We are just getting ready (30th August) to go to the UK Home Education Conference & Holiday. This year for the first time ever, the Conference has been so popular that we couldn't get in, which I'm slightly gutted about! But we have been really blessed to be able to rent a chalet from someone who had booked early and ended up not being able to go after all (thank, you, Susan!) So we are looking forward to a few days of restful adventure in the Welsh mountains!

One of the things that persuaded us to home educate in the first place was going to the HES FES holiday (Home Education Seaside Festival). The first and major concern that people have about home education is the issue of socialisation, but we were impressed by just how positively socially adjusted, polite, and confident the home ed children at HES FES were, and in our 9 years of home education so far, it has continued to be our experience.