I got more structured with DS for year 7 but we focus on science most as that’s what his passion is (he loves chemistry and wants to be an engineer). So lots of working through books for that, documentaries etc. Maths we use books and practical stuff (I’m a maths tutor so I use my own resources as well)
Book studies - we read a bit to him each day, sometimes do activities based on it or otherwise just discuss it as we go.
In year 7 he also had a word of the day challenge to improve vocabulary, and books I made for landmark or person of the week. Previously we did similar with countries. All needing research for data, interesting facts etc.
He does Italian on Duolingo (his choice - would be much easier to help him if he’d chosen French!)
I’m trying to introduce more practical creative stuff too, I’m going to get some books on paper engineering and that sort of thing. He’s doing some electronics stuff with DH, taking apart old plug sockets etc.
He is obsessed with Lego so I’ve given him challenges before too, eg one week he had to research how neurones work and he made a model to demonstrate. He’s also enjoyed making landmarks in Minecraft when researching them, I want to do a bit more of that and maybe try the education edition.
He’s making a book about the periodic table, as typing practice mainly.