NEW TO HE

[Poppyb1990]

My daughters ASD, she didn't settle into the secondary school environment so we took the leap to deregister.

Any recommendations for year 7 online?
Maths, English, Science ideally on a site that tracks progress.

I've seen Ed place have both free and annual memberships, I'd love to hear thoughts if anyone uses it and if it's worth paying.

Hello, welcome to HE :)
I have similar has HE kids. They only do a small amount of online learning though so I can’t give solid recommendations but I do know lots of people use The £2 tuition hub or Learn Laugh Play. Some people use Kings Interhigh too but I’ve never used it myself.

All the best. Any other questions happy to help with.

Hello, New to this world and want to look into it. Have 11 year old currently in year 6. Where do I start?

You could just try it for the rest of this year and see how you get on. Y6 is a great time to try home ed because if your child decides they don't like it, they can simply start high school in the autumn alongside all the other Y7s, not having missed anything. You also don't have to worry about whether your child's school might have filled up while they were away: in any other year that would mean they'd have to either go to a different school or carry on with home ed in hopes a place will come up back at their old school. But in your case, the place your child has been offered at high school cannot be taken away, so long as they turn up in the autumn to start. Besides, in many schools Y6 is dominated by cramming for SATs - if that's true in your child's school, they can miss that out!

It may be useful to meet local home ed families. They can answer some of your questions and give you an insight into how some people do it on a day-to-day basis. (But don't be discouraged if the first people you meet don't seem like your type of people and you can't imagine home educating the way they do it. There are many different people doing it in different ways! Once you've met enough families, you'll find someone whose experience seems relevant.) Also, you may feel enthused by the social and educational opportunities being arranged by other home ed parents in your area.

Most local home ed groups are on Facebook these days. To find them, go on Facebook and type into its search bar "home education" followed by the name of your town or county or nearest city. Let us know if you have any trouble and I'm sure someone can point you in the right direction.

Hello if you only do small amount of on line, is all the rest practical learning? What resourses do you use and what age are the kid(s)?

What about year 6 sats exams? Do you still get to keep your secondary school place?

You could do practical learning, you could do books and traditional pen and paper methods, you could do projects... it's up to you!

What are your child's interests? You could start there.

They only expect your child to do 2-3 hours of actual school work a day at home ( if you think how much they would actually put pen to paper at home compared to a day at school ) I use twinkle to get most of my child’s learning resources, but also uses workbooks, bbc bitesize, food tech lessons, music lessons, daily walks and school trips with her. Homeschooling can be anything you would like to teach them but we have tried to stick to curriculum.

Home educated kids don't do SATs. The purpose of SATs is to assess schools, so we don't need them.

Some high schools use SATs results to decide which sets children start in when they join the school. Others don't - some of them feel the results aren't useful because they know that certain primaries really "teach to the test" and drill children excessively for SATs while others don't, and so they may not be a good reflection of individual children's abilities. Some high schools use their own placement tests instead. If you are concerned about that, you could contact the high school to ask what they use.

Yes, you still keep the secondary school place you have been offered, unless you decide not to send your child to high school. If you are quite sure your child won't be going, you can decline the place now. If you aren't sure, you can keep your options open by waiting to decide later.

fitness and art an english

Yes practical learning and following their interests. They’ve been HE for years and it has evolved and changed over the years but we are mostly ‘child led’. We have been fully unschooling at times but more recently now they are older we are doing some more school type work such as more formal written maths. My dc are older primary, and early secondary age. Mostly though we only do the ‘topics’ they are interested in.