It was fantastic, so helpful and supportive, in fact after reading a few horror storied I was totally armed to the teeth with things. Not needed.
The Education Welfare Officer, was supportive of our decision and explained that if her children had suffered some of the same things, or a teacher had became personal with her she would have done the same thing. Which in itself was a comfort to hear.
The Elective Home Education lady was just a delight to have, her children have all been home schooled and 2 of them still are in the process, she gave nothing but praise for all the research we had done, and the information pack we gave her.
The cinnamon biscuits went down a treat too.
We have an information pack coming of local social activities for Eldest to take part in & was given the go ahead to teach her as we see fit.
There were a few questions…
- What lessons did we plan on doing?
- Would there be other people contributing to her HE?
- Would we consider putting back into mainstream Ed. ?
- Where did we get the recipe for the biscuits?
In the information pack I gave to the EHE lady was the following –
- List of special interest projects & how they tie to each lessons
- The material we will be using
- The key stages of the books
- Timetable of lessons
- List of social activities & Eldests personal interests.
This was received with gratitude, she explained that the more information they have the more they can help and I’m fine with support. She explained that we have no obligation to stick in any way to the National Curriculum, I wasn’t going to anyway, but sure it’s nice to hear.
She also mentioned that her own children only probably do 50% of the school work a week, because she personally felt that school rushed through 30 pupils leaving probably 1-8 pupils slightly behind, simply for their own standings and so that the funding they receive stays intact.
Now I had a great time at school, I had teachers that really went the extra mile to help you, no matter what the issue. Great time, great teachers just loved it.
But not everyone will have the same school experience, some children just don’t adjust. It’s no one fault, it just happens.
I will say it has been really mixed feedback from family, my side is totally on board, sending more books and craft supplies than I have room for. Beau’s side said ‘No. Bad idea, put her back.’ Without really understand why, or the benefits.
I’m not ashamed to say that I love it, I’m not ashamed to say she is positively shining like the sun every morning and I’m not ashamed to say that it’s fun.
And on that note we have some Blueberry Muffins baking, ’cause cooking is now part of our lesson plan.
