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1. daddy had a work meeting today. so we took some vinegar, bicarb and various pop top tubs to the park. we did an experiment to see what tubs acted better as rockets, L. told me why he thought some worked better than others. a couple of older ladies were watching us..
2. my 6 yo went over to them (respectfully and keeping distance) and asked them if they would like to see our science experiment. they (quite excited) said yes please. so he told them the ingredients and that when we mix them its an acid base reaction.
3. this produces gases which get squeezed up until the pressure is too much and it goes pop! the ladies were impressed with his little lesson and told him that that's what they use to help clean their drains but they had no idea it worked like that.
A short(ish) thread on the bizarreness of the current "Covid fears driving rise in home education" narrative:
#FairHearing4HomeEd #HomeEdNotVulnerable #EHE #HomeEducation #HomeEd
#FairHearing4HomeEd #HomeEdNotVulnerable #EHE #HomeEducation #HomeEd
Firstly, the suggestion seems to be that C19 is not a valid reason to home educate. It is perfectly valid, and entirely reasonable. Many people are concerned about transmission in schools & the effect on their kids & wider family. And these concerns are not being fully addressed.
Is it any wonder, then, that people are voting with their feet? These are not irrational parents who canāt be arsed to send their kids to school, but caring, conscientious parents trying to do whatās best for their family. They are not parents to be worried about.
A quick point-by-point on this. Why are we worried about parents not sending their children to school? If they are good enough parents, we should be happy, surely? And if they are not, then surely your concerns should have been noted before they left school.
Parents who are deregistering to home-ed are enacting their responsibility to provide an education, not exercising a right. If we don't have the ability to educate otherwise than at a school, the state has the responsibility for provision.
A "home schooling register" is a complete non-sequitur, given that we don't use the term 'home schooling' for elective home education here in the UK, indeed @educationgovuk issued a blog stating that 'home schooling' is the term for remote schooling-from-home due to closures.
School referred my SEN and medically vulnerable 6 year old to CAMHS for significant mental health. Assessment confirmed he could not cope or learn in the mainstream school environment. We opted to EHE as spent years fighting for his SEN sibling to recieve an education already.
CAMHS supported this option fully and continued to support our family. That 6 year old who had been a fearful and distraught child, was discharged from CAMHS within a year because of the positive changes EHE made. Within that year my eldest child was also deregistered.
And then my daughter too. All have benefited immensely from the type of learning that EHE can provide and my youngest has been EHE from birth. Just because we found EHE in crisis, doesnt mean it wasnt right for our family.
In the #HomeEducation inquiry meeting yesterday, @JennyColesDCS from @ADCStweets asked why parents would not register their children as home ed. Iād like to answer this, from my own viewpoint (canāt speak for other HEors, obv, but I doubt Iām alone in my feelings on this). 1/n
Firstly, let me turn the question around. Why *would* I want to register my HE child? There are no upsides for us, no support or advice being offered. But the potential downsides are serious, more intrusion & interference. Why would I welcome this? 2/n
Then there are the negative connotations and associations regarding ābeing on a registerā. Registers are for those who are a risk to society, not those legally exercising a lifestyle choice. 3/n
