Hi everyone,
I'm seriously considering home educating my 10 year old daughter for year 7 as she has been offered a secondary school neither of us want her to attend.
I have looked into it and both, she and I, are happy to go for it. Before I make a concrete decision and turn down the school place she's been offered, I wanted to see if anyone else with secondary age children is also doing this or considering this.
I was wondering if anyone would fancy joining my daughter and I for group activities such as team sports, drama, music, science workshops and trips that would be more easily facilitated by having a group of children rather than just us.
I plan to base what we do on the national curriculum nothing particularly groundbreaking and hope that by getting a group together, we can add an extra dynamic.
We've vaguely decided that we would have dedicated study 8-12 covering the core subjects then spend the afternoons 1-3pm with other important subjects like music, art, drama, PE, and languages. Thinking of teaching French (which I have an A-level in) and Mandarin (which I spoke with my mum more as a child - but my mum would be able to help). This would cover requirements if we did this Mon-Thursday then we're thinking that Friday could be an activity which would support one of the study areas.
If anyone is interested please do let me know. I can't seem to find much in the way of local home school/education groups.
I also have a younger daughter and depending on primary school admissions she may be homeschooled too. I mean this with both girls as a temporary measure until we get a place at a school we feel comfortable with. So probably only for one year but we will see how it goes.