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Here's a list of the info on exams for HE kids with special needs I've collected to date. M is a few years off needing this yet, but it might be helpful for others. Where do I start?  It's full of information and a good place to start finding out taking exams... http://he-exams.wikia.com/wiki/HE_Exams_Wiki Fiona Nichloson's website has an exam page (she also has a lot of knowlege on college for 14-16 yr olds). http://edyourself.org/articles/exams.php This is the email list for people doing exams... https://groups.yahoo.com/.../HE-Exams-GCSE-A_AS.../info There is also a facebook group... https://www.facebook.com/groups/HELinksUK.IGCSE/ Special Access Arrangements Details on how to arrange special access can be found here.... http://ehe-sen.org.uk/exams.php Alternative Qualification route to Uni? US High School Diploma + SAT test.  This curriculum is aimed at 14-18 year olds. An alternative qualification route to Uni for those...

Monday began with a global breakfast - this week we tried Japanese cuisine. This led to a couple of hours looking at how miso is produced on youtube and exploring all the different processing methods for the humble soya bean. It was especially interesting for M as his dairy free diet means that Soya is often offered as the alternative. We also began this MOOC https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/science-experiments and thoroughly enjoyed the first experiment. Marking his points on a graph for his experiment has sparked Marc's interest in a maths topic he found rather tricky last year with Briteschool. We'll use some of our non-time tabled hours over the coming weeks to continue this line of study I think. Strike while the iron is hot! On Monday evening M took his new puppy to his first training class. M is acting as the puppy's handler. Valuable social interaction is a key reason for attending these classes. M can work on improving his ability to follow complex instruct...

Briteschool homework was fun this week : ) Instead of writing a report on cell structure M chose to make 3D models of animal and plant cells. This week we started work on the animal cell. It is so nice that Home Ed allows M the time to explore new concepts and find alternative methods of recording his knowledge. He finds physical handwriting so challenging, yet is not short of ideas or lacking knowledge. This also helps build his motivation and self confidence as time goes on. M utilised the site http://www.neok12.com to watch several age appropriate videos on cells and took the accompanying quizzes for fun. I read the questions and M gave me the verbal answers - this means I am confident M has mastered this topic. We also had several interesting conversations about the lessons fairy tales try to teach us, which involved several trips to the bookshelf, before M finally came to his conclusions and wrote up his homework report on Monday. He is struggling a little with cr...

A short update only this week. We are once more enrolled in the Upper Primary Timetable (KS2), and the Junior Science (KS3) with Briteschool. This is a live, online primary school that enables M to enjoy a normal school experience and interaction with other pupils without the sensory overload that so hindered his progress in mainstream. M was keen to start back, but I can tell it'll take him a week or two, to get back into his homework routine. We also started our Daily Literacy and Maths Skills Practice. Next week I will add handwriting to our daily tasks. Due to set lesson times with Briteschool we are restricted to only being able to attend Home Ed groups on Mondays and Fridays during term times. We attended the Porthcawl Home Ed group for the first time this week. It seems a very nice group, but perhaps not quite as inclusive as the now defunct Rhos group we attended last year. Due to the journey time & cost, we won't be able to attend every week, but will instead a...

Year 7 Resources - Autumn Term  www.briteschool.co.uk Each week M has 8 hours of formal classes with this provider. These are small live groups, run by qualified teachers and are aligned with the NC. M would be in Year 6 were he still at school so he joins the English, Maths and Humanities primary classes. He also joins the KS3 science group as this is where his passions lie. Homework for each class is set weekly.  The lessons are recorded, so if M misses the inference of a term used in the live class discussion then he is able to listen to the recording after the lesson. This is incredibly useful for a child with a social communication disorder. It is also helpful for him to be able to participate in live group work and team projects as this was something he was unable to do in mainstream school. The confidence he has gained from feeling able to contribute to the group has been lovely to see over the last year. Class sizez are small - M's largest set only contains 8 pu...

This terms goals:- Note - We do part time online school with Briteschool.co.uk. Primary, Maths, English and Humanities + Junior (KS3) Science. Homework is set by the school, and this keeps us roughly in line with the NC. So these goals cover those targets for non-online school days only. Academic - Core Complete headsprout early reader programme. - 1/2 term Evan-more Grade 1 Daily Literacy programme. - Xmas Select a new online maths programme for daily practice. Future Learn Basic science experiments course. (MOOC) Create a youtube channel to record science experiments Redo Theodorescu's "write from the start" handwriting programme by Xmas. This year we are using Evan-Moor to support Literacy, Numeracy and Geography. Project Work  - ongoing all year, it'll take as long as it takes lol! DT   - Electronics Wizard Apprenticeship - a year long Course. Geography  -  2 year long open-ended autonomous projects planned. Farming -  We are usi...