Guest celebratedmama Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Hello all, I am hoping to connect with anyone living in England who is currently homeschooling. My husband has been offered a transfer from the states. He would be working out of Gerrard's Cross mostly and some days Cambourne. I am having a hard time finding out what the HS culture looks like there and what types of social/coop options exsist. I am not very encouraged by what I have found online so far. Anyone, anyone ... would love your thoughts! Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sunnylea Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 You could start by joining this list http://www.home-education.org.uk/forum-he-uk.htm Lots of us are also on facebook and quite well networked :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Most areas have some kind of group. The meet-ups tend to be social and lightly-organised. A large proportion of home educators (this is the preferred phrase in the UK) are unschoolers, so you won't find academic co-ops much. I can't give you specifics about that area of the country, I'm afraid. FWIW, we used to go to a monthly book group with other HE children, but otherwise my boys found most of their friends through non-HE contacts: scouts, Karate, Taekwondo, neighbours.... Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sunnylea Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Yup, the preferred term is home-education, rather than schooling. Not sure that I'd agree that the majority are unschoolers though, my experience is that there is a pretty broad spectrum in England :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 There is a broad spectrum, but the large networking groups seem to be dominated by unschoolers, so people who prefer a more structured/formal approach are less visible. There's lots about this on Simon Webb's blog - here's a link to one entry: http://homeeducationheretic.blogspot.com/2011/03/ruthless-action-on-he-uk-list-again.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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