Home Education

So the end of the school year has finally been here and gone.
We are now in the middle of the first week of school holidays that will last for six weeks.
Next year things are going to be different.
Next year we are starting Home Education.
Why Home Education? Because of the children's problems with school, and their learning problems.
In our state kids are suppose to do an accelerated learning at a level higher than that of the state schools and private schools.
Frankly this is discrimination.
I am allowed to do an IEP but I've had to get supporting info about the children's learning problems.
Not to hard since they're made the so called safety net that was suppose to pick up kids that were struggling in order to get the extra assistance they needed.
It's a shame that its not been followed through despite the funding being given.
The school has tried yet again to stop me from doing Home Education.
I'm armed with a tonn of information and legal papers this time , so they're not going to win.
The school reason for complaining about a child they can't stand or handle?
Funding!

yep...

I found out that my II child is worth up to AU$10000/yr to the school and the other one that's getting very little assistance is worth AU$1700/yr.
The average state school only gets AU$500/yr/student.

It is a little daunting starting up. The more I think of all the different ways to do HE, research more info about the different types and ways of study that are being used by different people, the easier it gets.
Home educating kids with II and ADHD is not the most ideal situation, but from what I've learnt and seen from what has happened to the school system, it's going to be better in the long term.

I will be taking a child that's suppose to be in grade 5 and teaching him parts of the alphabet he doesn't know.
How does a child get to grade 5 without a teacher noticing he lacks full understanding of the ABC, phonetics and spelling, lack of knowledge of sight words and not understanding the core fundamentals of maths!!
No wonder the poor child is struggling to read and write.
This child has been labeled lazy!!
I have discovered he lacks memory skills, auditory and some visual perception as well as a possibility of left ear dominancy.
Left ear dominancy on its own will make a child loose around 30% of the info via the cerebellum before it gets to the right hand side of the brain where the info can be interpreted.
He needs a tailored made IEP and one on one, not told he is lazy!
I have estimated that it will take around two years for this child to catch up to his peers, provided he has medical intervention to help him concentrate with study.
We are also implementing strategies for him to cope when he is stressed from the work being a little to much or difficult. At school he has learnt that he can't get the assistance he needs, gets stressed and ruins his school books. He has been sent to the office and punished a few times for this behavior.

The II child has already got a plan set out for his education so we are going to adjust it to suit home ed.

The third child is a little behind in 2 areas but with one on one I would not be surprised if he ends up with a B in most subjects by the end of the year. Lets see how they will go.

The studies will be done in groups for unit studies, then modified to their yr level for work and ability.

Their sister will be joining them twice a week for preschool and their little brother for kindy.
The rest of the time they will be in prep and kindy at a private education centre, so I can spend one on one with each of the boys.
When they are a little older they will join in fully.

I wonder what that will be like?

I am a head of committee to a matter close to heart as well and starting up an home based business to help feed us.
I am required to work as well, so its going to be interesting for a while.

Well I've got to go now, work to do.

Yippy it's christmas!

I can't believe it! It's already christmas!
It's time to be with your family and have fun....
Go on holidays....
See your friends and party!
Hmm...Some how I don't think that will include me!
Why? Because I'm staying home for christmas to be with my little family like I do every year.
It would be nice to see my other family but I can't get contact with them because of my mother!
Family means so much to me, I love it and miss it ( except my own--I'm with them all the time).
Maybe one day....
Time to finnish the christmas shopping and helping in the mean time.
Have a great christmas and don't drink and drive!