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Home education highlighted by the BBC - In recent months the media has shown an intense interest in the growth of elective home education in the UK. It seems that every time new figures are relea...
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Bridging from the Fediverse to Bluesky (or not) - Comments on Ryan Barrett's plan to create a "bridge" between the Fediverse and Bluesky, with reference to defaults, consent & moderation.
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Another year, another consultation - Every year or so, the Department for Education asks for our views on proposed changes to guidance on home education or legislation. This blog is now in ...
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Why Robert Halfon is wrong to push for exams and standardised assessments for home educators - The case for exams for home educators has recently been made by Robert Halfon, Chair of the Education Committee, in the Inquiry into Home Education. (Q97...
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Shop via my new website! - Finally, after 9 years, my own website is up and running! You can find all my unique hand sewn items here: www.elliestreasures.co.uk
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Terrific Tigers - A few weeks ago I posted about a giveaway for the Download 'n' Go Terrific Tigers Unit. Well. I won it :) Thankyou Melissa X It's the first time I've used ...
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Boot sale, childrens clothing & Back to Rufford We Go - Sunday morning started early with our visit to the boot sales near us, it was a good turnout and I picked lots of bargains up! I had forgotten how much I l...
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Gruff's Response to the Draft EHE Guidelines Consultation - *8 How effective are the current voluntary registration schemes run by some local authorities? What would be the advantages and disadvantages of mandat...
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Psychology quizzes - Perception Please wait while the activity loads. If this activity does not load, try refreshing your browser. Also, this page requires javascript. Please ...
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Some thoughts on the Lord Soley bill - It's funny what you get inspiration from. I was, and am, reading The Successful Self by Dorothy Rowe who, among other things, trained as a Child Psychologi...
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Catching up on our days... - I’m a little late with the new year greeting I know, but finally I feel we are finding our feet again and starting to feel our way around some sort of dail...
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3 Popular Contemporary Living Room Styles - There possibly several distinctive contemporary lounge styles, yet the most straightforward approach to start to get the contemporary look is the shading p...
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back to it - Hello. After taking well over a year off from this little space, I'm back.
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kids who stay home to be educated will only achieve the same level as the parents teaching them - "kids who stay home to be educated will only achieve the same level as the parents teaching them. Usually we want our kids to do much better than we did an...
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The Phoenix Garden Party - An hour later I peeked in and there was a party Phoenix Worm founder Craig Sheppard, a retired entomologist and expert on BSF, raises his larvae on a steri...
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“Breastfeeding is the biological norm, not ‘best'” - BAPS(UK) is the Breastfeeding and Parenting Support Group (UK). One of the things I liked about them was that they sent out the rules/ethos of the group b...
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What? - Bloody hell......we have...SUNSHINE!!!! Yay.
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All Aboard The Home Education Merry Go Round - Looks like it's time to awaken from the peaceful slumber of the past couple of years and jump aboard the home education merry go round again. News of hush...
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I’m Sorry To Tell You… - …but this is not Michelle writing but her daughter Iona. Unfortunately my mum passed away on Tuesday night. As most of you know, she had experienced a long...
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Hello and goodbye again :) - Well hellooooo :)) Anybody left out there? I am just popping over... I nearly didn't get on as I couldn't remember log in details! All those years writin...
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Bargainous Delights - When my wonderful husband took me out to dinner on Friday night, my equally wonderful daughter made a lavender salt hand scrub, which dare I say is probabl...
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Hello & Goodbye - So yes, I am still alive :-) I've been putting this 'final post' off for ages, as it feels a bit sad, but I think the time has come. I did think I would c...
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Back to blogging and back from a holiday. - Ok so it's been a while since I blogged, no real reason for stopping, life just got in the way for a while. I thought returning from our holiday would be a ...
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Naomi finished her time at Firfield - Last day at school meant writing and signing on tee-shirts. final assembly and lots of tears ( you can see naomi wiping her eyes) All dressed up and ready...
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A magical place - Today we visited Crook Hall in Durham, a place we return to once every couple of years. Each time, its charm increases, its interior displays have develop...
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Is Cumbria LA showing BadManners? - Cumbria has for a long time been a county with a well functioning EHE (Elective Home Education) department within the LA, headed by Marie Barnes, who is bo...
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Finding out - Not something to be done for a test, not something we do because we must, not something we can pass or fail. Finding out is natural learning, normal every...
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Get Rid of Hitler’s Law… NOW! - To start with… Rowan Fortune-Wood’s video that first introduced me to the struggle of home educators in Germany… Homeschooling is illegal in Germany as wel...
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Freedom or Death - Tech, Freedom In Education blogger, recently made a comment on her Facebook status: "Capitulation? No thanks. I'll go down fighting for what is right, not ...
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In National Theatres Now... - The Ministry of Elective Home Education is advising parental and psychological guidance for Scary Movie 6 - The Return of the Grave Robbers. This productio...
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Where to go next - It feels as though this post has been a long time in the making because it's been a long time in the thinking. It's about something that's at the heart of ...
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