farming families, are there any home educating?

[BeNimble]

...just wondering
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I know of one. Mum, Dad, 3 daughters, they just realised that school and the amount of travelling just didn't gel. Especially with 3 having different finish times (after school clubs etc) and brownies etc.
There was no bullying etc to force a change to HE just the reasoned argumentthat HE'ing was better for them as a family.

still wondering........!

Yes! Our dd's have been at school for nearly a year now (13 &12 ) but prior to that we home educated on our farm and also on the road. It was fabulous and I miss it....it was such an idyllic life. Our reasons were for freedom and flexibility - kids have slotted in to school easily and are doing well and will stay at school now I think - I would do it again in a heart beat.

I home educated my dd for about 1 1/2 years while fighting the LA for a place at a special school.
We concentrated on life skills, maths in nature, reading, music, nature studies, the arts and animal husbandry.
Dh helped her with night sky studies, care of lambs and coping with shopping.

Due to our remoteness, there is a bit of a problem with catchment area schools and I feel that the LA's named school is an awfully long distance away for a small boy - the school nearest to us is not in our catchment area plus has the threat of closure hanging over it.

Ds is looking forward to being HE at home in August but we have made arrangements to ensure he maintains a good social life and contact with his friends.

If we had another harsh winter then we would have to HE as the roads become impassable and some of the schools close as nobody can get to them.

The ones I know who were HE, they did it because they themselves were bullied at school.That does not mean the child will be.
Also the cirriculum may well be more resricted.Though this is not necessarily a handicap if the young person is sure what they want to do when older.Though this does not apply to many young people I would have thought.

Betelguese - I'm wondering if the programme was about Scoraig? I think the older pupils used to attend the school at Ullapool and it would have been easier to take the ferry if the road became impassable. Scoraig is a fascinating place.

Two and three winters ago, dd missed weeks of school as we were completely snowed in and the school was closed. We had to be fairly inventive during 'cookery class' as our supplies ran very low. 101 ways of using powdered milk.

There are pros and cons about HEing here and we have to travel a bit to see decent art galleries, museums etc.

I wanted to show dd examples of expression, techniques and perspective so we visited some of Scotland's galleries and yes, there is an amazing collection of works to be seen.

Now that she has settled in well to her school, her best subject is art taught by two very fine teachers who are willing to try many mediums. I could just hug them for all the work they have done with dd and how it has given her a new confidence.

She works constantly at home, painting, mosaics, crayons, nail varnish and recently made a batik which looks like stained glass. Natural objects are her favourite themes and she has developed a unique style of which she is really proud.

We ran the internet off batteries when the power went so still had a lifeline out but those winters were unusually harsh and this winter was mild so we had it easy.

Ds is showing a fondness for art so we will work with that when we begin HE in August.

Thank you for your reassurance, Betelgeuse as I used to wonder if I was doing things right, constantly wondering if what I was trying was enough. - I'm not an art teacher or proper teacher and ended up bumbling my way through trying to educate dd half the time but it worked out well for her.