Considering it for a few years time and would be interested in some more info locally. Everyone I’ve spoken to looks at me as if I am contemplating mass murder when I say we’re considering it. 

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Me.   I’m in Folkestone. 

There are loads of groups all through Kent.  East Kent there’s an Ashford group, Folkestone andCoastal group, there’s a couple over Canterbury way etc.

I’m also sorting out Forest School at Brockhill Country Park, at Saltwood (nr Hythe) for Home Ed kids.  And my group runs on a Thursday and we often meet during the week to do stuff together too.  Zoo, shopping, parks etc.  At the moment I’m meeting with a couple of other families on Tuesdays to do the Letterland scheme with the younger kids.

Joxy.

Hello again..are there many seconday age children? If we do it, it will be in a few years. We are considering doing it for their secondary years so I will be HEing dd for 2 years while ds is still finishing his junior school. Then DS will join us when dd will be 13 and he will be 11.

I guess my main worry is that there won’t be many/any older children?  I want my two to feel a part of a group as they will have been used to school (which they love I might add) and I don’t want them to feel out of the loop.  The only reason we are considering it is that there is only one school we would consider here and I’m thinking of a back up plan in case we don’t get in.

Forest school sounds amazing! Sounds like you are doing a FAB job Joxy. 

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And what about when you’re childminding? Can you take childminded children to HE groups? (I mean little ones - say you have a 1yr old - is it appropriate to take them to the groups too?) x

Yeah, there’s a few in the group that are older, we have a couple of 8yrs olds, 9 and 11yr old.  Other groups have more, we are quite a small group, I don’t know about the Canterbury groups as I’ve not made it over yet.

I take my mindies with me, so long you have permission from the parents its fine, although parents, I find, do want to know that their children are going to mix with other children too that will be going to school - toddler groups and the like.