AEFES Home Education & Unschooling Festival

There is a new home education festival with a strong Unschooling ethos. Having been inspired by HESFES, many teens and young adults wanted to create their own festival and so AEFES was born. AEFES stands for Alternative Education Festival and so encompasses not only home education but many other alternative forms of education.They're a community of adults, teenagers and children all working in unity to create a festival where all voices can be heard, all opinions considered and all decisions made in a democratic setting. AEFES believe in trust, faith and community spirit. Working as a team to create something magical for everyone.  Tickets can be purchased from http://www.aefes.co.uk/acatalog/AEFES_home_education_festival_tickets.html.  If you want to join the community check out the facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/516810371859856/

Center Parcs Longleat - High Rope Challenge

Home Education Unschool Week - Center Parcs Longleat Aqua Jetting

Centre Parcs - Owen Paintball Combat

HESFES Home Education Festival 2015

Museum of London - Capital Engineers Workshop

Home Education Laser Tagging

Centre Parcs Unschooling Trip - Quad Biking

Dulwich Library Manga Club

Owen attends the manga Club at Dulwich Library each week.  They take part in fun Manga related activities and learn how to draw Manga. Regular parties allow them to Dress up Cosplay style. It is a great opportunity for Owen to meet other young people who like to read and talk about Manga characters.

Animal Therapy Home Education Group

Home Education Honey Bee Workshop

Annual HESFES Home Education Festival 2014

Making Natural Shelters at the Forest School

Owen learnt how to make shelters out of natural materials at the Forest School.

The Shame - An Unschooled Drama Project

This is a play written and directed by Anya and her friend and interprets their feelings about bullying and cyber bulling. The film is also in the psychological horror genre, but Anya did not want to use the famous music from Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film as it would detract from what they were creating.

Home Education Animation Workshop

Animation workshop attended by Owen and a group of locally home educated kids aged 11 to 16.

Roman Villa Workshop

Owen attended a Roman Villa workshop at Orpington Roman Villa.  The workshop was run in a very schooley manner and Owen found it quite boring.  For example they created Roman mosaics but the kids had to copy a set pattern which did not inspire Owen to be creative or understand the creativity of the Romans.

Halloween 2012

Camping in Romney

HESFES 2012

Poets Corner Street Party 2011