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Welcome back, knowledge-hungry crew! Captain Ed here, steering the ship of home education towards another exciting day of discovery!

Welcome back, knowledge-hungry crew! Captain Ed here, steering the ship of home education towards another exciting day of discovery!

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Carl Sagan

ENGLISH
Headline Writers! 📰

Let's step into the shoes of a journalist and craft catchy headlines!

Your Mission:

  1. Choose a news story, either real or imagined.

  2. Write a headline that is:

    • Concise and attention-grabbing: Keep it short and snappy.

    • Accurate and informative: Reflect on the main point of the story.

    • Intriguing: Make people want to read more.

Bonus Challenges:

  • Write different types of headlines (e.g., question, statement, exclamation).

  • Analyse headlines from real newspapers and identify their techniques.

  • Create a newspaper front page with your headlines and accompanying images.

Share your headline creations on social media using #EdExpress!

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LANGUAGE
German Grub! 🇩🇪🥨

Let's explore the delicious world of German food and expand our vocabulary!

Today's Focus: Food words

  • Brot (bread)

  • Käse (cheese)

  • Wurst (sausage)

  • Brezel (pretzel)

  • Apfel (apple)

  • Kartoffel (potato)

  • Suppe (soup)

  • Salat (salad)

  • Kuchen (cake)

  • Eis (ice cream)

Challenge:

  • Create a menu for a German-themed meal, using the German words for the dishes.

  • Draw or find pictures of these food items and label them with their German names.

  • Research a traditional German recipe and try making it with your family.

Bonus:

  • Learn how to say "Guten Appetit!" (Enjoy your meal!) in German.

  • Find out how to order food in German (e.g., "Ich möchte..." - I would like...).

  • Explore German food culture and traditions.

Share your German food adventures on social media using #EdExpress!

JOKE
A giggle a day keeps the learning blues away!

Q: What did the grape say when it got stepped on?

A: Nothing, it just let out a little wine.

Ed - Your UK Home Education Companion

Keep exploring, keep learning, and keep having fun!

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