Our Home Schooling journey began
quite by accident! I had been working
full time, and was taking a break as I was quite burnt out. At the time my son and daughter were 11 years
old (the twins) and my eldest son, 14 years old. Life was busy with the usual parenting,
school and work demands. My 11 year old
son had been having trouble at school ever since he started. I was always at the school trying to sort out
the current issue, be it his learning, behaviour or the fact he would rather
climb a tree than sit in class. He was
constantly on detention for running in the playground, not being in the line he
was supposed to be in, and for being the class clown.
During my break from work, my son was
suspended from school for a week, for an incident involving a school
football. As we sat together at home,
and he tried to complete the work that was sent home, I finally took the time
to notice how much he was struggling. I
went back to the school to ask for easier work, but he still struggled. My son had been in counselling and seen numerous
Doctors, but nothing seemed to be working.
Quite by chance I heard that Home
Schooling was an option, I had always thought this was for families that
travelled or hippies! During the week my
son was suspended, I found out all I could about Home Schooling, and thought if
I could have him home for 6 months prior to High School, maybe I could bring
him up to speed, so to speak. So our
Home Schooling journey began………………… more later
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