Harbury Home Education Hub

Evening all! 💛

We’re really looking forward to tomorrow's meet-up at Ufton Nature Reserve... we hope you are too! 🌲

Please meet in the car park at 1pm. We'll set off as a group shortly afterwards, heading through the gate on the right-hand side of the car park and along the woodland path, gathering materials for our nature collages as we go.

Please bring a bag or basket to collect interesting leaves, sticks, feathers and any other natural treasures you find along the way 🍃

Once we reach the woodland area, we'll stop to create our collages. We'll provide card, glue, scissors and pens... and we'd love to see the grown-ups getting involved too! I've attached a few ideas for inspiration, but do let nature guide you and create something uniquely yours 🌿✨️

There will be plenty of time for free play and exploring in the woods too.

As always, our sessions are completely parent and child led. We're not here to teach as such... we simply provide the theme and materials, and you're free to take the activity in whatever direction suits your family best 😊

💛 £1 per child suggested donation to help cover materials 🦟 Long sleeves and trousers recommended 🥾 Sturdy footwear advised as some areas may be uneven or muddy

Can't wait to see you there! 🌿

💛 What's On This Week 💛

🌿 Monday 15th June – Nature Collage & Woodland Play
⏰ 1–3pm
📍 Ufton Fields Nature Reserve, CV33 9PU
💛 £1 per child if doing the collage

⚽ Tuesday – Home Ed Football with Leamington FC
⏰ 10.30–11.30am
📍 Harbury Recreation Ground, CV33 9JA
👥 Home educated, EOTAS & flexi-schooled children welcome
💛 £5 per child
🔗 https://brakes-foundation.classforkids.io/

🎲 Friday – Home Ed Games Club (9+)
⏰ 10.30am–12pm
📍 The Games Den, Leamington
💛 Free

As always, everyone is welcome 😊💛

🌿 Nature Collage at Ufton Nature Reserve 🌿

We are very excited for our next outdoor meet-up as we head to Ufton Nature Reserve for an afternoon of nature, creativity and fresh air! 💛

We'll meet in the car park before taking a walk through the woods to gather leaves, grasses, feathers, sticks and any other natural treasures we can find along the way. Once we've collected our materials, we'll find a spot to settle and create our own nature collages 🍃🎨

There'll be plenty of time for free play, exploring and socialising in the woods too 🌲

📅 Monday 15th June
⏰ 1pm–3pm
📍 Ufton Fields Nature Reserve, CV33 9PU (meet in the car park)

🎒 Please bring a bag or basket for collecting your materials
💛 £1 per child to help cover materials supplied... cash only please
🚫 No booking required... just turn up on the day

⚠️ A couple of things to note:
🥾 Accessibility can be limited at this venue depending on how muddy it is
🦟 Long sleeves and trousers are recommended as midges can be present near the water

As always, everyone is welcome and there's no pressure to take part in the activity... come along, enjoy the outdoors and spend time with friends, both old and new 😊🌿

We are looking to gauge interest in a teen social space in Warwick on a Thursday afternoon.

Please comment below if this is something that you may be interested in 😊⬇️

⚽️ Home Ed Football ⚽️

Did you know we have a dedicated Home Ed Football session every Tuesday morning?

These sessions are run by the fantastic coaches from Leamington FC and are a brilliant opportunity for children to get active, build confidence, learn new skills and, most importantly, have fun! 😊

Whether your child already loves football, has never kicked a ball before, or simply enjoys being outdoors and keeping active, everyone is made to feel welcome. The atmosphere is friendly, supportive and completely pressure-free 💛

Open to all children educated outside of school, including home educated, EOTAS and flexi-schooled children.

Now that we're back outdoors for the summer, there's plenty of space to run, play and enjoy the fresh air too 🌿☀️

📅 Every Tuesday (term time)
⏰ 10.30am–11.30am
📍 Currently at Harbury Recreation Ground, CV33 9JA
👥 Ages 5–11 and 12–16
💛 £5 per child (sibling discounts available)

If you've been thinking about giving it a try, we'd love to see some new faces joining us over the coming weeks 😊⚽️

🔗 Booking required:
https://brakes-foundation.classforkids.io/

🎨 Home Ed Art Box 🎨

Call for young artists! 📢

Home ed artists are invited to submit their works for the summer exhibition at the Art Box near Christchurch Gardens in Leamington Spa. We have the art box all to ourselves between 13th July and end of September, so depending on the number off submissions, there will be several parts to the exhibition, each lasting from two weeks to a month.

❓️ Requirements:
Any original 2D works up to the size A4 are admitted - drawing, painting, collage, photo, or anything else.

If it is the work of a group of young artists, then they can go in size to A3.

There is limited space for small 3D artworks (sculpture, installation) - please send us the photos and dimensions to discuss.

📆 Deadline:
12noon on 1st July, 2026

📬 Please message us directly for the address where you can send your artwork to.

Include the title, the first name of the artist, age if you'd like, and short description, if required.

Please also enclose a self-addressed pre-paid envelope to get the artwork back.

📧 Any questions: email Ignaty at [email protected] or Aaron [email protected]

👥️ Organisers: Ignaty Dyakov-Richmond, home ed dad from Leamington Spa, and Aaron Wilson, home ed dad and founder of Harbury Home Education Hub

💛 Exploring Our New Base! 💛

We're excited to invite you along to our next session as we begin exploring our new indoor home at Harbury Village Hall 😊

This session is all about seeing what the space can offer and starting to shape what future indoor meet-ups could look like for our community. We'd love your ideas and input along the way!

There'll be plenty available for children to dip in and out of, including indoor sports and games, board and card games, art activities, colouring and Lego challenges 🏃‍♀️🎨♟️🧱

One of the things we're most excited about is having room to move and play more freely, whilst also being able to offer quieter corners for those who prefer a calmer space 💛

Feel free to bring along anything you're working on, have created, or would simply like to share with others. As always, there's no pressure to join in with any particular activity... children are free to enjoy the session in whatever way works best for them.

📅 Monday 8th June
⏰ 1pm to 2.30pm
📍 Harbury Village Hall, CV33 9JE
🚗 Plenty of parking available directly behind the hall

💛 £2 donation per child to help cover resources

We can't wait to see you there and start this exciting new chapter together 😊

Evening all!

Unfortunately, our outdoor guided art session tomorrow is postponed due to the weather forecast and predicted rain. We will look at squeezing this into our schedule before we finish for the summer break.

Apologies for any disappointment 💛

💛 A New Chapter for Harbury Home Ed Hub 💛

As we head into our final few weeks before the summer break, we’ve got a little bit of sad news... but exciting news too 😊

After many lovely months at Harbury Library, our time there has come to an end. When we launched back in November 2024, we never imagined just how quickly this community would grow. Week after week the space has been filled with friendship, creativity, support and chaos in the very best way 💛

We’re so grateful to Harbury Library for welcoming us and giving us the space to build this wonderful community. It has been such a special starting place for us.

As our group has grown, it’s become clear we now need a little more room... space to move, play, socialise and offer quieter corners too. So this summer term we’ll be exploring a brand new base at Harbury Village Hall, alongside making the most of the sunshine and outdoor meet-ups ☀️🌿

From September, we’ll settle back into a more regular rhythm in our new home.

As always, we remain a friendly, inclusive, community-led group where all are welcome. We are proudly neurodiverse-friendly, child-led and low pressure... a space where children and parents can connect and feel comfortable being themselves 💛

More details about this term’s sessions will be shared week by week 😊

YOUTH SPACE WANTED! 📢📢📢

We are on the lookout for a youth space we could hire on a regular basis in which we could run a dedicated 'Teen Social Space' for our thriving home education community.

Somewhere with sofas, pool table, table tennis, small outdoor space etc, most desirable.

If you are able to help, please comment below or drop us a direct message so we can chat! 💛