STOP PRESS:
Please note: Sadly, due to low enrolment numbers, we are not going ahead as a school in 2010.
We are homeschooling instead, planning to do lots of great things together - if you like the sound of what would have been our school and would be interested in joining us for some homeschooling activities, please contact us - we look forward to meeting you.
NB: The text in this website relates specifically to our school but will give you a good idea of the approach we are bringing to homeschooling.
Welcome
Are you looking for an alternative to existing primary schools?
Do you want the opportunity to be actively involved in
your child/rens education?Take your child's education in a new direction and become involved in
Daylesford Learning Collective, a small, independent, collectively run primary school,
located in Daylesford, Central Victoria, Australia.We are currently looking for like-minded families who want a genuinely radical approach to education - if you like what you see on our website, we'd love to meet you.
Enrollments now open for 2010: If you are interested in joining us for the 2010 school year, we invite you to come up, meet our group and get involved.
At Daylesford Learning Collective:
We offer a very small school community (approx 15 children in one multi-age classroom)
with a home-like environment, where children can grow and learn at their own pace Children receive attention to their individual needs and interests, supported through our very high adult to child ratio (at least 1:5 attained through active parental participation)
We teach through an innovative approach to curriculum where literacy, numeracy and other Key Learning Areas (KLAs) are woven throughout the day's activities rather than taught as a series of separate subjects
KLAs are met in three primary ways:
Play/workshop style activities
Self directed activity and free play time
Formal lessons Children participate in planning activities and day-to-day decision making.
Very little in the day is compulsory however we do have two big rules: Respectful non-disruptive behaviour is expected and everyone helps clean up! We offer both full and part-time enrollment options and are thus ideal for families wanting to home school for part of each week
Please note that we really need expressions of interest and enrollments NOW:
If you like the sound of our model and want more information or are considering us as an option for 2010, please let us know ASAP. We were not able to operate in 2009 because of low enrollment numbers. We are all really inspired to reopen and we still need a few more children enrolled for 2010 to meet the minimum enrollment requirements to operate as a registered school.
