home educating one child but keeping others at school?

[geekgirl]

Is this possible or will it lead to problems? Am currently considering home educating ds (5) but would keep his sisters at the same school he is at - they're extremely happy, love going to school and are in great classes, so all very good for them.

Unfortunately for ds, he is in a friggin' awful class (I outlined it all a bit here) and even the teachers say that the learning and enjoyment of the children without issues is severely impacted by the difficult ones...

I am considering taking him out until I feel that he will actually have a pleasant time at school - that would probably be in September.

I'm just wondering whether I would be able to provide ds with the social opportunities etc. required whilst still being effectively constrained by the school day?

[nickschick]

I have educated ds1 at home whilst ds2 went to school,then educated ds1 and 2 at home then both ds returned to school - then through ill health ds2 was home educated and ds1 went to school .....now ds 1 and 2 are at secondry and ds3 is home educated (hes never been to school).

[julienoshoes]

Might be worth doing some reading around home education-maybe getting one of the books about home ed for your dh to read. There is a thread here about 'books about HE' and 'websites about HE'

Definitely would be worth finding home educators local to you-there is another thread on that too 'How to find local Home Educators'
Then you could see if you could go along and meet Home educators in real life-that may help to reassure your dh-and you about the social side of things.

hth

[ommmwardandupward]

well, Ds is the one who's having to go every day, not dh... might be worth reminding dh of that.

[geekgirl]

hello folks, thanks for the replies. I'm going in to see the head later today or tomorrow morning to discuss the issues I'm having - not sure how far I'll get

Dh is not keen on taking ds out of school and sees it as an sbsolutely last resort. That's not how I feel about it. Ds says he hates school.

[rooftop]

Hi geekygirl,
some families have children in and out(HE) of school.Strangely some children do like school!! You can certainly manage both. Lots of our HE group meets are timed so that they finish in time for people committed to the school run.
As for 'socialisation' - once you start going to HE meets etc. you will probably find (as we did) that far from there not being enough - you will be deciding which you don't have time enough to go to !!!!
Wherabouts are you? Have you looked at the HE lists?
I'm sure Julie will be on here shortly and she is a walking HE encylopaedia so if you need more info -- just ask.
Best wishes

[musicposy]

Hi, I started educating just one, with the other at school, and I also take my goddaughter to school.

Very soon my eldest decided she wanted to be home educated too, but my job (I teach piano) and looking after my goddaughter mean I am still completely tied to school times most days.

It is a bit trickier to do the social stuff, but it's certainly not impossible. We find we sometimes have to leave social events early, but as we've got to know people and make friends, we find they often drop DD2 home for me, so she doesn't miss out at all!

I initially started home educating just to get DD2 out of school for the year, with the view to her returning in the September, just like you are thinking of. When it came to she didn't go back, but the school would have been keen to have her and she could quite easily have done - she just didn't want to.

Home ed sounds like a good way out for you at the moment.

[chatterbocs]

I started off just educating 2 at home, ten the eldest one saw how much fun we were having & wanted to join in the fun.
3rd one was initially happy to go to school at first while the other 2 stayed at home but then was more & more wanting to stay at home.

[cluckiemama]

Hi geekgirl! I've had similar experience to you reading your earlier posts. My ds was excluded from his class for the afternoon with another boy, when there were alot of other children involved in incident and they weren't even punished, this sort of thing has happened on numerous occasions and I have now had enough. I have now decided to home educate my ds(10). I will be taking him out of school after half-term, but will be leaving my dd(4) in the school because she seems to be enjoying it at the moment. I can't give you any advice, but just to let you know there's someone else in the same boat as you