Important notice
Saturday, 28th April 2012 | Home Ed in the News | SchoolhouseOwing to increasing pressure on our volunteers, we regret we are unable to respond to telephone enquiries at present. Please refer to the comprehensive information on our website and visit the Home Education Forums for any further clarification and peer support you may need. You should reply to the registration welcome message indicating your specific interest in the Scottish home ed forum and the moderators will then authorise your access to new forum posts and the group archives. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience in the meantime.
Schoolhouse Annual General Meeting and Social 20/08/11
Tuesday, 19th July 2011 | Home Ed in the NewsThis year’s Schoolhouse AGM is to be held on 20th August 2011 in the lovely Lochore Meadows Country Park in Fife and we have arranged a couple of events for our younger members. There are 16 places for youngsters, over the age of 8 years, to join the enthusiastic outdoor education staff to take part in a two hour activity session. The staff will be offering the opportunity to try kayaking and/or open canoeing on the loch. Places are strictly on a first come first served basis and must be booked in advance…
Sandra Dodd to speak in Edinburgh, 21 May 2011
Thursday, 7th April 2011 | Events & Activities | Home Ed in the NewsEBHE (Edinburgh and Beyond Home Education) are excited to announce that Sandra Dodd, a popular prolific and high profile unschooler from New Mexico will be giving two public talks in central Edinburgh on Saturday the 21st of May. This is the first time she will have spoken in Scotland. Early bird tickets are on sale now, to find out more please visit the EHBE website.
***Beecraigs camping weekend, 20/22 May 2011 – places still available***
Thursday, 7th April 2011 | Events & Activities | Home Ed in the News | SchoolhouseSchoolhouse is organising another camping trip this year and we have decided to return to 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 20th May from 2pm to Sunday 22nd May at 11am. The cost for the weekend will be £30 per family and should be paid at time of booking. There will be a discount of £7 for any families who are…
Wateraid at New Lanark by Ciaran Sneddon
Saturday, 29th January 2011 | Events & Activities | Home Ed in the News | SchoolhouseThis year’s Schoolhouse New Lanark get-together really put the “fun” into fundraising, as over £40 was raised for WaterAid by a couple of dedicated Bakers. The opening of the stall, run by two Fife Home-ed youngsters, on Saturday afternoon nearly caused a stampede as hungry swimmers made a bee-line straight from the pool towards the stall. Home-made gingerbread, fairy cakes and cookies tickled the fancy of the children, whilst the adults preferred the more sophisticated truffles and cupcakes. Home-made Christmas cookies were also donated by Ann Aitkenhead. People kept coming back to the …
New Lanark Weekend 2011 by Caitlin Sneddon
Saturday, 29th January 2011 | Events & Activities | Home Ed in the News | SchoolhouseIt was 4 weeks since Christmas, when everyone was feeling pretty run down. But they had one thing to look forwards to – New Lanark Schoolhouse Weekend 2011. By 7pm on Friday night all 15 families had gathered in the YHA Hostel in New Lanark. The aromas of a whole variety of meals were swirling around the dining room, as I sat and ate a bag of chips, kindly collected by the DGs on their way to the hostel. While some of the adults got to know each other, and others caught up with friends…
Schoolhouse New Lanark Weekend, 14-16 January 2011
Saturday, 23rd October 2010 | Events & Activities | Home Ed in the News | SchoolhouseNow that the weather is turning dreich it is time to think again of what is fast becoming a regular fixture in the Schoolhouse calendar – the New Year visit to New Lanark Youth Hostel. Read about last year’s visit here. This year’s residential weekend will take place from Friday 14th January to Sunday 16th January 2011 inclusive. 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…
Stigmatising minorities: just part of the job description
Saturday, 23rd October 2010 | Home Ed in the News | Law & Policy | Media | SchoolhouseThe words ”Wisdom, Justice, Compassion, Integrity” are woven into thistles at the head of the Scottish mace to represent the aspirations of the Scottish people for the Members of their Parliament. The head of the mace is surrounded by the words “There shall be a Scottish Parliament – Scotland Act 1998″. It was with these values in mind that Schoolhouse sent a complaint to the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament following the deeply offensive comments made by Duncan McNeil MSP in the wake of the Riggi tragedy in August 2010. Not only did the Labour MSP infer that the children’s home educated…
Unreasonable Learners conference, 4 October 2010
Thursday, 7th October 2010 | Events & Activities | Home Ed in the News | Schoolhouse“Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men.” (Edwin Louis Cole) Schoolhouse was pleased to accept an invitation to participate in the Unreasonable Learners conference in Glasgow on 4 October which was attended by delegates from the private, public and third sectors and a number of academics. It was an interesting and challenging day which explored ideas and possibilities for change in Scottish society. One of the speakers, Dr Tony Miller of Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, has kindly given Schoolhouse permission to post the slides from his presentation which we believe…
Happy IFED 2010
Wednesday, 15th September 2010 | Home Ed in the NewsToday is International Freedom in Education Day, on which many activities and events will be taking place across the UK and beyond to celebrate one of our most precious liberties.
Two years ago, Schoolhouse hosted an international conference, Learning without Limits, to celebrate IFED 2008 and was privileged to welcome John Taylor Gatto as the keynote speaker.
This year we are celebrating the Scottish government’s affirmation of it support for freedom of choice in education after the education secretary responded positively to parliamentary questions tabled on behalf of Schoolhouse by Lothians Green MSP Robin Harper.
