Beyond Schooling

Tutor:          Esther Jones

Date:          TBC

Ages:          Parents & Guardians

Max Pupils: 25

Price:             Donation

This two-hour introductory workshop is ideal for anyone new to, or considering, learning beyond school. It will also be helpful to anyone who is finding parenting or home education challenging. We’ll be delving more deeply into all the themes presented in this workshop in the parenting group that will take place in September.

Beyond Schooling workshop is an invitation to explore how you can create a home environment that facilitates healthy relationships and autonomous learning, and that enables every person in the family to live a life that feels connected and authentic.

Rather than looking at ways to change your child, we’ll be talking about the ways in which you can shift the environment and your own mindset and habits. We’ll be untangling what it takes to move from a place that feels disempowering, exhausting or full of doubt, to a place that feels empowered and joyful.

The three main themes of the workshop:

1) How you can create a safe, trusting space within which your child can thrive and learn.

2) How you can stay emotionally strong and empowered in order to hold that space.

3) How you are supported by the wider context of your life (community, family, friends).

Most of us hold deeply ingrained beliefs about children and learning, generally formed from when we were children ourselves. These beliefs can be the cause of resistance and conflict in the home and, although well-intentioned, can easily derail rather than help the child’s journey. As well as looking at how children learn, and why learning beyond school can be such an empowering experience for your child, we will also be talking about how you can start to unravel some of the beliefs that may be holding you and your child back. We will be incorporating some simple mindfulness techniques and strategies to help you respond to challenges that arise in a calm and empowered way, and some self-care practices you can incorporate into your daily life.

Understanding Your Child’s G.C.S.E. Subjects

Tutor:          Greg Marshall

Available:   Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays

Ages:           Parents & Guardians

Max Pupils: 10

Price:             £10 per hour

Have you ever looked at you child's homework and shrugged? Did you do it very differently back in your days?

This 4 week course looks at what makes up the subjects your children are learning.

Over the four weeks we will look at maths, English, science and humanities (and others) respectively. We will see how the courses are taught, how things have changed throughout the years, how different exam boards affect the lessons, and much more. Learn the lingo, understand the curriculum and be better prepared to help your child out.