{"id":1372,"date":"2026-02-01T09:47:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T09:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/?page_id=1372"},"modified":"2026-10-18T20:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T19:42:16","slug":"home-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/?page_id=1372","title":{"rendered":"Home Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/family-life-home-time-relationships-children-regret-memory-memoir-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/family-life-home-time-relationships-children-regret-memory-memoir-1.png 640w, https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/family-life-home-time-relationships-children-regret-memory-memoir-1-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sub>Sometimes, you just can&#8217;t catch up!<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Brighton parent<\/strong><em> <\/em>(correspondence home education, year 8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;[Jacqueline] tailors to the student and strikes a balance of positive praise and support.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>Parent <\/strong>(creative writing sessions for home schooling, year 7)<br><br>&#8216;The sessions were helpful, I felt that they were thorough enough that I could just give them to [my son] and not have to worry about any of it myself. He said that he enjoyed them and found the feedback useful.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creative writing can be a fantastic and enjoyable part of home-schooling. With my courses, I do the work and you just need to print the session out each week. It is a good way to encourage independence in the student for their own learning, too (so maybe they can do the printing out!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the course, we will cover all genres and forms of writing, as well as working on <strong>style <\/strong>aspects of writing. Each session includes some <strong>reading<\/strong>, too, to strengthen <strong>comprehension <\/strong>skills and reading stamina.<br><br>I also edit for spelling and grammar, so this ties in <strong>SPAG <\/strong>and helps with all aspects of English (almost without the student realising). Inevitably, though, I find that everything improves after a few sessions as students want to do their best when someone will be giving feedback. At the six week mark, I send a video recording of feedback, too, discussing the previous six weeks work and what is to come.<br><br>After the course, you may find that you now have the skills to do creative writing sessions for your children yourself, so that is another advantage!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/?page_id=679\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/?page_id=679\">Creative writing correspondence courses<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;:&nbsp;12 weeks <strong>\u00a3149<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png 430w, https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also offer support for the <strong>iGCSE <\/strong>Edexcel English Language exam. Please see my Tutoring Sessions for more information.<br><br>You may also find helpful resources and printable posters, (including free printables) on my TES page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tes.com\/teaching-resources\/shop\/penandplough\">https:\/\/www.tes.com\/teaching-resources\/shop\/penandplough<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TES-Poster-English-Library-Wall-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TES-Poster-English-Library-Wall-2.png 800w, https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TES-Poster-English-Library-Wall-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TES-Poster-English-Library-Wall-2-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brighton parent (correspondence home education, year 8) &#8216;[Jacqueline] tailors to the student and strikes a balance of positive praise and support.&#8217; Parent (creative writing sessions for home schooling, year 7) &#8216;The sessions were helpful, I felt that they were thorough enough that I could just give them to [my son] and not have to worry&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/?page_id=1372\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Home Education<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"default","neve_meta_container":"contained","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"center","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","iawp_total_views":76,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1372","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"kubio_ai_page_context":{"short_desc":"","purpose":"general"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1372"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1586,"href":"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1372\/revisions\/1586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/penandploughtutoring.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}