I would love to start up my own home schooling alternative education for up to four children. I am presently teaching in Junior school within the private sector and have seen so many children feel failures when they fail the entrance test for Year 3. Parents find they have nowhere else to go as their prep school finishes at the end of Year 2. I have experience with this as my son is an August birthday and he was not ready to sit an entrance test at 6 years old. I taught him and his friend at home for year before they went off to the next stage of their schooling. They have now both just started university and I can see there are so many children who would benefit from having the same opportunity to have a break from the confines of a school environment re-ignite the joys of learning.
I want to provide a small learning environment using the outside with a really creative curriculum based on skills to build confidence up and to structure learning around the needs of children. I want to be able to focus on their weaknesses and strengths and use the outside to make learning fun and relevant to the children.
I have the room to set this up and a fantastic large garden which could be used, but before I take the plunge it would be really helpful to hear the views of other parents as to whether they think this would be a good idea!!
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duckpond1 · 03/01/2013 15:46
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