Home schooling due to covid 19

[gg12346]

Half of the year has already passed and another 4 months shall pass soon .I wish to enroll for homeschooling
Before I take his decision ,DS has been an above average kid at school and thrived well .I wanted to ask what about Year 2 Sats in home schooling ?
Does homeschooling for a year effects private school admissions and also university applications .
DS has started year 2 and shall be giving year 2 Sats ,Can I make him sit privately ??

Home educated children do not take SATs. If a child later (re)enters the school system, the school may have them take a substitute exam to get similar information on their levels.

At Y2, it's really not going to affect university and to my knowledge, shouldn't really affect private school admissions.

Home educators don't enroll, they deregister if already in a school - the process depends on the circumstances. One can register with the local council, but that's not required and there are mixed opinions on that (I've benefitted from it, but I know others who hate the entire idea of it).

Thank you so much .Is there any website where I can find this info on Home schooling .

Before you leap into anything OP, have you decided who will be teaching your DS, ie will it be you or somebody else? If it is to be you, are you confident that you have the skills to teach your child? From your post (and I say this as kindly as possible), it appears that English may not be your best subject. However, English is really important in Year 2 (along with maths). It lays the foundations for other subjects further up the school. Think carefully about taking your DS out of school. Home education isn't an easy option and if you struggle with SPAG, it may complicate things even more.

www.educationotherwise.org/

Thank you theconstantinoplegardener ,for this observation .Yes English is not my first language and I am very poor typing skills as well:) .Having said that I have already in place a tutor who is a teacher and she will be guiding me for both Maths and English .The real reason I want to opt for homeschooling is that I am high risk for Covid and DS has also congenital heart defect ( making him high risk as well ).The sheilding has been stopped for everyone but covid -19 still exists and there are deaths as well happening .

Oh well if you have a tutor, that should help a lot. I can see why you want to homeschool now. Good luck!

Well-Trained Mind is a forum for home education that has a lot of great resources, US-focused, but it has people from all over the world in it. It's very much a structured education space.

I agree with theconstantinoplegardener in that it's important to consider who is going to be teaching and how you feel about taking on the full responsibility for your child's education. I educated my children throughout all of primary, it's a foundation for the rest of their education, and it's something to take care when weighing it up as an option. I obviously think it's can be a great option, but it has pros/cons, risks, responsibilities, and benefits that each family has to consider on their own.

For Y2, I generally still focus heavily on the basics of good penmanship, phonics (Ultimate Phonics and the advanced Piper Books, if only as review), reading aloud/speech, maths (I use Math Mammoth with the Math Trainer site for fact practice, though have previously used MEP for a child who really liked and excelled in maths), and do a lot of reading aloud and hands-on activities for other subjects. If good or needs stretching in English, Pobble365 is a good free resource though will need plenty of support to use well as it doesn't shy away from using grammar terms or other concepts that may need more explanation and examples than the site gives.

Hi gg12346,

Within the state system and for college and university admission, home education isn't directly significant to admissions. What will matter most for college and university is the young person's GCSE and A level exam results, though tutor recommendations, personal statements and portfolios (if relevant) also play a role. Most home educated teens do IGCSEs, which can be done privately without school. Those exams are a hassle to arrange and there are costs, but there are also some benefits to doing them outside of school. A levels are harder to do independently, and relatively few home educated teens do that. Most go to sixth form or college for them. That is all a long way away for your child, and you could just put him into school aged 14 to do GCSEs there.

One hears rumours that private school admissions involve all sorts of unofficial criteria; I don't know how true that is. Why don't you approach the private school(s) you have in mind and ask them their views on home education, and also learn more about their admissions processes? Then you will be able to tailor your child's home education to improve his chances of getting in.

Saracen : You are telling me that once I opt for homeschooling I can never revert my decision to go back is that so ? .Please let me know in case this is the case .Since I am just looking for year 2 home schooling .Hopefully midway I will apply back to schools as well :)

"You are telling me that once I opt for homeschooling I can never revert my decision to go back is that so ?"

No no, that is not the case at all! You can return your child to school whenever you want. I was confused by your mention of university. I thought you were wondering about how home educated kids get into university.

thank you

please since you all are so aware of the education resouces and the system ,can anyone let me know that Wolsey Hall Oxford is a good home schooling college or not ?

I think there are lots of homeschooling groups on Facebook which will have lots of information / advice.

From the little I know, homeschoolers often group together to socialise and teach in smaller groups / families which sounds beneficial (although I realise you are trying to shield and that compromises that slightly).

Can you afford a good amount of tutoring to help keep you on track with dc learning?
Can you talk to your dc school to find out what targets they should have for the next 12 months?

Hi gg, we are in a similar situation due to shielding since march sending the kids back to school seemed too risky for us. Have you discussed the situation with the school? Our head teacher has agreed for us to continue homeschooling indefinitely while the risk is high but retain their school places and support!

yes @jpforward we are in constant touch with the school .They are okay for Ds to do part time schooling just staying for first 3 hours lesson each week from monday to friday but not fine for homeschooling , in case we have to retain the school place.

My sons school already had couple of cases of covid in upper primary and secondary school previous week .I am just not so daring enough to send him to school :)

What a strange suggestion from the school, if your child is going in for 3 hours they may as well stay all day!
I think we have been very fortunate with our school so far, but if they push the issue with the rates going up then I think we would have to withdraw the kids fully, really hoping it doesnt come to that.

I think this government is penalizing whoever is vulnerable .They didn't even gave it a thought .Don't they realize that children who are also vulnerable and parents who are vulnerable are all high risk for covid -19.
They should have put in place things eg online home learning for such kids .

Sorry OP, how can I, as a teacher, teach the pupils in front of me all day and then also supply online resources and online learning? Can I split myself in half? It's hard enough providing work for kids isolating for 2 weeks never mind providing a full curriculum for home schoolers. Either send him to school or home school- it's not the government's responsibility to make your home schooling easier, that's your decision and your responsibility.

And why are you stressing about university at year 2 level?! Talk about over thinking it. Maybe your DS will want to choose his own path?

The private school I work at has just accepted a girl Into year 7 who up until now had only been home educated.
Universities will also take children who have been home educated

@Puffalicious You don't need to be so dramatic here .We already did online schooling in march for 2 months .Today also people who are isolating are given online classes in my sons school .The teacher only shares the slides and screen with us .Ofcourse the expectation is not to teach but to be aware of the curriculum so that parents can teach children at home .

@Puffalicious I understand from where are you coming .The teachers are over burdened and complete stressed out due the fact that they have to perform so much and do so much extra due to the pandemic , but you got me completely wrong

@puffalicious ... I understand what you are saying, I didnt want to add any stress to the teachers lives who are already having to deal with all the kids they have in front of them and all the new rules. One of my kids teachers kindly sends a list of the things we should should cover that week and video chats with dc once a week... but I'm blown away and so grateful for the amount of effort she is putting in. The other teacher just sends a few sentences now and then. But I am not complaining, just happy to know they still have a place in school for them to go back to for as long as their cooperation lasts!