Home Education Matters
Join us every week for a new episode supporting you on your home education journey. Whether you are a long time home educator or are totally new to it, we’re here to support you with podcasts on subjects like deregistering and dealing with your local authority, how to sit exams, supporting your child’s unique needs, socialising, subject deep dives and much more.
Episodes
7 days ago
The Exams Process with 3A Tutors
7 days ago
7 days ago
Today we talk through the nuts and bolts of the exam process with Paul Turner from the very popular exam centre 3A Tutors in Bristol.
It's a long one so skip to the bits that are relevant to you or settle down for everything you ever wanted to know about exams as a home educator!
TIMINGS -
5:45 Exam sittings
11:30 Registering for exams
13:00 Fees
14:15 Access Arrangements
24:15 How the process works
25:45 Exam entry codes and booking exams
31:30 Timings of exams and what to do if you’re late
34:30 Exam subjects and IGCSES vs GCSES
40:30 Oral exams and MFL subjects
43:15 AS levels and modular GCSEs
47:30 On screen and online exams
51:15 Practicals for exams
56:15 Coursework
59:15 Exam rules
1:10:30 Special Consideration
1:16:45 Cancelling exams
1:19:00 Grade boundaries
1:22:30 Results and Certificates
1:25:20 Appealing grade results / Review of marking
1:29:30 Post exams
1:30:45 Resits
And keep an eye out for our Access Arrangements deep dive coming up next week ...
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Online Learning with Mary Middlebrook
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Today's podcast dives into the world of online learning. Myself and the fabulous Mary Middlebrook discuss:
How to get the best out of online resources
Where to find top quality online education
What to look for and what to avoid
Creating a pick and mix global online education to support self study
And much much more.
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Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Resolving conflict with Sven Lauch
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
When you home educate you get used to people saying "oh I could never do that, we'd all get on each other's nerves so much". So today we will be discussing conflict and how to handle it if you home educate (and if you don't!).
Sven Lauch guides us through his 4 step approach and explains why conflict need not always be avoided but instead can be used to further healthy communication and connection.
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Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
A Journey into Home Education - June 'Bravery'
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Join Ash and I as we discuss how her home education journey went in June. We talk about the bravery it takes to home educate and the bravery it's currently taking to put Ismael back into school. And much more.
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Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Sharing Our Successes - Changing Lives
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Today is the last episode in our mini series where we showcase some of the amazing stories from within our home education community.
And we meet Naomi John O. who is an inspiring 16 year old home educated student who is busy making a difference to the world we live in.
Check out her story here and maybe share it around with any 'doubters' who question your decision to home educate!
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Improving writing without writing with Munira Adenwalla
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Want to help your child improve their writing skills without picking up a pen? We've got you covered on this podcast where Munira will guide us through her top tips to improve your child's writing.
We cover some great strategies and approaches which are all designed to build confidence and ability without some of the anguish that goes with copy writing or handwriting practice.
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Home Educating with ADHD with Amy Neylon
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Today's podcast talks about the unique challenges of home educating when you have ADHD. And we talk to Amy about her journey of self discovery around having ADHD and how it's affected, positively and negatively, her home education experience.
Alert! If you don't want to listen to 15 minutes of discussion about how broken the school system is, skip ahead to 15:00. You have been warned ;-)
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Auditory Processing Disorder and British Sign Language with Shelley
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Join Shelley and I as we discuss home educating a child with Auditory Processing Disorder and the value of incorporating British Sign Language into your home ed journey.
This is a fascinating and sometimes emotional conversation where we talk about the pressures on ourselves as home educating parents and the balancing act of prioritising our children's needs with little state support. We delve into what APD is, the struggle to get diagnosed and also discuss BSL and its variations, along with the sheer joy of learning a new language and being able to communicate with your baby and child in an empowering way.
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
From home educated to home educator with Pamela Anton
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Today I am joined by Pamela Anton who set about persuading her parents to home educate her when she was a child, at a time when home education was much less common. Armed only with a magazine article and a distinct hatred for school, Pamela launched into home education and now has chosen that route for her own children.
Listen to Pamela's fascinating story about her interaction with the school system and the impact that being in school had upon her on a day to day level. And how this experience has informed her own parenting journey to this day.
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
A Journey into Home Education - May 'Ebbs and Flows'
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
Ash and I discuss how her May has been going and it's been a month of ups and downs. Both Ash and Ismael are working to get ready for their return to school in September and it's been a bumpy ride!