Useful Links
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Elective Home Education Suffolk
https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/children-families-and-learning/schools/elective-home-education-ehe-educating-your-child-at-home/ Contact the EHE team: Telephone 01473 265139 (between 9am and 4pm) Email ehe@suffolk.gov.uk Education Otherwise https://educationotherwise.org/ Government Website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/elective-home-education Twinkl – online resources www.twinkl.co.uk |
West Suffolk Home Ed Hub
www.facebook.com/westsuffolkhomeed www.facebook.com/groups/westsuffolkhomeed Local Home Ed Groups on Facebook West Suffolk Home Ed Group Suffolk HE Home Ed Mummies (in and around Bury St Edmunds) Suffolk Early Years Home Education Network TEEN Home education group Suffolk Bury St Edmunds 9yrs and over, social home ed group |
Local places to visit
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Ancient House Museum, Thetford
www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/ancient-house Cambridge University Museums (mostly free to visit!) www.museums.cam.ac.uk Colchester Zoo www.colchester-zoo.com/plan-your-visit/schools-groups/education/home-education English Heritage www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/region/eastofengland/ Kentwell Hall www.kentwell.co.uk Moyse’s Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds www.moyseshall.org Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket www.eastanglianlife.org.uk National Trust East of England www.nationaltrust.org.uk/days-out/regioneastofengland/east-of-england RSPB www.facebook.com/RSPBSuffolk Suffolk Wildlife Trust www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org Suffolk Owl Sanctuary www.owl-help.org.uk West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village and Museum www.weststow.org |
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Local Services
(see websites for more details about dates/times etc)
Bury St Edmunds Heritage Ticket – this will give you free entry to Moyse’s Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds and to West Stow Anglo Saxon Village and Museum, as well as free parking at West Stow and at Nowton Park.
Suffolk Wildlife Trust – Although technically the Trust’s sites are free to enjoy, your membership will help to maintain the reserves and protect local wildlife. You get a lovely explorer pack when you sign up, with regular newsletters and activities for children. Our favourite local sites are Lackford Lakes, Bradfield Woods, Knettishall Heath and Redgrave and Lopham Fen. They often have events on during the school holidays and at weekends for families.
RSPB – We mostly use our membership at Minsmere and at Lakenheath Fen - the amount you donate is up to you. The reserves always have lots going on for children, and their education departments run some fantastic events.
The National Trust – There are so many available NT locations in East Anglia, with our own Ickworth Park on our doorstep, plus some wonderful properties nearby, including Flatford Mill, Wicken Fen, Oxborough Hall, Melford Hall, Wimpole Estate and Anglesey Abbey, and all of them have something to offer families.
Suffolk Wildlife Trust – Although technically the Trust’s sites are free to enjoy, your membership will help to maintain the reserves and protect local wildlife. You get a lovely explorer pack when you sign up, with regular newsletters and activities for children. Our favourite local sites are Lackford Lakes, Bradfield Woods, Knettishall Heath and Redgrave and Lopham Fen. They often have events on during the school holidays and at weekends for families.
RSPB – We mostly use our membership at Minsmere and at Lakenheath Fen - the amount you donate is up to you. The reserves always have lots going on for children, and their education departments run some fantastic events.
The National Trust – There are so many available NT locations in East Anglia, with our own Ickworth Park on our doorstep, plus some wonderful properties nearby, including Flatford Mill, Wicken Fen, Oxborough Hall, Melford Hall, Wimpole Estate and Anglesey Abbey, and all of them have something to offer families.
West Suffolk Home Education Hub and West Suffolk Hive CIC accept no liability for services provided by any of the above organisations. Inclusion on the website does not necessarily suggest endorsement.
