Me again! Average day?!

[JOJOHNSON23]

So sorry for the numerous posts I've made in the last week or so, as you can probably tell home schooling my DC (aged 7&9) is really on my mind!

Can anyone give me a rundown of their 'typical' day?

Many thanks!!

:)

What an enormous help this has been and very reassuring. So you're not all willow weaving hippies, as is the generally held belief about HE'ers! Hahaha, although I'm prepared for the onslaught that I'll receive once my decision is known amongst friends and family! I'd better buy some hemp sandals! ;)

incognito , your little tale of success has just really inspired my dd , we are currently HE due to her CFS ,with no intention of going back to school and its great to hear of people succeeding without having buckets full of GCSEs which with the best will in the world we have no hope of doing currently ( dd is 14) . I will look into the OU thing for when she feels better .

We do NOT weave willow

Happy to discuss OU for HE teens via PM if anyone wants more info.

There is a caveat: now that the OU is on the same funding arrangements as other universities, the route followed by my DC is no longer open, because you would use student loans for it. However, if a DC is unlikely to go to a bricks'n'mortar uni (e.g. for medical reasons) but wants to do uni-level study, I would strongly recommend the OU.

It is used to dealing with students who have additional needs, it is cheaper than many other unis (£5K for each full "year" of study) and you can study part-time (as little as a quarter year at a time). Following age-discrimination legislation, there is no quibble about 16-18yos studying. I know that people as young as 12-13 have started, but I'd be very wary of which courses they do. MU123 is the starting maths course and is very accessible for younger people but AA100 (The arts past and present) requires a maturity of reading and writing that is probably better left until older. I also recommend the language courses (I am currently doing Level 3 German) but the Level 2 courses have a mandatory summer school which can make it difficult for younger people (because of safeguarding concerns - people who need additional assistance are catered for).

The prospectus is at www3.open.ac.uk/study/ and there are "tasters" of the full courses at www.open.edu/openlearn/. I see from there that this is Open Education Week.

Jo

Some of your family may surprise you. I knew some of my dhs family would be down right nasty, but others have surprised me with their support and offers of help. I'm not talking qualified teachers here but certainly family members who have some knowledge and experience.
Ds1 has a degree in sport and has helped with P.E and some basic biology, beyond the curriculum for KS2 anyway.
Dh has helped with materials, metals to be precise, although in a very unconventional way
A family friend teaches her Italian - she has a business of supplying language specialists to schools and can speak several fluently.
She has enabled dd to complete topics for KS2 and is moving onto grammar and other KS3 topics. She is to start French soon as well.
We found in general that people like to show off their talents and will offer help, even if you don't suggest you need it

Thanks potato prints, the thing is I'm now 100% certain about my decision - it's taken me a while (months) to decide as I like to know the pros and cons of things and once a decision is made I stick to it, so don't want to make it lightly. Most of my family and friends will be envious I bet but I know one or two will think I have lost the plot and am being 'alternative' because I'm not sticking to the status quo (because that system works so perfectly!!).
Ommmward, I am rather partial to lentils and do own a woven willow basket but will have to practice the bosom hoisting! hahaha!

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Hey Jo what has happened since you wrote this?