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[captainpeacock]

How can you home ed a child to GCSE level when if they are at secondary school they have a teacher qualified in each particular subject that they study.

Thanks poops. My son will be 13 in a couple of months, maybe I should consider letting him go for it. How long has your DS been doing the IGCSE for?

We started with this course just over a year ago, and he should be fit for the exam for november - fingers crossed, we only work term times as I have others at school and also only work in the mornings, so have taken it pretty slowly. Think its best to just take your time at this age.

Thanks for your help.
P.s are you doing any other IGCSE's or are you just concentrating on the maths for now?

Hoping to do one exam at a time, but studying 2 subjects if that makes sense. I.e take maths this november, biology next may. If we get through the maths then pick up another subject (possibly German) and see how long it takes to do that.

Home Ed is just about finding the best way for you really. I dont see the point in studying 8 subjects to take all at once and have that pressure, so doing one at a time from an earlier age seems best for us. Have done lots of research and lots of HE children who take IGCSE from a younger age tend to start with maths and biology as not quite so much writing as one would get for instance in an English exam. (Especially for boys...)!

Am not HE'ding as such, but dd has just started doing German at home, as the school doesn't offer it, and there is lots of good stuff online, including audio material, so she can work on her accent. When she gets a bit more proficient she can also join some German internet group (she is already part of a Swedish one), and we will try to take her to Germany/help her to find German friends. We will be ordering books and DVDs and anything else we can think of.

Thanks again. I agree poopscoop, no need to bombard them with exams, but I am a bit of a novice regarding home ed only took my son last Nov & still trying to establish what is best for us. We started off with a distance tutor for his maths but the stuff she was sending was a bit on the easy side for him so we're using materials that he was using in school but would like to start heading towards his maths exam soon.