Home Education: About this siteOtherwise-Engaged is run voluntarily by a family in Shropshire involved in home education since 2002. We first considered home education after our village school in Shropshire was closed. We were, and still are, convinced that children are best educated in smaller groups, that large classes of children all the same age are positively unhealthy, and that children learn best if they are engaged and interested. This means doing things they are interested in doing (at least for much of the time) rather than having to do something because it is on the curriculum. Group working and social interaction is of course important and many home educators organise gatherings and group activities.We now co-ordinate dozens of home education events a year using resources from the greater West Midlands area that require booking sometimes twleve months in advance, this had become very time consuming. With an "IT expert" in the family we felt there had to be a better way, and so the idea for this site was born. OtherWise-Engaged.org.uk is an online calendar of events and activities and general resource for those in home education in the West Midlands and Shropshire, once registered you have easy access to it when you need it. For the protection of the children, and to prevent misuse of the resources in this site, access is restricted to registered users. If you are currently active in home education please register to request access. If you are new to home education, or considering it as an option, we know what difficult decisions you must be facing. Please use the contact page, let us have an e-mail address and we will get back in touch. Of necessity use of this site and attendance at events is subject to some basic terms and conditions . |
