The Home Education Association Inc,
South Australia Branch presents
Exploring Approaches to Homeschooling Seminar
and Curriculum Fair
Saturday May17th, 8.30am to 5.30pm
DeafSA Centre, 262 South Terrace, Adelaide
$10 per family
Door Prizes, Sample Bag, Homeschooling Displays
...panel and workshop sessions on...
Charlotte Mason, Natural Learning, Classical Education, Bible-based/Discipleship Homeschooling, Steiner Influenced, Unit Studies, Distance Education, Special Needs, and more...
Download the Registration and Information Pack
Download the Poster to display in in your local library,
community and shopping centres
for more information email Beverley
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GET READY FOR...
National Home Education Week - 11th to 17th May 2008
Homeschoolers across South Australia are planning to celebrate National Home Education Week in many different ways...
What are you planning to do? Want help? Join the newly formed
SA National Home Education Week Planning Group for lots of ideas, help and to share your enthusiasm for celebrating homeschooling in SA!
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 Have your own 2 day Home Education Conference AT HOME with this set of DVDs from the 2007 NHED Conferences!
This 4 DVD pack includes over 8 hours of conference speeches by John Taylor Gatto, Alan Thomas and Eleanor Sparks as well as the Brisbane Conference Question and Answer session. Includes Conference Notes from many of the Workshop Presenters.
All funds from the sale of this DVD go to the Home Education Association of Australia to help pay for the NHED conferences and to promote homeschooling across Australia and to support individual families and homeschooling groups.
Bring internationally renowned educator John Taylor Gatto and the 2007 National Home Education Conference into your living room for only $40!
Available from the HEA or buy now through Always Learning Books by clicking on the button below:
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SA branch of the
Home Education Association Inc.
The Home Education Association of Australia South Australian branch was formed in July 2007. This group is affliated with the HEA and aims to support and promote home education in Australia. For more information please email or Marina.
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If you wish to share your experiences as a home educator or would like to make contact with other homeschooling families in your area please consider listing yourself as a contact person on the HEA Support groups and Contacts SA page.
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Home Education SA
If you are interested in meeting other homeschoolers and going on educational and social excursions, please think about joining the very active and friendly Yahoo group for South Australian home educators:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/home-education-sa/
Your inquiry and questions will be quickly
answered. There are dozens of active members on the list experienced
with all aspects of home education, including getting approval for
exemption from attending school, answering doubts about socialisation,
different home education approaches, where to find resources and
educational materials, etc. Check out the files and database sections
for dozens of articles and links to other great homeschooling
resources.
"Thank you everyone - I
was very encouraged by your emails. I'm loving this group, wish I'd
found it months ago." Deb
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HBLSA Newsletter
This newsletter is a 'non profit' effort, to help those in South Australia (and beyond if you wish) to stay in contact with what is happening and some local resources. The articles are written generally by other subscribers of HBL, (the parents and children) about various activities they are involved in, and wish to share with you. Published 6 times a year in print and online format.
Nadia, the new editor would love to hear from you! Articles and items for inclusion in the newsletter, welcome!
For subscription details please visit: http://www.websouth.com.au/hbl/
The newsletter is the best way to
stay in touch with what is happening in South Australia with
homeschooling. It contains a list of activities for the coming term
and is a valuable networking tool. Please support and use the
newsletter by sending news, announcements and information about useful
resources to the editor for publication.
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SA Homeschool Camps
Different families
organise several homeschooling camps each year.
Camps are fantastic ways to get to know other homeschoolers
and make friends. Please join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SAHomeschoolCamps
for more information and past and future camps.
The following articles are provided to help families organise and
prepare for homeschooling camps. If you like quality time with other
homeschoolers why not get together with some friends and organise a
homeschooling camp?
Information about organising homeschooling camps can be found in the e-booklet Homeschool Camps by Beverley Paine.
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Ashton Scholastic Book Club
The book club has been
split into separate clubs for the different metropolitan areas. Please post
an inquiry to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/home-education-sa/
to find out who to contact in your area. It may take a day or two to receive
a reply from the coordinator in your area. If you don't receive a reply,
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Getting
Approval to Home Educate in SA
Many families in South Australia apply for exemption from attending school and are member of the online support group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/home-education-sa/
The group is a good source of up-to-date information about families' experiences with this process. Read through the archived messages or send a post to the group introducing yourself and asking any questions that you may have.
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Curriculum
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South Australian Network Library
The
South Australian Network Library is a free service
and is a part of the SA Home Ed yahoo support group. The library database on
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/home-education-sa/database is
available to all members, who can upload a description of any book
they wish to add to the library, or peruse to find books they'd like
to borrow. To borrow a book, please contact the owner of the book
listed on the database and arrange pickup/postage and return deliver.
To become a member of the library you need to become a member of the
Yahoo group. You can elect to not receive emails posted to the list
and simply use the library or other resources on the site if you wish.
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Research on Home
Education in Australia
Glenda Jackson has complied a very
thorough
summary paper on research on home education in Australia.
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Community Information Services Australia Inc has launched a new website called SAcommunity, with links to sites such as Eventspool, Infosearch, Commonwealth Carelink, etc.
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Newstart Requirements for Mothers -
Exemptions for Homeschooling Parents
Exemptions for principal carer parents 2007
2.17 Special family circumstances may make it appropriate for the
participation requirements of principal carer parents to be reduced or
exempted. Automatic exemption can be applied if:
* the principal carer is an active, registered foster carer;
* the parent is providing home schooling; or
* the parent is facilitating distance education for their child.
2.19 An application for an exemption must have verifiable
circumstances and will be assessed on a case-by-case basis for all
groups other than active registered foster carers, parents providing
home schooling and parents distance educating their children. Any
exemption will be subject to review and if the grounds for the period
of exemption from participation no
longer exist the exemption may be revoked.
Parenting Payment
The Government has introduced changes that will benefit single and
partnered parents and their children. The changes support and
encourage parents to return to work when their youngest child is old
enough to go to school.
Customers:
* claiming on or after 1 July 2006 with a youngest child under six
years of age (if partnered) or 8 years of age (if single) may apply
for Parenting Payment
* claiming on or after 1 July 2006 whose youngest child is aged six
and over (if partnered), or eight and over (if single) will not be
entitled to Parenting Payment and will need to apply for another
income support
payment (typically Newstart Allowance)
* claiming on or after 1 July 2006 (both partnered and single) will be
subject to part-time participation requirements when their youngest
child turns six. New claimants with a youngest child under six years
of age can volunteer for Job Network assistance at any time
* granted Parenting Payment prior to 1 July 2006 will retain their
eligibility and continue to receive Parenting Payment. These customers
will be required to look for paid part-time work of at least 15 hours
a week and participate in appropriate services from 1 July 2007 or
when their youngest child turns seven years of age (whichever is the
later).
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Charlotte Mason Support Group
Mason was an British educator who emphasized the use of whole, living
books, nature study and the humanities. Our group is for parents
interested in sharing their ideas on homeschooling with a CM flavour.
Meetings commence sharply at 2.00 pm and finish promptly at 4.00 pm.
Group Homepage:
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For those interested there's info on the ACER
(Australian Council for Educational Research) site regarding the
national tests conducted and some sample tests for different
year levels.
www.acer.edu.au/tests/schools/lanna/intro.html Thanks Tina for
this information!
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Child and Youth Health (CYH) offer free
screening done by CYH for all 4-5 year olds. This includes weight,
height, hearing and vision testing. It takes about 30 minutes. Just
book in at your local CYH centre.
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Home Education Australia
National association that organises national
conferences together with Education Choices:
http://www.hea.asn.au/
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UnschoolKidz
A place for homeschooled children to share
stories, jokes, games etc. By homeschoolers for
homeschoolers!
http://unschoolkidz.beverleypaine.com/
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