Hi we live about 20 miles north of inverness. we have just removed our 7 year old daughter from school to begin home education. me and my partner are happy with arrangements but other adults in the family are saying that its a bad thing and that it will ruin the girls lives and that we have to put them back into school immediately. has anyone else had similar problems. any advice would be gratefully appreciated.

This link was sent by a friend - worth a watch.

12-year old Victoria Grant explains why her homeland, Canada, and most of the world, is in debt. April 27, 2012 at the Public Banking in America Conference, Philadelphia, PA. For more information see www.publicbankinginstitute.org or www.moveourmoney.net.

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Yet again we find out about EU freedom snatching laws only after they are cut and dried
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/b...7319-30988426/
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"Hair penetrating the feet " :frusty:

Hi everyone, I have been browsing this forum for a while and have decided I know feel brave enough to introduce myself :wave:.
After much soul-searching and researching we have made the desicion to HE our children and it is so liberating.
Our son, M, is still only 21 months old and his brother is due to be born in August, so I guess you could say we're starting early!
We have discussed this with my mum, who was a teacher until a stress-related illness caused her to leave the job. Her inital response was 'Are you mad?'. But after having doen some of her own research and thought about the lifestyle it will allow us to have as a family she has come to the conclusion that it is a good alternative to the small primary school in the village (the same one I attended!). We just need to break it to the in-laws and friends...
We live in Snowdonia, North Wales and are about to move into a small quarryman's cottage with 3 acres of land which we have spent the last few months renovating. We intend to keep animals and have space to grow veg and space to run and play of course! :biggrin1:
M has the option of starting in the local nursery in September, a coupe of hours a morning, 4 mornings a week. I think, with a new baby, it may be good for him to go and have the chance to play with other children while I get a couple of hours with new baby. I am worried though, that in a couple of years he may wonder why his friends are going to school when he isn't. (That's if there are any other children the same age).
We intend to follow an unstructured education (autonomus?) and have been allowing him to develop in this way since birth, so I'm hoping that when they're older it will just be a way of life rather than a noticable 'education'.
I've read a lot of posts from parents who have withdrawn their children from school for many reasons, I welcome any advice, but would love to hear from other parents who have never sent their children to school about their experiences.

So, hello, I'm so glad I found this site to accompany us on our first wobbly steps of living 'outside the box'.
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Hi is there any parents in the Hertfordshire area that are Homeschooling. I have just removed my 15 year old daughter from her schooling. Would be great to meet some other parents and teenagers in the same situation.

http://www.scottishreview.net/?utm_s...on+the+bridge+

Excellent though upsetting articles by Kenneth Roy on the two girls who committed suicide by jumping off the erskine Bridge in 2009.

Yet again, those in charge of these young people failed them, fatally in this case.

hi new and looking to home educate,my daughter is 12 and has had the hardest first year of high school due to being bullied ,im looking to home educate her as the school is giving no support and its breaking my heart seeing her so upset at the thought of going into school every day ,i dont know where to start and would be very grateful for any advice and any info on groups in the renfrewshire area ,thanks in advance

Hello,

I'm Beanie I have a son who is two and a half, who we plan on home educating. He does go to a play based nursery two after noons a week, but its just for fun and having other kids to play with, I'm not hugly confidant with meeting people or going to mum and baby groups. I was HE'd through most of secondary school, and would not educate my child any other way after experiencing both sides!

Lovely to meet you all, I would love to meet other families especially ones with young children my son's age.

Beanie

Oh look! A service resister's tongue in cheek alternative to the upcoming Working with Resistant Parents conference, flagged up and critiqued on the Love, Belief and Balls blog in this eloquent post.



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See y'all there?

hi all,

its pretty much definite that i will be HE my 11 year old from september, there are many reasons and i think after all the issues we are having the world is telling me that he should not be at that school! We are quite excited! although seriously nervous so im reading/asking for as much info as possible!

i have read (from a link on here) that you just have to write to the school (i have to find out which school as he will be going up to secondary in september) and tell them and thats that, you dont have to tell anyone else but on our local council site it says you MUST tell the LA and you HAVE to have a meeting and tell them all your plans to make sure he will be educated well, also if you dont meet their criteria then you can get in trouble!

what are the laws?? this is the link to our LA and everything it says http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/assets/con...es_booklet.pdf i cant copy and paste it all but i would be so grateful if anyone could tell me if i HAVE to do all these things? i wouldnt even know where to start with a plan! im just trying to get my head round it all!

also what advice would you give to a newbie like me? he is my middle child, we think he may have dyspraxia, he is the most loving, kind sweet child ever and i wont have him in a school that isnt perfect, hence me HE him. my eldest is flourishing at the Grammar school and will be staying there, i have a 13 month old who is pretty much attached to me, still feeding her you see! LOL!

any and all advice welcome, i dont know ANYONE who has HE and there is no local groups (i have looked and looked)

many thanks for reading that SA!

Two interesting programmes are on the telly tonight (and no doubt available via catch up later).

56 Up, ITV, 8pm
Being born in the same year as these participants, I have followed this documentary series since I was 14.

Watching the detectives, Channel, 4 9pm
This Dispatches sting was discussed on brekkie telly and we can all say we told you so to those who have blind faith in the security of databases (especially NHS medical records) and those who have access to the personal sensitive data held on them.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/...e-talent-drain

So where does this take us?
"Extreme professionalism" a necessity?

R

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...new-oppression