Monday, December 24, 2012

I'm home schooled in the UK and having trouble making friends who go to State School

I'm home schooled in the UK and having trouble making friends who go to State School?
I have lots of friends but all of them go to Private Schools.
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If it helps, I'm home-educated too and all my friends are either fellow home-ed'ers or they go to private schools. Even the friends I have online, from overseas, are, without exception, at private schools. I have never even met anyone who goes to a state school. That's not deliberate; sometimes it's 6 months or more before the question of school arises between us. It just seems to be...I don't know...maybe home-ed'ers and private school kids attract each other, share a common "world view", come from a similar place educationally or hold a similar philosophy in life. Anyway there's no actual law that says you have to source x% of your friends from the state education system (or any other artificially contrived system). Concentrate on the individual and not concern myself with how, why, where or when they are schooled; that's my only friend-finding strategy. (Mind you the closest state school to us is...I don't know where. There are certainly no state schools within a 500 km radius of our house; the only one there ever was up here was closed down nearly 30 years ago.) If, for some reason, you feel the need for state educated friends, as opposed to just friends, why not join a local sports team or drama group or Scouts or Venturers or Young Farmers or one of your local Combined Cadet Force groups; and see who else turns up? Or find out where state school kids in your area hang out and go join them there? Or go and watch the weekend footie games at your local school and make the effort to get talking to any other kids who turn up? Or call the school and ask if you can use any of their sports facilities etc out-of-hours? Or ask if you can join in with the school's co-curricular clubs and activities? (Don't know about where you live but here homeschooled kids are entitled to call their local state school and ask the principal if they can join the school's out-of-school clubs and activities.) Or go to the local library etc after school and see who's there. You need to find out where the local state school kids go and what they do when they're not stuck in school...and then make the effort to put yourself in their way.
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As a parent I'd actually rather my daughter didn't spend any more time than necessary with state school kids because their social skills are so poor. I see a tendency to nasty, bullying behaviour and oneupmanship that I really don't want her picking up.



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Posted by School In USA at 6:22 AM

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Please let me know of some games children play in UK school gym time and in the playground

Please let me know of some games children play in UK school gym time and in the playground?
I can think of: Tig Pirates British Bulldog Hide and Seek Statues Crab Football Dodge Ball Cat and Mouse
Other - Games & Recreation - 1 Answers
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you forgot Gargle Clorox Bleach



Posted by School In USA at 6:21 AM

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Can teens go to public school in the UK if they are just visiting

Can teens go to public school in the UK if they are just visiting?
I'd like to consider the option for my teen if it's allowed. English is her first language, so she speaks it well.
Other - United Kingdom - 1 Answers
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She might be able to arrange to visit for a day to see what it's like but cannot enroll in a school without a residence visa



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Posted by School In USA at 6:20 AM
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