tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post3108048431026183101..comments2024-01-09T13:27:08.545+00:00Comments on swanageview: Swanage Secondary SchoolUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-18087614109135751772010-03-04T22:43:41.972+00:002010-03-04T22:43:41.972+00:00The community of Swanage and Langton continue to b...The community of Swanage and Langton continue to be mystified by the consultation process. There is no BSF funding for Dorset, obviously we are still in a recession, and there could soon be a change of government. <br />The drop in dates are given on another thread and on the Dorset for You website (school review), if the previous poster would like to ask questions from Rick Perry about all of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-528553488559832752010-03-04T19:22:56.619+00:002010-03-04T19:22:56.619+00:00Hm. OK. I tried to help. Good luck with your sch...Hm. OK. I tried to help. Good luck with your school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-9270413110132329982010-03-03T12:18:06.345+00:002010-03-03T12:18:06.345+00:00I am the poster of the message before the last. ...I am the poster of the message before the last. Is Education Swanage affiliated with the New Schools Network? It promotes the type of school I described and I believe you may want for Swanage.<br /><br />'What is the New Schools Network?<br />The New Schools Network will facilitate the creation of new, independent state schools. Independence within the state sector has been tried and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-60493597016968784182010-02-28T23:22:46.974+00:002010-02-28T23:22:46.974+00:00I can explain more about these if you like. I can ...I can explain more about these if you like. I can also provide information about co-op public/private high schools which exist here to provide a more personal alternative to the large<br />comprehensive high school model. Here, many of these are funded by the State, but are managed by the parents and administrators.<br /><br />Sorry to be so lengthy. I hope this is helpful.<br /><br />Thank you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-52810109489612511442010-02-28T22:23:41.416+00:002010-02-28T22:23:41.416+00:00I'm sorry, but how many parents have the skill...I'm sorry, but how many parents have the skills and knowledge to teach GCSE and A Level qualifications, for free, all week, without going to work? How many families have access to science / technology labs and specialist up to date resources?<br />Is it right to deny children the independence of going to school, and the daily interaction with a large and varied peer group (not just a handful Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-15285138382582776032010-02-28T21:39:21.030+00:002010-02-28T21:39:21.030+00:00Home schooling seems to be an alternative way forw...Home schooling seems to be an alternative way forward for Swanage children from the age of 11, if the 2 tier goes ahead without a Swanage Secondary school. Parents are keen to educate their children in the Swanage community, as it has so much potential to offer. Many GCSE, A level and degree students visit the Swanage area to study Geology, Geography, archeology, science and environment Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-314885767023832172010-02-28T18:05:48.609+00:002010-02-28T18:05:48.609+00:00/continued/
If you have the ability, confidence, .../continued/<br /><br />If you have the ability, confidence, time, facilities, money, and commitment, then this could be an answer. But if you are considering forming an educational collective, as I read between the lines in the previous post, then you are venturing into a different world - a quasi-private school - which is a whole different ball game. And, based upon what I described in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-70034237097060634202010-02-28T18:05:19.525+00:002010-02-28T18:05:19.525+00:00Here's some insight from the States, where hom...Here's some insight from the States, where homeschooling is prevalent (I live in the States and have a holiday place in Swanage. I was in UK education for 30 years).<br /><br />Homeschooling has proven to be successful for children from Kindergarten through Grade 6. Test results of home schooled children rank high - often higher - than school kids' scores. There is enormous help in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-79670280201394552972010-02-28T14:10:16.148+00:002010-02-28T14:10:16.148+00:00Who's up for this then? How many parents do w...Who's up for this then? How many parents do we have in Swanage, that think this would be achievable. Would we be able to have a learning base somewhere in Swanage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-33627989306232395182010-02-26T23:29:23.578+00:002010-02-26T23:29:23.578+00:00And even better if a group of parents bond togethe...And even better if a group of parents bond together to share the burden, and their expertise. I should imagine Swanage is a perfect setting for a group of home schoolers. In fact, idyllic.<br /><br />I have scads of knowledge of home schooling and how it can happen.<br /><br />Apparently there is a belief among some social workers than parents home schooling their children are doing it to coverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-63773221597793159272010-02-26T14:03:34.163+00:002010-02-26T14:03:34.163+00:00Home education, an idea for Swanage.
There's ...Home education, an idea for Swanage.<br /><br />There's loads of stuff out there..<br />Kay and her husband Simon went along to her daughter Sally's parents evening and found that some of the teachers didn't even know who she was.<br /><br />Sal was bored and felt she was being held back. So Kay and Simon decided to take her out of school and educate her and their other two children, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-46395464205453804822010-02-26T13:00:37.180+00:002010-02-26T13:00:37.180+00:00What money there is will be spent on rationalsing ...What money there is will be spent on rationalsing the primary schools and upgrading Purbeck School for the extra Years. It's all there in the plan.<br /><br />What does 'rationalising the Primary Schools' mean? And why does Purbeck School think young people will want to remain at school until they're 19 ??<br />Wont most young people want to leave school and move on to a college Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-51397436792767046312010-02-25T14:10:16.064+00:002010-02-25T14:10:16.064+00:00It isn't going to happen. There isn't the ...It isn't going to happen. There isn't the money. What money there is will be spent on rationalsing the primary schools and upgrading Purbeck School for the extra Years. It's all there in the plan.<br /><br />Why don't you open a private school if you want your utopian goals met? Or start up an academy? Or home school your children? (Actually, if a sizeable group of you pooled Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-50840436146983996602010-02-24T22:13:41.119+00:002010-02-24T22:13:41.119+00:00La la la, it twernt im it twer me !! He he.
Its ...La la la, it twernt im it twer me !! He he.<br /><br />Its spookily quiet around here. But the gremlins are stirring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-71539170134629332202010-02-24T13:31:56.051+00:002010-02-24T13:31:56.051+00:00Naw - he pinched it from you, mate!
Credit where ...Naw - he pinched it from you, mate!<br /><br />Credit where credit's due!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-79227399392302276502010-02-23T18:29:49.960+00:002010-02-23T18:29:49.960+00:00Cor, that blinkin Postman! I post this and then h...Cor, that blinkin Postman! I post this and then he goes and starts a new thread about it!<br /><br />Blinkin' glory seeker!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-77167792170921460562010-02-23T17:22:11.770+00:002010-02-23T17:22:11.770+00:00Reduced consultation begins.
http://news.bbc.co.u...Reduced consultation begins.<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/8529869.stmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-30965211480593074442010-02-22T17:50:02.396+00:002010-02-22T17:50:02.396+00:00Is this a lull before the storm ?!Is this a lull before the storm ?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-74122309637944652922010-02-21T11:23:13.680+00:002010-02-21T11:23:13.680+00:0010.08 The singer is a mate of Billy Bragg's - ...10.08 The singer is a mate of Billy Bragg's - does that count? Hope he can be let off the loadsamoney!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-73384783142023372322010-02-21T00:46:46.450+00:002010-02-21T00:46:46.450+00:00'Consultation has been defined as deciding wha...'Consultation has been defined as deciding what you want to do, telling those effected, listening to their views and then getting on and doing it. That is what DCC are doing. There is not much mileage in telling them to do something completely different.'<br /><br />Ummm I don't remember them ever asking for our views. They presented their consultation, told us that there was only Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-24731204925623204982010-02-20T22:08:07.878+00:002010-02-20T22:08:07.878+00:00I like the second one, but you owe me some royalti...I like the second one, but you owe me some royalties for pinching my tune - I would've let you off if it was my mate Bill Bragg singing it, though!<br /><br />-R Zimmerman<br /><br />Send loadsamoney to my agent, Brian Greenbaum, Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue Of The Stars. Los Angeles, CA 90067. Phone: 424-288-2000. OK?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-61389929450171270372010-02-20T18:43:38.696+00:002010-02-20T18:43:38.696+00:00Thanks for last link. So you don't want no sch...Thanks for last link. So you don't want no school at all, not nowhere.<br /><br />How about this one.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bvT-DGcWw<br /><br />or this one.<br /><br />http://www.pets-on-holiday.co.uk/sos-swanagefirst/files/save-our-school.mp3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-39724885048530689142010-02-19T22:56:57.712+00:002010-02-19T22:56:57.712+00:00Or:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbNEOJMGFAo
...Or:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbNEOJMGFAo<br /><br /><br />LOL<br /><br />We don't want no skewl in Swanage - geddit??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-65697799822690922902010-02-19T22:55:16.967+00:002010-02-19T22:55:16.967+00:00Message from Swanage youff:
http://www.youtube.co...Message from Swanage youff:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwTpZpwjtIEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-90211077816378011952010-02-19T20:17:48.662+00:002010-02-19T20:17:48.662+00:00AffectedAffectedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com