Disgruntled parent and teacher

[lorry1]

I am an experienced primary school teacher and a parent of three children and feel frustrated with both sides of the education coin.
I feel that my children are not meeting their potential in state school and , as a teacher I am stretched to the extent that its impossible to meet all the needs of all the children in a class of 30. I am therefore considering 'opting out' and establishing a small home school for a few primary aged children. I am just putting my thoughts out there to see if it is a viable solution to a situation many of us seem to find ourselves in.

don't lots of parents do this already? ie they home school their children and link in with other home schoolers and share/swap lessons/teaching etc?

Complete understand where you are coming from though, it just the financial consequences of not working that are dire!

TBH, I don't expect that my primary school-aged children will have all their needs met.

I expect that they will have

1. some of their potential 'encouraged' by the school.
2. some of their potential 'encouraged' by me and their dad at home and
3. even though they're little, they will soon learn to take consequences for any inactivity/apathy at school by falling to lower groups - and this is all about taking some responsibility for their own actions.

Tough love in the Huw household.

Ooooh, can my children come, pleeeease? Parents could do a half day each,each swotting and teaching on different subjects