective - Samuel Clemens
The Enchanted Island - Ian Serraillier
The Story of Doctor Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

G.A. Henty:
A Roving Commission
By England's Aid
The Lion of St Mark
St George for England
In the Reign of Terror
Rujub the Juggler

Australian : See below in Australian History

Information Reading:
Arthur Mee Encyclopedia
Newnes Encyclopedia
Other non-fiction from Home Library

FAITH -
The First Christians - Marigold Hunt
With God in Russia - Walter Ciszek

Church  History - Father John Laux
The Faith Explained - Leo J Trese

A Philadelphia Catholic in King James Court and use the Study Guide with this
Credo (Printed notes)
Memorise The list of important facts on printed sheet

Read from Catholic Culture and be able to talk about it intelligently

The Catholic Guide for Girls

HISTORY -
World:
Story of the World 2 - Medieval (finish this one) (as a spine)
When Finished Story of the World 3 - Early Modern Times
Supplementary books from Home Library

Australian History:
History of Australia- Manning Clark, Meredith Hooper and Susanne Ferrier (spine)
The Australian Book -Eve Pownell (Interesting Note this is a new edition and varies dramatically from the old edition called 'We live in Australia'  published in 1966. My initial reaction is that it is a 'politically corrected' book.

Supplementary Reading ( 2 or more per term):
By the Sandhills of Yamboorah - Reginald Ottley
Southern Rainbow- Phyllis Pinddington
Verity of Sydney Town - Ruth C Williams
Bakers Dozen - Celia Syred
They Came South - Mavis Thorpe Clark
Gold on the Wind - Valerie Thompson
From Billabong to London - Mary Grant Bruce
The Green Laurel - Eleanor Spence

MATHEMATICS -
mathsonline
Dux Mental Arithmetic -K. Perrett and E. Whiting
Betty and Jim Mental Arithmetic  A.A. Parkes
Quick Practice Maths- K E Couchman, S B Jones, W Nay
Figue it out It Our Thinking like a Math Problem Solver - Sandra R Cohen  (www.curriculummassociates.com)
The Mathematical Toolbox- Rosamond Welchman-Tischler
Read Living Maths books from Home Library

Board games and card games and puzzles

SCIENCE-
Term 1- Botany:
The Wonderland of Nature Nuri Mass
Shaleya's Quest Thomas J Elpel
Botany in a Day -Thomas J Elpel
Exploring Creation with Botany (Young Explorer Series) Jeannie K Fulbright  Apologia  Press
Christopherous Unit Study Botany by Donna Simmons
Term 2:
The World of Chemistry
The World of Medicine
Planet Earth
Term 3:
Astronomy (using books from Home Library)
Create a solar system
Term 4:
Biology and Anatomy Home library and using library resources, (add in names when they arrive on interlibrary loan)

Nature Study:
Keep a Nature Notebook all year. As part of this try to have an area or tree or other that you can document the change of with the seasons.

Using the books below divided into 4 terms - read,  illustrate, and write information about them
Term 1: The Burgess book of Birds for Children - Thornton W. Burgess
Term 2: Wild Animals at Home -Ernest Thompson Seton
             Artic Prairies -Ernest Thompson Seton
             Bannertail - Ernest Thompson Seton
Term3 : The Burgess Flower Book for Children - Thornton W Burgess
Term 4: The Best of Ernest Thompson Seton -Ernest Thompson Seton
             Woodland Tales -Ernest Thompson Seton

Watch Science and Nature  DVDs eg Steve Irwin, Mythbusters, MacGyver

GEOGRAPHY -
Australian: mapping and memorising

World: Geography in Seven Months (on line mapping etc)
Using Home Library choose countries and write about culture, commerce, history etc
Pin point map for each country you do

Watch DVDs of Michael Palin and his various travels around the world.  Keep a world pin point map of the various places he visits

MUSIC-
Appreciation:
Listen to The Masters Series
Classical Kids Collection Vol 1 and Vol 2

Piano and Guitar Lessons
Ballroom Dancing - use the DVD we have
Continue to learn new Hymns and songs

ART-
Appreciation:
One Art picture a week for Picture Study (Charlotte Mason style)
Term 1:
Monet
Robert Duncan
Term 2:
Jessie Wilcox Smith
Waterhouse
Term 3:
Thomas Kinkade
Van Gough
Term 4:
John Constable
Tom Roberts

Practise:
Copy and colour/paint from approved sources
Draw/colour/paint own designs and creations

LANGUAGES-
Italian
Live Mocha
Library resources (waiting for them to arrive- update when have)

GENERAL CRAFT -
Cooking
Creative writing
Painting
knitting
hand sewing
machine sewing
felting
embroidery

MESSY CRAFT-
Resources:
All Year Round
The Children's Year
Global Art MaryAnn F Kohl
Discovering Great Atrtists
Mudworks
Craft Basket and Nature Study Basket books from on my Book Blog

(Weekly breakdown to follow)
Blessings,
  

Plans for Rogan 2012

ENGLISH -
Stories of the Saints
Imitation in Writing Fairy Tales
Participating in (Listening and Narrating)  Read alouds that are part of younger children lessons. (Link Later)

Grammar:
Ruth Heller : World of Language- Read and narrate when finished use Grammar Land
Intermediate Language Lessons -Emma Serl.

Spelling:
Common Word Spelling List Grade 4-6 (From you can teach your child Successfully)
The Essential Spelling List - Fred J Schonell

Dictation:
Spelling Wisdom

Poetry:
Memorise approx 8 per term (to be chosen each week)
A 4-5 stanza poem should be able to be memorised in a week

Handwriting:
Copywork of set Scripture in both manuscript and cursive.
Start Cursive using one of our resources in the style you prefer

Writing:
Blog Posts 2 per week of written content (not just pictures)
Letters to Pen friends, brothers away and others
Continue to write out own creative  stories

Assigned Reading:  2 from each category below for 1each term (to be decided as go along)
Saint:
Francis and Clare: Saints of Assis - Helen Walker Homan
Saint Rose of Lima - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Blessed Marie of New France - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
The Little Flower - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
The Cure of Ars - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint Martin De Porres - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint Benedict - Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint Catherine of Sienna - Mary Fabyan Windeatt

Nature or Science:
Actos the Grizzly -Rhoda Leonard
Gatie the Aligatter -Rhoda Leonard
Mattie - G D Griffiths
Animals that Eat Nectar and Honey - Alice L Hopf
Monarch The Big Bear of Tallac -Ernest Thompson Seton
James Herriot's Animal Stories - James Herriot
Little Rascal  - Sterling North
My Side of the Mountain  -Jean George
The Wofling - Sterling North

Classic:
Nurse Matilda - Chritiana Brand
The Call of the Wild - Jack London
Black Beauty -Anna Sewell
The Hundred and One Dalmations - Dodie Smith
The Silver Sword - Ian Serrallier
The Family from One End Street - Eve Garnett
A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson
Maddie - Astrid Lindgren

History:
Children on the Oregon Trail - A Rufgers van der Loeff
Legions of the Eagle- Henry Treece
The Bronze Bow - Elizabeth George Speare
The Sign of the Beaver - Elizabeth George Speare
The Borrowed House - Hilda van Stockum
The Winged Watchman - Hilda van Stockum
The Children's Crusade - Henry Treece
The Eagle - Rosemary Sutcliffe


Australian:
see below in Australian History section

Free Choice:
as you choose during the year

Information Reading:
Arthur Mee Encyclopedia
Newnes Encyclopedia
Other non-fiction from Home Library

FAITH -
St Patrick's Summer - Marigold Hunt
A Life of Our Lord for Children - Marigold Hunt
The First Christians - Marigold Hunt
The Rebel Prince - Raymond H Belton
The Heroic Messenger - Ambrose Haynes

St Joseph's Baltimore Catechism Book 2
Memorise The list of important facts on printed sheet

VIRTUE -
The Catholic Guide for Boys

HISTORY -
World:
Story of the World 2 - Medieval (as a spine) you may do 2-3  activities on Friday
Supplementary books from Home Library

Australian History:
History of Australia- Manning Clark, Meredith Hooper and Susanne Ferrier (spine)
The Australian Book -Eve Pownell (Interesting Note this is a new edition and varies dramatically from the old edition called 'We live in Australia'  published in 1966. My initial reaction is that it is a 'politically corrected' book.

Supplementary Reading ( 2 or more per term):
By the Sandhills of Yamboorah - Reginald Ottley
Cousin Come Lately - Eve Pownell
John of the Sirius - Doris Chadwick
Trim- Mathew Flinders
The Bay Whalers - Ira Nesdale
The Boundary Whalers - Joan Phipson
Courageous Crew- Kathleen Allanby
The Australian Twins -Daphne Rooke

MATHEMATICS -
Start Maths Buddy (When we get it)
Lessons in numbers
Concentrate on X Tables
Online Math Drills Worksheets
Worksheets
Read From Home Library Living Math Books
Board games and card games and puzzles

SCIENCE-
Term 1- Botany:
The Wonderland of Nature Nuri Mass
Shaleya's Quest Thomas J Elpel
Botany in a Day -Thomas J Elpel
Exploring Creation with Botany (Young Explorer Series) Jeannie K Fulbright  Apologia  Press
Christopherous Unit Study Botany by Donna Simmons
Term 2:
Wonderland Of Nature - Nuri Mass
Children of Summer Jean -Henri Fabre
Fabre's Book of Insects- Jean Henry Fabre
Term 3:
Astronomy (using books from Home Library)
Create a solar system
Term 4:
Read through Habitat books (One Square Foot)
Plant a garden to produce vegetables and herbs (keep a journal on when planted and growing record)

Nature Study: Nature in the Neighbourhood - Gordon Morrison
Keep a Nature Notebook
Create an Animal Notebook (draw animal and fill with facts including paw prints, special considerations)

Watch Science and Nature  DVDs eg Steve Irwin, Mythbusters Magic School Bus etc

GEOGRAPHY -
Road Trip Around Australia:
This involves choosing a destination for a 'holiday' and the route to take to get there. You will document the distance between towns, any significant physical landmarks and made made historical or cultural landmarks. You will chart your way and record information on the towns you pass through including population, what state it is etc.
Use online and Home library Resources
Have a map to pinpoint the towns on

Watch DVDs of Michael Palin and his various travels around the world.  Keep a world pin point map of the various places he visits

Around the World Trip:
Similar to the Australian one
Use online and Home library resources

MUSIC-
Appreciation:
Listen to The Masters Series
Classical Kids Collection Vol 1 and Vol 2

Piano Lessons
Ballroom Dancing - use the DVD we have
Continue to learn new Hymns and songs

ART-
Appreciation:
One Art picture a week for Picture Study (Charlotte Mason style)
Term 1:
Monet
Robert Duncan
Term 2:
Jessie Wilcox Smith
Waterhouse
Term 3:
Thomas Kinkade
Van Gough
Term 4:
John Constable
Tom Roberts

Practise:
Copy and colour/paint from approved sources
Draw/colour/paint own designs and creations

PHOTOGRAPHY -
Experiment with taking different photos eg, still life, portrait, nature and then use photo editing to Edit these with different options to show effects
Use these to create collages and for blog posts etc

LANGUAGES-
French:
Usborne French
Live Mocha
Library resources (waiting for them to arrive- update when have)

GENERAL CRAFT -
Sculpy
Cooking
Candle making
Creative writing
Painting
Spider knitting

MESSY CRAFT-
Resources:
All Year Round
The Children's Year
Global Art MaryAnn F Kohl
Discovering Great Atrtists
Mudworks
Craft Basket and Nature Study Basket books from on my Book Blog

(Weekly breakdown to follow)
Blessings,