We are a group of home educating families working together to create a space for our children to be educated together in a community setting. We are lucky to be working with two enormously experienced and dedicated tutors, who bring their whole selves to the children, their families, and the wider community in everything they do. They have chosen to create a beautiful classroom space in their garden, surrounded by a nature reserve, with the vision of bringing back the lost connections in education, and recover the sense of community and belonging. This has created an amazing resource for us all: a shared hub at the centre of our little community. The group has a strong emphasis on the natural world and rhythms; in learning through, about, and in harmony with, the environment and the world we live in. Social and emotional learning are embedded in all we do, and individuality is cultivated through artistic and experiential education. Tutors provide plenty of ‘traditional’ curriculum content, taking the pressure off parents for whom this is sometimes a worry, but this is integrated with all sorts of crafts, handwork, art, games, and movement such that the children are unaware of which parts of the day constitute official learning! Whilst the tutors put a lot of time into planning the days, weeks, and months ahead, they are also responsive to the needs of the children, and the group as a whole, adapting content and activities in an effort to meet the children where they’re at. Curriculum is delivered through learning blocks (topic-based) that elicit a joy in learning and allow our young ones to experience the richness of childhood rather than early specialisation/subject differentiation. If this sounds like an approach that would work well for you and your youngster, please get in touch at [email protected]. We are keen to be as inclusive as possible, and are currently able to offer full bursaries for children of African and Caribbean origin. Key Facts:
Small group of children aged 6-8 (currently 11 children)
Based in the tutors’ garden classroom in Combe Brooke Nature Reserve
3 days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) roughly following the Bristol school terms (33 weeks total)
9-3 pm, tutor led, with opportunities for parents to volunteer
Tutors specialise in woodwork, games/movement, forest school, Spanish, SENCO, cooking, and many other things! Cost: £217 per month, (paid for all 12 months of the year)
Bursaries available for children from African/Caribbean origins
