Check out this website http://homeschoolaustralia.beverleypain.com Beverly is a former homeschool mum and gives advice on homeschooling to new parents and those wishing to look into it.

I removed my child from the Education system at the end of year 4 and she is now doing year 6 at her pace. She has severe ADHD and was bullied and abused by both students and teaching staff in Catholic and Public Schools. I am still having troubles with de-programing her but we are making progress, I will continue to do whatever it takes to get her to the level she should be at if none of this had happened. Next year is going to be a bit more difficult but I am researching new ways and talking to people to see how they do it and will apply what is best for her.

Good luck.

Adele.

Good to hear so very many positive stories about those that have home-schooled their children. Unfortunately, I had a hard time trying to home-school my son for Year 8 and part of Year 9 before he went to do a course in Horticulture at TAFE. Getting information from the BOS (NSW) was difficult, the cost of textbooks is prohibitive and the 'examiner' that used to come out for advice invariably told me to get Pay TV and/or hire lots of DVD's and Videos. I came away from the experience feeling just as let down by the BOS as I had by the general school system (both public and private) in NSW.

However, I am glad that others are getting the results they desire - it must be very satisfying to see your child develop before your eyes!

Kelly

Hi,

The message would not sent so just posted it on here.

Um I home schooled my daughter in year 3,6,7,8,9,10 and she loved it meant she was able to be home with me and she got to relax lots too.

She was a med student and we got to do it for free, but I don't think you will unless your son is a med student.

I go through BSDE (Brisbane school of distance education) Kids from all over the world are enrolled there.

Check out there website or give them a ring I don't know how much it would be but I think around $1000 a year but that was year 6 so don't really know!!!!!

They send you out units there are usually 12-16 each year.

There is like 3 books a home tutor guide, a instruction paper and an assignment book.

but yeah give them a call sorry that is the only one I know about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope it all goes well.

Diane

do it!!! it is the best thing you could possibly do if you have the time and money to devote to it. i mean think about it most classes have one or two teachers to a min of 25 kids, that is still one teacher per 12ish students and that is being generous. one on one is soooooo much better as it is compleatly tailored. i homeschooled my son for a year and wrote my own ciriculum (before year one there is no set guides here in oz) and we had an absolute blast. my son is bright like yours but gets so easily distracted at school. one of the only reasons i couldn't keep up with it was because it is more expensive than a public school and at the time we really didn't have the money. (i would love for us to go back to it one day... miss watching him learn so much!) even so i still get some of the books just cause they are so fantastic. i had a neighbour that homeschooled seven of her ten children and they are some of the most well ajusted children i know. so good to hear that you have no worries about the social aspect, there are so many homeschool groups around australia. here in perth both scitec and the zoo offer programs for homeschooling students. i also did playdates with both children my son got along with well and some that tested his reasoning skills a little more. homeschooling once the child can read i am told is also really easy to do as the ciriculum council has packs for each grade you can purchase up till year ten. it takes less time in a day to homeschool aswell, (my old neighbours youngest daughter is 11 and is six months ahead in most of her school work) so more time for other interesting things. please if you have any other questions dont hesitate to ask.

cheers from becca!

we had the same problems with our  8 yr old he is now home school and loving it. he takes his time with his work now and really focus on it instead of getting angry he asks for help its made his work 99% better than it was, we also tryed different schools bigger and smaller ones but it always ended up the same he was complaining about teachers not helping and students bullying him, he wasnt very happy at all. if you do end up doing home schooling then go to www.vic.computerbank.org.au they have computers screen and mouse/keyboards for $50. go look anyway.

I almost went down that same path. My reasons were opposite to yours. My son has learning difficulties. He was constantly picked on because it is quite obvious he's different to the other kids. But financially I could  not give up work (we have 2 mortgages) and tried to sell our other house last year but it just didn't sell with interest rates etc. I just made my concerns more known to the school and things are going ok at the moment. Next year when he goes to high school he will be in a special ed unit for his core subjects and will be main stream for his electives. I know this is the right answer for him. Yet if I were to send him to the local high school (state) he would not be eligable for special ed. So we chose the right school for him. I know he'll be alright not because this school is better than the other, but because that school is simply the right one for Ben. If I had gone down the path of homeschooling for him it would have been the wrong choice. His main problem is that he can't communicate well or socialise well with others. So if I kept him home to protect him from bullying how will he learn to cope later on. At least this way by working through the problems he has with socializing he is getting much better at it. He does have friends just not a lot.

I have a friend who last year pulled her year 8 out of the local high school for lots of issues. Then she decided to keep the other from school (she was in my sons class). This friend had two more youger ones at home which she had already decided she was going to home school. And now has another baby since then. They seem to be going ok with the home schooling. I know that there is a big home school community up here in the hills where we live. And I know they do a lot of activities with other home schoolers. They go to a drama group once a week. The 12 year old and her younger 4 yr old sister go to a craft group once a fortnight. This family also has two more younger ones who will be home schooled. I know they're very busy and I don't think homeschooling is for everyone.  So my best piece of advise would be do some lots of research first. It may just be a case of getting the school to give your child more challenging work. Or maybe a school with different values or learning ways might be the answer for your child.  

How long has he been at school my daughter had a bad year last year but this year it has turned around my daughter is also very distracted at school if I miss one day of not working one and one doing extra work when she gets home she falls behind it keeps her up to date gives her confidence and she focuses better. On the week ends we spend about an hour to an hour and a half bring home more readers and ask what he is not coping with at school and spend time on it at home. Have a read of my advice on homework on my home page. The school also helps four days a week half hour and lots of talking with the teacher.

I know a few people who homeschool their kids, and apparently it is a great option.  I'd consider it myself, but my husband is dead against it.  I do wonder how it all works, and how it can be done with multiple children of different ages, especially when you have a toddler who demands attention and you're trying to work with an older child.

I understand that homeschooled kids have organised outings, so that they can socialise with the other kids, and that they do far better academically, and end up very organised and mature adults.

I've decided that for my kids, I'll send them to school, but supplement somewhat at home.  I personally think there are gaps in the curriculum that I would like to fill - things that I missed out on when I was at school, but which I think are very important (for example, conjugation in English, and the rules of logical argument, budgeting and perhaps some aspects of business skills).

I reckon that if you want to homeschool your son, you will be doing the right thing for him.

someone recently did a article on homeschooling. Katryn-solaris also has 1 on her home page. I personally havent had any experience with it, but I have a friend who is 14 and is homeschooled. he said it is good cause you get the work done in half the day and you get time to do what you want but you have the social factor.

If you are in australia (sorry for not checking but internet is very slow atm) you can go onto the education dep web site I think and get info on what you need to teach. from memory, i stopped looking at it due to the high cost of books that you HAVE to buy as you have to teach a set curriculum still that is taught at school.

the other thing u can do is look at other schools. i know that my school has a special curriculum for gifted and special needs children. have a look for 1 of them.