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Another trip to Blackwell

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:52:30 +0000

The girls had another trip to Blackwell Court a couple of weeks ago. This time they did the High Trapeeze. This is a great confidence builder, if ever I saw one! Share and Enjoy:

Erasmus Darwin House

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:07:35 +0000

We had a trip to the Erasmus Darwin House in Lichfield this week. It was fascinating. Erasmus Darwin was Charles Darwin’s Grandfather and was a doctor. There was some very interesting history in the house and then the children had the opportunity to do a couple of workshops. One was a dissection workshop and the other [...]

Blackwell Court

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:30:34 +0000

We went crate stacking at Blackwell Court in Worcestershire. Jacqueline had a brilliant time. It is a terrific place with several acres of woodland, an outdoor pool and an adventure play area. All the children seemed to have a great time. A local MP from Worcestershire came along to talk to parents about Home Education and the [...]

Into the swing of home education

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:25:35 +0000

We seem to have had a very busy couple of weeks, since school officially “started back”, both on the educational side and on the battling DCSF and officialdom front. On the battling front, there have been some interesting twists and turns. Last week Graham BadMan suddenly sent out a letter to all the Local Authorities, begging [...]

Diversity in Home Education

admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:15:46 +0000

Debs Scudder has put together a fantastic Carnival of Home Education Blogs These are all written by home educating families and all I can say is “Wow, what a huge diversity of families and approaches to home education!” The Carnival of Blogs covers everything from reasons why families home educate, to daily life, to a structured [...]

Educational Plan

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:27:38 +0000

One of the recommendations of the BadMan review is that all Home Educating families have to provide an Educational Plan for the following 12 months, drawn up – of course- with the supportive guidance of the Local Authority! (LOL) As this is the official start of a new school year, I thought it would idea to [...]

Implications of the BadMan Review

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:44:22 +0000

This is a brilliant blog post by Home Educating Parent, Ann Newstead, about the implications of the BadMan Review into Elective Home Education for Home Educating Families Here is the link to the post. http://fivehomeedinkent.blogspot.com/2009/08/for-all-my-non-home-educating-friends.html I really could not have said it better myself. Amanda Goldston Share and Enjoy:

Summer of Home Education

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:06:57 +0000

Well, the summer seems to have flow by! Although we have not been away this Summer, we seem to have been really busy. Jacqueline has done two theatre and drama workshop weeks, one with a home education friend and one on her own. Both performances were really terrific. In the first one, the children put together [...]

Some observations on Home Education in the UK

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:34:54 +0000

I have come to the conclusion that we really do live in an upside-down world, as far as education and in particular Home Education is concerned. Graham BadMan, so called expert and writer of the “independent” (LOL, ROFL, LOL!!!) Review into Home Education has apparently got very upset recently that Home Educating families seem to be [...]

LAMDA results

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:04:15 +0000

The Results for the last LAMDA exams finally came through last week. Both girls got a High Pass (almost Merit) in one exam and a Merit in the other. We are really pleased with both of them and very proud of them both. Stephanie has passed the first of her Grade 6 (Bronze Medal) Level [...]