Forthcoming dates & events:

  • Feb 10th 2012 - half-term break
  • Feb 20th 2012 - HEC starts
  • March 30th 2012 - Easter break
  • April 16th 2012 - HEC starts back
  • May 4th 2012 - Group trip to Lyme Regis Fossil Festival
  • May 25th 2012 - half-term break
  • May 2012 - visit to M-shed Bristol Museum for Leonardo da Vinci drawings
  • June 4th 2012 - HEC starts back
  • July 6th 2012 - HEC Summer break

Past events at the Home Education Centre:

  • Jan 9th 2012 - HEC back for the New Year
  • Dec 12th 2011 - HEC Christmas Party + HEC's got talent
  • Dec 9th 2011 - HEC break for Christmas
  • Nov 2nd 2011 - visit to Tacchi Morris to see 'The Voyage of Nutjellynana'
  • Oct 31st 2011 - HEC starts
  • Oct 21st 2011 - half-term break
  • Oct 8th 2011 - HEC walking group entry in Chard Carnival - Alice theme!
  • Sept 12th 2011 - HEC starts back after summer break
  • July 8th 2011 - HEC breaks for summer
  • July 8th 2011 - Stage fighting workshop with the Squire Theatre
  • Jun 8th 2011 - HEC starts
  • May 27th 2011 - half-term break
  • May 13th 2011 - HEC production of Alice in Wonderland at the Chard Guildhall.
  • May 4th 2011 - HEC summer term starts
  • Apr 15th 2011 - Spring break
  • Apr 8th 2011 - Natural England Workshop in partnership with Lyme Fossil Festival - "The Council of Marine Creatures"
  • Apr 5th 2011 - South Somerset Music Spectacular
  • Mar 2nd 2011 - HEC starts
  • Feb 23rd 2011 - HEC goes birdwatching on the river Exe - Boat trip
  • Feb 18th 2011 - half-term break
  • Jan 28th 2011 - Visit to London - Houses of Parliament
  • Jan 12th 2011 - HEC back for 2011
  • Dec 10th 2010 - HEC breaks for Christmas + Christmas Party with HEC's got talent.
  • Nov 3rd 2010 - HEC starts
  • Oct 22nd 2010 - half-term break
  • Oct 22nd 2010 - Hedge survey with Fields Study Council - OPAL
  • Oct 21st 2010 - HEC to speak at HE Conference in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Live, Learn and Grow...
  • Oct 15th 2010 - Guest speaker from Crewkerne and district Astronomy Society
  • Oct 8th 2010 - Visit to the Centre by David Laws, Liberal Democrat MP for Yeovil.
  • Sept 8th 2010 - Start of new HEC year
  • Sept 7th 2010 - Not Back to School picnic at Charmouth
  • July 9th 2010 - Last day at HEC before summer break
  • April 30th 2010 - Group trip to Lyme Regis Fossil festival.
  • April 21st 2010 - Summer term starts
  • Mar 23rd 2010 - HEC performance at South Somerset Music Spectacular
  • Jan 13th 2009 - Back to HEC for the Spring term
  • Dec 11th 2009 - Christmas Party
  • Dec 9th 2009 - Talent show
  • Dec 4th 2009 - Play performances
  • Dec 2nd 2009 - Christmas Fayre & Bric a Brac sale.
  • Nov 27th 2009 - HEC AGM
  • Oct 2nd 2009 - The Romans are coming!  Visit by The Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter for Romans in Devon workshop.
  • Sept 18th 2009 - Visit to HEC by EHE lead for Gloucester LA.
  • Sept 16th 2009 - Visit to HEC by journalist for Special the nasen magazine.
  • Sept 9th 2009 - Back to HEC
  • Aug 3rd 2009 - HEC goes to the city to see Banksy exhibition at Bristol Museum.
  • July 10th 2009 - Last day at HEC before the summer break.
  • June 19th 2009 - HEC Olympics.  The culmination of the year's sports programme.
  • May 15th 2009 - Visit to HEC by David Taylor, Somerset's Corporate Director, Children and Young People's Directorate.
  • May 6th 2009 - Visit to HEC by representatives from DCSF, EO and Somerset's EHE team looking at models of good practice.
  • April 29th 2009 - Follow-up visit to HEC from local colleges to discuss exam centres for external HE candidates.
  • April 2009 - HEC production of an adaptation of 'Jungle Book' - Friday 3rd, 2pm & 6pm
  • March 2009 - Workshops at the Woodland Education Centre at Offwell.
  • Feb/Mar 2009 - Green woodworking workshops with Wilder Woods
  • Feb 27th 2009 - Visit to HEC by the Tulsi Trust, Indian Hospital & school.  Indian cooking, music, Sari tying & Henna painting.
  • Jan 23rd 2009 - Visit to HEC from some of the local colleges.
  • Dec 2008 - HEC end of year party and AGM.
  • Oct 2008 - Visit from an Educational Ranger from Ham Hill, as part of our Iron Age project.
  • Oct 2008 - Visit from PEN - Personalised Education Now - as part of their Learning exchange.
  • Oct 2008 - Group visit to Maiden Castle for some 'historical fun'.
  • Sept 2008 - HEC information stand and rolling-sub football match at Chard Twinning Weekend.
  • Aug 2008 - Picnic at Charmouth beach.
  • July 2008 - Planning meeting to achieve a basic outline for the coming year at HEC.
  • July 2008 - Group visit to Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre and fossil foray along the beach.
  • June 2008 - HEC production - various short plays writen and performed by the children.
  • May 2008 - Guided woodland walk at Holyford Nature Reserve  with the Education Ranger, plus making Wild garlic soup!
  • May 2008 - Educational group visit to Powderham Castle.
  • April 2008 - HEC AGM.
  • April 2008 - Visit to the Centre by Rt Hon Oliver Letwin, Conservative MP for West Dorset.
  • Feb 2008 - Visit to the Centre by David Laws, Liberal Democrat MP for Yeovil.