HE part time?

[AngryPixie]

My dd (6) is reasonably happy if a bit bored at school, my ds (5) is very happy at school. They both go to the local state primary school.

During the last few 'snow' days we decided, for fun, to have a home/school and I taught the children quite formally I guess during the mornings. (Not that it matters but I am a primary sch teacher)

They both loved it and I was astonished at how much they achieved in those few mornings, with lots of laughs and hugs and spontaneity and creativity. I was thrilled at how they supported each other and learned from each other.

My dd claimed it was her 'best school day ever'.

Now I have a bit of a dilemma! My dd would happily leave sch tomorrow, but I know that she benefits from the social side; the assemblies and drama, the playtimes etc. (She is not naturally sociable) My ds loves school is uber sociable and is invited to billions of parties etc and I feel sure he would miss that if withdrawn completely.

My absolute ideal would be to home educate 2 days a week, to extend my very able DD in a fun away, allowing her to immerse herself in areas of interest in a way they can't at school; to enjoy them and challenge them and offer them an alternative view of the world.

So, sorry to ramble, do you know of anyone who has managed a part time arrangement like this with a school? Do you think it is possible?

Sorry to ramble like a mad woman, any help or advice very gratefully received!

The problem with this is the question of what your DC would miss on the days they were not in school - you'd need to cover at least some of the work they'd be missing, so you wouldn't be free to do what you found interesting on the HE days. If you picture what they do each day in school, there's probably a bit of literacy, a bit of numeracy, a bit of project work every day, so how would they go back in next day and deal with the work if the rest of the class (or their group) had covered something they missed? They'd always be trying to catch up, which would add to the pressure.

They are also likely to miss out on the social side - if the rest of the children are there every day they have things in common which your children would not share.

In general, I think te better course is to HE fulltime and find ways to get the social side - which I'm sure many on here will be ahppy to tell you is never a problem!

I flexi school my children and have to say that we don't have any issues with them dealing with "missed work". I chat to the teacher from time to time and get an overview of what they are working on and then support that at home as well as doing other stuff around their interests. We love it!