Curriculum in a box.

[TheWoman]

Have any HE families in the UK had any experience of using one of the 'curriculum in a box' suppliers for secondary school levels?
If so, I would be grateful if you could please advise what you thought of them, and let me know which supplier you used.
Thank you.

I have seen mini science sets, complete with tiny test tubes, used by a hospital education unit. Can't remember the name of the supplier and while they were OK you ended up with a very 'general' kit that covered all the different Exam boards, so you ended up with some stuff that you didn't need.

they were also quite expensive IIRC

Thank you for the info. I'll do some research on them.

Anyone else with experience of these, please?

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dunno if this helps at all, the OU do allow HEdded kids onto their course pre 18, apparently.

their science courses are really really good. I would say they cover gcse and a level easily, from scratch. they have lots of kit.

to do the course incl marking would be about £600, but to do it w/o a tutor would be less.

There would be no problem, I reckon, in not doing exams.

If I HE, and buggered if I know if I will or not, this is def the approach I'd take. Their books are so incredibly clear and aimed at adult distance learners.

oh sorry, meant to say

there is a general science course which is about £600

they also have various intro courses, the SK ones, which i reckon are around gcse level and concentrate on one area-nutrition or dinosaurs, say. They are about £100 each.

Thanks Filly.
We're looking for Yr7 or Yr8 work at the moment, but the OU is a great idea for later on.

ah sorry no help then

have you heard of the electronic wizard? that might help with...electronics?

theres also some stuff on muddlepuddle re science-science kit a month or something?

You'd probably be better posting this on EO, really, but hey. bumping at least.

Thanks.

Is this the sort of thing you mean?
Witsend curriculum in a box

Link taken from Education Otherwise website
Curriculum and courses where there is more information about curriculum and course resourcess.

HTH

Thanks juuule - have you used them at all?

Gosh they are sooo expensive!!!

There is a HomeEducationResources group ;
groups.yahoo.com/group/Home_Education_Resources/

"A group to find and promote resources for home educators. Primarily for families in the UK, links to sites and resources can be international. Free resources are especially welcome."

I wonder if that would be of any use?

No - I haven't used them. We make ours up as we go to suit what we need or are interested in at the time.
I also think they are expensive.

Thank you for your help, everyone.
Was rather stunned at the prices.
Think we'll stick to doing our own thing as we have been doing.
Am trying to quell the fear of still Heing when most around us are opting for secondary schools.