Home schooling.

[NorthernRaider]

(9 October 2012, 16:55)Hexyprep Wrote: I think many schools are rubbish and do brainwash and for a long time I wanted to home school... before my daughter started school... now I must say I am pretty satisfied with the one my kids go to as it is not at all what I was expecting.
Not only do they have a frog pond and a yurt as an outdoor classroom, but they also raise chickens, have giant rabbits that have free reign of the KS2 side of the school. They also grow vegetables (one plot per class).
The head teacher is a little nuts, but in the most delightful way and does all she can to give the kids a well rounded education. My older kid is cooking her own lunch on Thursday from a recipe she choose using veg she helped to grow! After school clubs include knitting, sewing and cooking.
I got realllly lucky with this school as we moved locally when she was a baby and I had no thoughts on school at the time.
Must say though on the summer camp thing... I did summer camps from age 8 through 15 and they were some of the best days of my life... amazing memories and friends and we did so much! Not sure what they are like here but we did canoing and camping and horse riding and art, games, singing round camp fires and fishing. It wasn't educational in the academic sence... but it was an education and one I am planning to do for my kids from this next summer.

The Learn & Experience camps saw my lad learning languages, practising maths, studying geography, pot holing, archery, scuba diving, canooing, caving, orienteering and doing survival skills.