I hear ya mooky. Have you looked into K12? They offer international classes as well for over the pond peeps such as yourself.
I will be starting this soon with our 6 year old son. I am waiting to hear back from his 1st grade teacher as to whether or not she will give us his books to finish off this year since I am taking him out early.
Mooky we are on a year round schedule since my 8 year old is still attending school and that is their schedule. I also happen to love it. They go to school for 9 weeks and then have three off instead of attending for 9-10 months and having the whole summer off.
So your schools are suportive of yr desire to homeschool? Cos I get looked at like im a weirdo for not sending mine to nursery! I have managed to get mine 2 (the 2 that go to school) into one of the better schools in our area, but still............
Will read through k12 when i get a bit of time, the babys poorly, so the house is a dump.