New thinking for a changing world
The Green House is currently restructuring and is working towards becoming an Agile Learning Centre (ALC), which is very similar to how The Green House has been evolving since 2014. Please contact us for more information.
The Green House was set up in September 2014 to germinate the 'Grow Your Own School' project. It currently operates from a beautiful rural site in Bitton between Bath and Bristol, where we have geodesic dome as well as indoor and outdoor learning spaces that can accommodate up to 24 children. In order to create a strong sense of community among the children, we have the same group of children gathering together 3 consecutive days a week.
The Green House is a learning community that supports home-educated children to explore their own identity and be in control of their learning. We do this through facilitated sessions that are interest-led and project-based, with a strong emphasis on collaborative learning, and developing social and emotional skills and resilience.
These are our core values:
"How do we educate the young to think clearly about the important things in a culture that spends $500bn per year to deceive using the finely honed tools of advertising? How do we prepare them to comprehend systems, patterns, and larger contexts in a society much distracted by entertainment and given to specialization? How do we equip the young to value health in a fast-food culture in which obesity is epidemic? … How do we teach them to love land and community when our society values such things far less than it does individualism and consumption?"
(David Orr)
The Green House is currently restructuring and is working towards becoming an Agile Learning Centre (ALC), which is very similar to how The Green House has been evolving since 2014. Please contact us for more information.
The Green House was set up in September 2014 to germinate the 'Grow Your Own School' project. It currently operates from a beautiful rural site in Bitton between Bath and Bristol, where we have geodesic dome as well as indoor and outdoor learning spaces that can accommodate up to 24 children. In order to create a strong sense of community among the children, we have the same group of children gathering together 3 consecutive days a week.
The Green House is a learning community that supports home-educated children to explore their own identity and be in control of their learning. We do this through facilitated sessions that are interest-led and project-based, with a strong emphasis on collaborative learning, and developing social and emotional skills and resilience.
These are our core values:
- We trust in children’s innate curiosity and desire to learn
- We use compassionate and peaceful communication
- We ensure every voice is heard
- We celebrate the individual and the collective
- We learn and grow together as a community
- We believe in infinite possibilities
- We learn and play in nature
- We see mistakes as a stepping stone to success
- We believe that education is the shared responsibility the Green House, home and community
"How do we educate the young to think clearly about the important things in a culture that spends $500bn per year to deceive using the finely honed tools of advertising? How do we prepare them to comprehend systems, patterns, and larger contexts in a society much distracted by entertainment and given to specialization? How do we equip the young to value health in a fast-food culture in which obesity is epidemic? … How do we teach them to love land and community when our society values such things far less than it does individualism and consumption?"
(David Orr)