ISSUE 5. Home ed looks like NOVEMBER 2018 Home Ed Looks Like This... this I S S U E 5 NEWSLETTER DATE INSIDE THIS ISSUE: We would like to thank all our Inside Storyreaders 2 for your support and con- tributions over the last season. Inside Story 2 The newsletter only began in July Inside Storywith 2 our first issue being pub- lished on the 3rd August. This is Calendar Page 2 Inside Storyour 5th3 issue and we are looking forward to what the new year will Birthday Shout Outs Page 3 Inside Story 4bring to us as a team. Home Ed Art Page 4—11 Inside StoryWishing 5 all our readers a wonder- ful season of celebrations, em- Christmas Pantry Page 12– 14 Inside Storybracing 6 loved ones and hope the new year brings growth, love and Saint Nicholas Page 16– 19 joy for you all. Origins of Christmas Page 20– 25 Seasons Greetings A Global Christmas Page 26– 39 Teen Reporters xx Rosa Parks Page 40– 41 Human and animal Page 42– 43 Rights Summon the Book Page 44– 47 Dragon Submitted Story Page 48– 49 The Wild Adventure Winter Safety Page 50– 53 P A G E 2 Important Dates 1st Dec– Rosa Parks day. December 2018 - Tree Dressing Day Mo Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 2nd Dec– International Abolition of Slavery Day 1 2 - First Sunday of Advent - SEN Day 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3rd Dec– International Day for Disability 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Awareness 6th Dec– Miners Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 10th Dec– Human Rights Day 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 - Animal Rights Day 21st Dec– Yule 31 25th Dec– Christmas Day 31st Dec – New Years Eve 2nd– 10th Dec - Hanukkah Tree Dressing Day Awareness Dates in December originated in London ‘International Day of Persons with ‘Tree Dressing Day’ is based upon Disabilities’ is an annual event several traditions globally. It was adopted by the UN in 1992 with initiated by ‘Common Ground’ in the aim to promote deeper under- 1990. ‘we decorated a group of standing of disability issues, the London Plane trees on the junction rights of disabled people, whilst of Shaftesbury Avenue and High promoting the involvement of disa- Holborn in Covent Garden with 150 bled persons within their communi- large number, showing that EVERY ties (whether its politics, economi- TREE COUNTS! Since then, groups cal, social or cultural). The idea is and individuals have dressed their to eventually achieve the goal of trees all over the country in Decem- full and equal enjoyment of human ber‘. rights and participation in society The day is about honouring nature, by persons with disabilities. The many communities now gather Globally 1 in 10 ‘World Program of Action concern- near or around the trees after- people live with a ing Disabled Persons’ initiated the wards, telling stories, singing and disability. day of observance. connecting with each other. HOME ED LOOKS LIKE T HIS I S S U E 5 P A G E 3 Birthday Shout Out Rowan is 14 on the William Wilcox is 14 on the 1st December. 4th December. ‘Happy Birthday Harrison Storey ‘ Happy Birthday William, so ‘Hope you have a very proud of you. Love you With love wonderful day lots son From The Turtons of love and hugs xx Mum, Hobes, Tyler, Wil- liam, Anthony and Xxx’ Mum xxx’ Nimueh xxx’ Joshua-James and Paige Carbet is 13 on Sammi Doncaster the 1st December are 13 on the 25th December. ‘Happy Birthday Paige, love mum, dad and TJ ‘Happy 13th Birth- xxx’ day to our not so tiny Christmas mira- cles. Lots of Love mum and dad xx’ ‘A cheery hello on your day of birth, And wishes for everything bright, May you know only joy and wonder, Morning, noon and night.’ Happy Birthday to our December born readers from everyone on the ‘Home Ed Looks Like This’ team. P A G E 4 Home Ed Art Last Month we discussed ‘The Big Draw’ national arts event. Our teen reporters attended local events to report on their findings, and members of the home ed community also got involved. ‘Before the end of the event we The Big Draw Sefton managed to sit down and We attended the big draw Not only did we get to take part interview an event in Sefton, Merseyside, in the workshop but Opal also artist who UK. sent in the instructions for us to had an share with out lovely readers. exhibition of The hall was large and his work.’ packed with activities, from Before the end of the event we a sensory bat themed room managed to sit down and inter- to an Eco Bricks activity and view an artist who had an painting workshops. exhibition of his work. One of the workshops we attended was a felting work- shop ran by a home ed teenager. It was great fun, instructed well and the ta- ble seemed to be the busi- est at the event . Each child received a certificate HOME ED LOOKS LIKE T HIS I S S U E 5 P A G E 5 Big Draw Felting Workshop My Name is Opal I am 11 years old and this is the first time I have delivered a workshop This workshop was for making wet felt starfish. Equipment needed:- Wool (different colours) Bubble wrap Soap water liquid Trays Towels This is the workshop table set up, I Plastic bag with knot in would set it up like this before each (to stop little ones put- ting their heads in it.) Empty bowl to squeeze excess soap into Bucket of clean water for rinsing Opal, 11 years old P A G E 6 We laid the trays out with bubble wrap on top of them then we started by ripping the white wool into 2 bigger pieces and one smaller pieces. We overlapped the 2 bigger pieces to make an x shape and then we put the smaller piece on top to make a star shape. Then we put different coloured wool on top of the base to decorate the starfish to make them look bright and colourful. After we finished decorating we sprinkled the soapy water on the star fish and then folding the bubble wrap over the star fish so the star fish is in a sandwich of bubble wrap. The bubbles of the bubble wrap should be facing the starfish, and then using the plastic bag we rubbed on top to press it all together. It has to be rubbed lots with good pressure so it does not come apart. Then we opened the bubble wrap up and re- shaped our stars so they looked how we wanted them too. Next we folded it all back up and rolled the bubble wrap into a tight sausage shape, we then took the rolled up starfish off the tray and laid out our towels. Then we put the rolled up starfish at one end of the towel and rolled it all up together to make a bigger sausage. Now the hard work begins, we must roll with lots of muscle power. 10 x roll then unwrap and turn over. Repeat this process at least 8 times turning and re- shaping each time. HOME ED LOOKS LIKE T HIS I S S U E 5 P A G E 7 Now we check to see if all of the wool is stuck togeth- er…….. This depends on how good you were at roll- ing. If the wool moves when you rub the surface you need to roll a few more times. This usually happens with younger ones as they are not as strong. After all the rolling is done, take your empty bowl and squeeze all the excess soapy water into it. Then rinse it and squeeze it 3 more times in the clean wa- ter. This bit is the fun bit…. lay a big towel on the floor and then put your felt starfish down at one end, fold it over carefully and stomp on it to dry it out even more. People can now take their starfish home with them. Sent in by Opal, aged 11 P A G E 8 December’s Home Ed Challenge This month we have a couple of fun Christmas challenges up our sleeves. Don’t forget to send in photographs of your Christmas crafts, our favourite ones will be featured on our Instagram page home_ed.llt You can even make your own nativity scene Craft stick Christmas trees Using wooden craft sticks, paint, sequins and glue you can easily make your own Christmas decorations! Snowman decorations LED candles make perfect snowmen decorations to hang around the home. Reindeer hands Use a permanent marker to add on the facial details and make your hat out of craft materials. HOME ED LOOKS LIKE T HIS I S S U E 5 P A G E 9 Seasons Greetings Word Search E S N O R T H P O L E E R T R W A N S A Y F D E S N H S A M D I W E A A V A L G A Y T C A A N N O M A Y I M N B S N S G E T S T N W L U U I H T E L I R N A E E D O K L T L Z S L C B I N L R R K N R E R Y E A S R C T T N A S O S E L J R B N E H A S H T N O K R T O P W O G O C I D F J C L G L N G O W N L L M U T A H A S G G I N F I A A Y I R O D I N T B D S L G S U N C L A N S O D I X Y A CANDLE JESUS SEASONS GREETINGS CAROL SINGING MAGIC SINTERKLAAS CHRISTMAS SNOW BALLS MISTLETOE SNOW FLAKE ELVES NATIVITY FAMILY TINSEL NORTH POLE TREE FATHER CHRISTMAS NORTH STAR FIGGY PUDDING WINTER SOLSTICE GINGERBREAD NUT CRACKER YULE HANUKKAH PRESENTS YULE LOG HOLLY REINDEER ICE SKATING SAINT NICHOLAS IVY SANTA CLAUS P A G E 10 HOME ED LOOKS LIKE T HIS I S S U E 5 P A G E 11 P A G E 12 The Christmas Pantry METHOD Gingerbread Men Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon and pour into the bowl INGREDIENTS of a food processor.