Following on from the success of the residential weekend at New Lanark and due to popular demand, Schoolhouse is organising another weekend event for families, this time camping at Beecraigs Country Park. Beecraigs is located 3.2km. (2 miles) south of historic Linlithgow town, midway between Glasgow and Edinburgh, in the scenic Bathgate Hills. It has a dedicated camping area that we have booked the sole use of for Friday 14th May from 2pm to Sunday 16th May at 11am. The cost for the weekend will be £20 per family and should be paid at time of booking. There will be a limited…

Two tours of the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh have been booked for  Wednesday 31 March at 10.40am (places still available) and  11.40am (now full) . Participants should arrive 15 minutes prior to the starting times to clear security. The tour is free and hopefully the start times will allow families to make use of the cheap railcard deals. The one hour tour goes from the Main Hall to the Garden Lobby then the floor of the Chamber to see where the MSPs meet to debate. We will also visit a Committee Room and explore further into the building, to allow views of…

Thanks to all the families who came  to New Lanark for the home ed weekend and a big thank you to Karen Sneddon for taking on the job of organising it on behalf of Schoolhouse. Caitlin has written a short report and posted some pictures of the weekend here.  Meanwhile, the following comments have been received from some of other attendees: “A big thank you to Karen for organising this. We could only manage over for a few hours but it was lovely to see everyone.” “What a great venue – YHs never used to have en suites in my young days.”   “What a fantastic weekend we…

This event is now fully booked.  Please contact Schoolhouse if you want to join a waiting list in the event of a cancellation. Schoolhouse is arranging a residential weekend at the Scottish Youth Hostel Association Hostel at New Lanark from 15/17 January 2010. The weekend is a self catering weekend and is primarily to offer members the opportunity to meet other home educating families in an informal and beautiful setting. The hostel is situated in the 200 year old Conservation Village of New Lanark and is surrounded by woodland. We have rented the whole hostel and as such have spaces for 60 people….