Anyone thinking of switching to home ed after this?

[woollylizard]

Interested to know if this bout of forced homeschooling is inspiring anyone to take their kids out of school after the pandemic has passed?

I imagine for most people it's a 'HELL NO' but I was intrigued as to whether it has inspired anyone and whether the rates of home ed will increase dramatically after this?

I think it goes to show home eders are happy doing a lot less academic work. A few hours here and there, as a lot of their day is outdoors/trips/parks etc!

If there is one thing this experience has taught me, it is that at no point in my life will I ever willingly decide to home school a child.

Err, no. 😄

@SquashedFlyBiscuit it's just different and there are as many ways of home educating as there are home educating families. It's all good..
My 12 year old has just happily signed up to do a unit study of a book that will be quite challenging. His choice though. No one told him he has to do it.

We formalise up for GCSEs. My 15 year old is in the cohort that should have been sitting them. He was then hoping to do a music qualification for year 11.

I think it goes to show home eders are happy doing a lot less academic work. A few hours here and there, as a lot of their day is outdoors/trips/parks etc

Yet for the most part they still get the same results

Absolutley fucking not...... I didn’t become a teacher for a reason.

Fuck, no.

In fact, I’m thinking of sending the more competent child out to work, in whatever long-hours occupation has the longest hours, to pay boarding school fees for the other one.

And I’ve not even done any home ed yet.

My grandchildren aged 15, 13 and 10 have never been to school. They probably are missing the socialising as they are in various groups in our region. They certainly have never been isolated.. they have these headsets so they can talk to friends through their computers so they are able to keep in touch that way.
They’ve never done formal lessons . Lots of learning through play.
The eldest has been doing one day a week At college in a class comprised Of only home edded children to study three GCSE’s
He’s worked hard and was doing well, who know what will happen now.
They had lovely things planned for the year, Camping meet ups, festivals, so much stuff cancelled.

My daughter liked the idea when the youngest was a baby that she wasn’t frazzled rushing the baby out of the house to get the elder ones to school or nursery.
I loved the idea that they only lived next door so I could pop in and see them most days. I miss them shouting nana, across the car park when I was going in and out of my house. They’ve been moved 6 years now but it was lovely while it lasted.
I’m missing them so much.

I am! We all love it. DC 14,13,10 and 4.

The Dc’s Are getting much more done in less time so are having more time to explore their own interests.

We have much more time to do fun family things, like baking etc which is teaching them life skills.

Finally, they are all being so much nicer to each other and are more themselves.

Olivers - really? Above reply suggests only doing 3 gcses. I don't think most home ed children do 10 GCSE's do they?

I would say they get different results. As the parent intended. Perhaps a more "rounded" childhood, less pressure, more time to play and do "trips." But its not the same results in most cases is it.

Absolutely not. Mine need school and I need them to go to school. I need to pay the mortgage and cant work and home school full time (single parent). I'm barely holding it together. September can't come soon enough........

@SquashedFlyBiscuit the reason we don’t need to spend six hours a day at primary level is quite simple. We can get so much more covered as we have a much better ratio of adults to children, we have no one distracting us, no play times or 50 minute lunch time, so getting shoes and coats on and off for each of those, no assemblies, no practicing for school shows, no having to do filler work whilst the teacher is busy with the square group, and so on.

Plus we do do a lot of academic work even when out and about. Just because we are outside in nature or at a museum doesn’t mean we aren’t learning or doing something academic.

Ds is year 5 and had already planned on home Ed for secondary (he is autistic and has an ehc and no suitable provision for his needs) this has made me more sure of our decision especially as when it comes to it we will be able to do it properly with trips and groups!

He will still be going back for year 6 though as his primary school are amazing

No. And believe me, we're loving being at home. It's been great. However, my kids really miss seeing friends and they miss the variety of interactions they share with teachers and pupils.
I can't offer my own kids an iota of what their teachers do.

Good god, no!

We're all bored stiff and my DC really miss the structure of school, the variety of different teachers, different classrooms, organised games and activities and, above all, they miss their friends. We all HAVE to do this right now, but I'm sincerely hoping it's over sooner rather than later. I hate having an empty diary, every day being the same (stuck inside the fucking house), I'm feeling listless and lacking purpose already and it's only been 10 days. Real home ed is, of course, nothing like the social isolation we're all enduring right now, but I can't wait for it to be over.

My DC are better behaved, less tired and stressed and generally a lot happier but no I don't think homeschooling would work long term for me.

my daughter is flourishing at home. She finds school exceptionally stressful and is anxious there. I've noticed how relaxed she is at home.

If I could find a way to continue with the current set up (I work around her, and only do 2 hours of formal learning a day with her), I would do it.

Sadly I don't think that home educating fits in with a full time job.

My personal view is that these last few weeks isn't really, 'homeschooling,' but rather, 'doing school work at home.'

DD(13) and DS(12) are loving being able to get up later than usual, being able to do the lessons in their own time and managing their time.

But this is not homeschooling as:

1. I did not plan any of these lessons - a teacher did.

1. This is temporary as am working from home and otherwise would have to quit job.

1. I absolutely would lose my shit with them and am much better making a cameo appearance with their school work.

DD’s been doing online school since September anyway so her day to day life has changed very little. She massively struggled with secondary school (was finally diagnosed with ASD in December) and is so much happier with online classes.

No. Fantasies (as we read the effing Famous Five) about boarding schools.

Hello I home ed anyway so not been any different for us except we are not usually under lockdown so those worrying about socialisation are looking at it from the point of view of the situation we are in now. Usually we are out and about mixing with all ages and other home school families. This situation doesnt reflect home schooling at all as you are all still working as if replicating a classroom at home. You're all doing a fabulous job though. Xxxx

Olivers - really? Above reply suggests only doing 3 gcses. I don't think most home ed children do 10 GCSE's do they

Do children need 10 GCSEs

Some HE bypass the GCSE stuff and go into university

I know because Dd (4 GCSEs) looked into it that you can go to uni without A levels

UCAS points can be got through other things not just A levels

Yes me. I'm really enjoying having them at home and teaching them myself and they're thriving. I'd love to home school permanently but I don't think I can offer them the social/sporting etc side that school does so for me I'll send them back when schools open (not interested in a debate on home schooling, this is my opinion)

Ps our primary have only sent through minimal suggested activities which I have chosen not to use as I'm preparing lessons myself