Tuesday 3 March 2009

Monmouth Meeting Template

Next Monmouth meeting at the Rockfield Community Centre, Cornwallis Way, Overmonnow, Monmouth:

Friday .........

From 13.00 - 15.00 (with time to play afterwards if warm enough).

For location: (have updated the tinyurl as the old one seemed to have run out).

http://tinyurl.com/cerwf8

(Head out of Monmouth towards Skenfrith on the Rockfield Road. After passing the Bridges Community Centre at the next mini-roundabout, take a L into Watery Lane and follow the signs for the Rockfield Community Centre from then on through a newish housing estate.)

Otherwise usual arts, crafts, sports and fun and games.

Waterpolo and hip hop dance lesson at the Leisure Centre afterwards...we usually fill in the gap either in a cafe or the library.

Template Letter

General details about local meetings and groups can be found here:

http://jumppagego.blogspot.com/2005/05/he-meetings-glos-area-dec-2006.html

The best way to find out the dates of meetings and any other ad hoc stuff would be to join the various local email lists. The best ones for Monmouth would probably be the SWHEN, Hereford and Glos lists. Details of how to do this are included in the above link. Do let me
know if you have a problem joining these.

As regards curricula, I've included a list below of just a few of the free websites sites that we've found useful over the years:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/games/
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/index.html
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/
http://www.purposegames.com/games
http://www.mathsisfun.com/
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/sciencetech/
http://www.learnerstv.com/index.php
http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php

Saturday 8 April 2006

HE MEETINGS

The easiest way to keeping up to date with local Home Ed meetings is to join the local Home Education e-mail lists.

The relevant lists for your area are likely to be:

HerefordshireHE-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (for Herefordshire area).

gloshomeeducators-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (for Glos area...run by Rob and Fiona Brookes)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northcotswolds_home_education/

SWHEN-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (for Monmouth/Newport/Forest areas)

worcestershirehome-ed-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (For Evesham, Blackwell, Malvern, Worcester areas.)

It does make life very easy if you can access the information this way,
as meetings do have a habit of changing dates/times and even venue.

Below is a list of meetings around the area...(posted in the Glos HE local
list files section.) Do contact me, if you want any further info on any of them,
(though Katrina M is definitely the one to contact re Hereford meeting.)

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HOME EDUCATION MEETINGS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE, HEREFORDSHIRE and SOUTH WALES

Listed Monday - Friday.

MONDAY

St Anne's Church Hall, Newport, S. Wales. (serves Forest of Dean)
Fortnightly on a Monday, 12.00 - 15.00 hours. Toys, arts and crafts,
football and other games. Please confirm date on SWHEN List as subject
to change. See http://tinyurl.com/24hc3a for location.

Spring Centre, Quedgeley, Gloucester
Fortnightly on a Monday 12.30 - 15.00. Check Glos List to confirm
dates as subject to variation. Mainly for little ones though older ones
very welcome. Plenty of toys, soft play area, arts and crafts room.
http://www.springcentre.org/

Quenington Gate on the Green Hall, Nr Cirencester
Monthly on a Monday, 13.00 - 16.00.
Check Glos list for details. See: http://tinyurl.com/2kk65n for location

TUESDAY

Rockfield Community Centre, Cornwallis Close, Overmonnow, Monmouth
(serves Forest area) Fortnightly on a Tuesday 13.00 - 15.00.
for location: http://tinyurl.com/2te9ab
Arts, crafts, toys, and various activities. Park for fun and games.
Please check SWHEN list to confirm.

Methodist Church All, Bromyard Rd, St John's, Worcester, WR2 5DL .
Third Tuesday of every month, from 10.00am - 12.00noon.
Music, arts and crafts, team games - any ideas welcome.
Check Worcester list for details.

WEDNESDAY

Scout Hut, Tuffley Lane, Gloucester. (near Epney Road).
Every other month, usually second Wednesday, 14.00 - 17.00 hours.
Arts, crafts, various activities, outside games. Check Glos HE list
and contact clare.kirkpatrick@blueyonder.co.uk for details. For location.

Ashchurch Scout Hut Meeting, Nr Tewkesbury.
Monthly usually on a second Wednesday, 12.00 - 15.00 hours
but day liable to change due to holidays and other clashes, so
please confirm. Adventure playground, skateboard park, arts
materials, games and rugby. Go to: http://tinyurl.com/2gql5a
Not there circle here, but park near where it says Ashchurch Road.

Pill Millenium Centre, Courtybella Terrace, Newport, NP20 2GH,
Tel: 01633 660262. Fortnightly on a Wednesday 13.00 - 15.00. For
indoor sports of all sorts. Check out SWHEN@yahoogroups.com for details.
http://tinyurl.com/2wtj7x for location.

Dinedore Scout Hut, Nr Hereford.
Weekly, usually on a Wednesday, 10.00 - 16.00.
Structured activities of various sorts.
Contact Katrina Morris: 01432 760 350 and see: http://www.dinedoroutdoorcentre.org.uk/CMS/index.php?location

Cam Meeting, near Dursley, Glos
Every month on the first Wednesday, 13.00 - 16.00 hrs.
For more info contact Paula and Simon: 01453 519287


THURSDAY

Caerphilly Meeting, Penyrheol Community CentreHeol-Aneurin, Penyrheol, Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan CF83 2PG
Approx fortnightly on a Thursday, from 12.00 - 15.00 hrs. For various activities.
for details, see SWHEN list or visit:
http://www.caerphillyhomeed.blogspot.com/


Beaver Lodge, New Road, Park End, Forest of Dean, GL15 4JA
http://www.fweb.org.uk/dean/picgallery/spring.htm
Monthly on a Thursday. 12.15 - 16.00. For bridge and damn building,
river clearance, fire building, woodland walks, indoor and outdoor games,
raft building. Parents responsible for children at all times. There is a fast
flowing river near the lodge. Bring wellies, waterproofs, change of clothes
and lunch for picnics. Check Glos, SWHEN and Worcester HE lists for
confirmation of dates. See http://tinyurl.com/2o8ngr for location,
or: here.


FRIDAY

Blackwell Court, near Bromsgrove.
Monthly 13.00 - 16.00 hours, though please check
Glos/Worcs list to confirm. Pre-booked activities such
as climbing, archery and go-karting.
See http://blackwelladventure.co.uk/ for location.

Malvern Youth Centre, Albert Road North, Malvern, WR14 2YH
Monthly on a Friday 11.00 - 1500, day varies so please check
Glos/Worcs list to confirm. Arts and crafts, toys from toy libary,
drama/dance workshops, netball, outdoor games.
Go to http://tinyurl.com/2zszsz for location.

Dick Whittington Mohair Centre, Little London, Longhope, GL17 0PH
Monthly on a Friday, 11.00 - 17.00 hours.
http://www.guide-information.org.uk/guidelist.aspx?recid=H1162
Soft play with vertical slides, trampolines, sack slides and toddler play.
Air hockey, go-cart area, sand pit and swings. Reptile house and other
animals.

Ice skating, Planet Ice, Empire Way, Cardiff Bay, CF11 OSP.
http://www.planet-ice.co.uk/arena.php?abrev=car
Ad hoc, usually on a Friday 1.00-3.45 at Planet Ice. Meet in foyer at
12.45 to pay. (£4.50 pp. Spectators and under 5's free)

Other meetings (ad hoc or new):

Worcester City Museums
Worcester City Museum workshops based upon museum exhibits. Advertised on Worcester list. Booking essential.

Having a Go, Malvern,
Soft play, reduced rates for HEors, usually on a Friday.
Contact Gail gail@1921.net

Cirencester, Quenington Hall,
Contact: evelyneagles@yahoo.co.uk

Ad hoc meetings: check Glos/Worc/South Glos/SWales lists!

Friday 8 April 2005

POLITICAL STUFF

Accelerated Christian Education
Adonis on Children's Right to Education
Ahed Home Page
Ahed Wiki Pages
AHEd Consultation
Ahed Ivatts
ARCH's ContactPoint Submission to HOL
The Beacon, recognising good practice in local government
Better Regulation Executive
British Human Rights Act
British Media OnLine
Bullet Points
Centre for Policy Studies
Child Abuse Prevention
Childcare Act 2006
Children Act 1989
Children Act 2004
Children Act Guidance
Children Are Unbeatable
Children and Young People's Plan
Children's Legal Centre
Children Missing from Education, Statutory Guidance
Children's Rights Alliance
Children's Rights Information Network
Christian Education Europe
Common Assessment Framework - Guide for Professionals
Consultation Code of Practice, Cabinet Office
Consultation on Elective Home Education Guidelines
Consultation Responses, 2005. HE Consult
ContactPoint Hansard
Cot Death, Infanticide and Child Protection
Daily Newspaper
DCSF Contact Details:
Department for Children, Schools and Families Sanctuary Buildings,
Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT
Tel 0870 000 2288.
Email info@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk
DfES Guidance on Assessment of Children in Need
Donaldson
Education Act 1996, Section 7
Education Act 1996, Section 437
Education and Inspections Act 2006
Education and Inspections Act
EHE for Travellers
Elective Home Education Guidelines
EO Briefing Paper on Statutory Changes Consultation
EO'sRevised EHE Guidelines
EO Safeguarding Children Policy
EMA Valid Providers
Eurochild
Eurochild Org
European Alliance for Families
European Convention on Human Rights
European Parliament on Education
EWOs
Family Education Trust (Stakeholder!)
Fassit (Family Anti-Social Services Inquiries Team)
Freedom of Information Requests
Forced Adoption
General Social Care Council, Codes of Practice
Glos HEors Letter to Beverley Hughes
Glos LA Website Update
Glos Meeting between HEors and LA. Report
Gloucestershire Local Authority Website
Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children's Board
Guidance on Ensuring Children's Right to Education
Herefordshire Every Child Matters
Herefordshire Local Authority Website
Human Right to Education
MPs for Gloucestershire
Government's HE Guidelines
Gypsy Traveller.Org
Ivatts Report
LA Response to EHE Guidelines Consultation
LEA Code of Practice
LEA Role, Local Government Act, 2006
Learning and Skills ACt 2000
Links to Papers
Live Consultations, DfES
Lobbying
The Literacy Trust
Milton Keynes Guidelines
Museum of Childhood's Overview of Education Legislation
Myths about Markets
NFER Research. Support for Children Educated at Home
NFER Research, Preliminary Findings
NFER Perspectives on Home Educated Children
NFER Some Perspectives on Home Educated Children
NFER. Some More Preliminary Findings on HE
NICE Guidelines re: Sex Education
Nottinghamshire LA HE Guidance
NSPCC
Police and Criminal Evidence Act
Police Training Session, Truancy Sweep Information, Bexley
Pupil Registration Regulations 2006
Pupil Registration Regulations - Guidance
Prevention of Child Abuse
The Public Whip
Raising The School Leaving Age, RIA
Regulatory Impact Assessment
Safeguarding Consultation
Safeguarding Children
Schools Child Protection Policy
Schoolhouse Response to Scottish Consultation on EHE
Spry Case Review
Social Exclusion Archive
Social Exclusion, DfES Policy
Stop and Search.Com
Stop and Search Information - Home Office
Schoolhouse Review of Scottish Guidance
Scottish Consultation on Efficacy of Scottish EHE Guidelines
Scottish Guidance
SEN Code of Practice
Staffordshire HE Guidelines
Sweden's Smacking Ban, A Critique
They Work for You
The Travellers Aid Trust
Traveller Education Services
The Traveller Law Reform Project
Truancy Sweep Guidelines
Truancy Sweep Guidelines - Archived Version
UK Human Rights Act 1998
UK Statute Law Database
UN Convention on Rights of the Child
Unicef League Table on Maltreatment of Children in the Developed World
Welsh Guidance
Working Together to Safeguard Children
Wider Significance of Legislative Change
W. Poll
Write to Them
York Consultancy Research, Feasibility of Assessing Numbers of HEors
Your Rights.Org

PLACES OF INTEREST

Educational Visits UK
Gloucestershire What's On
Herefordshire What's On
WyeNot News

Abergavenny Castle
Alton Towers
American Adventure
Ballyhoo
BBC Tickets
Beechenhurst Lodge
Berrington Hall
Blackwell Court
Birmingham Museum of Jewellery
Birmingham Science Museum
Birmingham Sea Life Centre
Blaise Castle Museum
Bowling
Bridges Community Centre
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
Bristol's Industrial Museum
Bristol Zoo
British Museum
Butterfly Zoo
Cadbury World
Caerleon Amphitheatre
Caerleon Roman Museum
Caldicot Castle
Cardiff Castle
Cardiff Museum
Castell Coch
Chedworth Roman Villa
Chepstow Castle
Chepstow Museum
Cinderford Arts Space
Cinderford Leisure Centre
Cinderford YMCA
Civil Service Whitemead, Forest of Dean
Clearwell Caves
Compton Verney
Cosmeston Country Park and Medieval Village
Cotswold Forest School
Cotswold Wildlife Park
Coventry, The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
Dan-yr-ogof Show Caves
Dean Heritage
Dick Whittington Family Leisure Park
Explore at Bristol
Explore Gloucestershire
Five Acres Leisure Centre
Five Acres Clubs
Forest of Dean FE College
Go Ape
Goodrich Castle
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Folk Museum
Grant Museum, UCL
Grosmont Castle
Gwent Rural Life Museum, Usk
Hereford Cathedral
Hereford Cider Museum
Hereford College of Technology
Hereford Sixth Form College
Herefordshire - Things to Do
Herefordshire Wildlife Trust
John Moore Museum, Tewkesbury
Journey Planner
Larruperz
LegoLand
Littledean Jail
Little Follies
Llancaiach Fawr Manor, Caerphilly
London Aquarium
London for Kids
London Army Museum
London Children's Days
London Map for Kids
London V&A Museum of Childhood
London Royal Parks Events
London - What's On for Kids
Lydney Deer Park
Malvern Hills Outdoor Education Centre
Mohair Centre
Monmouth Leisure Centre
Motiva High Ropes Lydbrook
National Maritime Museum
National Museum of Wales
Natural History Museum - London
NEC
Needle Museum
Nelson Museum
Newbridge Farm, Park, Much Marcle
Newent Bird of Prey Centre
Nicholaston Camp
Nuneaten Museum and Art Gallery
Old Station, Tintern
Overfarm Market
Perrygrove Railway
Potteries Museum, Staffordshire
Ragley Hall
Raglan Castle
Rhondda Heritage Park
Ross Community Resource Centre, IT Training
Ross Heritage Centre
Ross Swimming Pool
Ryefield Community Centre
Science Museum
Severn Wye Llama Trekking
Skenfrith Castle
Slimbridge
Spring Centre
Staffordshire, Erasmus Darwin House, Lichfield
St Fagans National History Museum
St James City Farm, Gloucester
Sudeley Castle
Symond's Yat Canoe Hire
Symond's Yat Leisure Park
Symond's Yat Maze
Tate Britain
Tate Modern
Techniquest
Telford Ice Rink
Tewkesbury Swimming Pool
Tintern Abbey
Travelodge Bargains
Tredegar House
Usk Castle
Usk Rural Life Museum
V&A Family Pages
Wales Millennium Centre
Waterways Museum, Gloucester
West Midland Safari Park
Where Can We Go?
White Castle
Whitemead Pool
Wilderness Centre
Wilton Castle
Wye Pursuits