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
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Marine Science IGCSE with Amy Smith
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
I am delighted to be joined by Amy from E-Learn with Amy to guide us through the new and very popular Marine Science IGCSE.
We discuss what you can expect from the exam, the topics, questions and the practical component to help you and your child prepare for the exam.
Do check out all our other episodes on Podbean, your usual streaming service or archived over on our youTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/@HomeEducationMattersUK
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Economics GCSE and IGCSE with Helen James
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Today's podcast is an up close and personal look at Economics. Helen guides us through all the exam options so that you can choose the exam specification that suits your child. We talk about the layout of the exams, which has the most Maths, which has the least writing and lots more.
Don't forget that our wonderful podcast will be drawing to a close this summer so if you'd like access to our library of episodes, join us on youTube @HomeEducationMattersUK.
Friday Mar 01, 2024
A Journey into Home Education - February 'Clicking into place'
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Join Ash and I as we see how February has gone for her and Ismael in their home education journey. This month we see things clicking into place and an exciting new child led project taking shape.
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Supporting your young child's wellbeing
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Join author Richard Clarke and I as we discuss ways to support your child's wellbeing. We talk about how to help them with issues such as anxiety, grief and the effects of covid on a young generation.
Younger children often struggle to vocalise their inner emotional world, so it's great to be able to chat with Richard about how we can support our young children with their mental health from home.
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Home educating through to 18 with Jenni Cassidy and Helen Harrold
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Today we venture into the often unknown world of home educating through the college years. There aren't many of us who home educate through A levels / equivalents but that number is growing every year.
Jenni, Helen and I discuss the advantages and pitfalls (but mainly advantages!) of home educating through to 18 and beyond.
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
Biology IGCSE with Elizabeth Boxall
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
Today is another of our subject deep dives, and we're looking at Biology IGCSE (with a smattering of GCSE and the space between!).
Ibby and I discuss the role of practicals in science, the differences between the exam specifications available to home educators, as well as looking at top revision tips, a general understanding of how Biology as an exam works and resource ideas.
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Join Jo and I for our next discussion in our mini series analysing the worlds of parenting humans and animals! Today we are talking about what role discipline plays in home ed parenting. Does it prevent chaos and anarchy or does it create repressed behaviours and increase frustration? And is compliance needed and when?
Buckle up for another thought provoking discussion on how the worlds of parenting and dog behaviourism collide!
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
A Journey into Home Education - January 'Natural Rhythms'
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
It's the first of the month so it's time to catch up with Ash and Ismael's journey into home education. And we're on month five and it's been a month of settling into the natural rhythms of home ed. Plus we discuss the benefits of private tuition, the importance of relaxing into it and glimmers of hope for socialising!
Sunday Jan 28, 2024
Revision tips with Iram Malik
Sunday Jan 28, 2024
Sunday Jan 28, 2024
It's revision time! And today's episode is a fabulous in depth look at how to maximise your revision success. From planning and scheduling to resources and strategies, we look at how to make revision work in your household.
Comment and tell us your top revision tip and let's share our wonderful knowledge as home educators!
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Parenting with Possibilities - Grounding, bubbling and choosing your battles
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Join Sareeta and I as we discuss the role that the parent can play in allowing your child to express their emotions by finding a way to listen without problem solving.
Then we move on to the ideas of being grounded as a person to give yourself that space and calmness we need in our centre, creating a bubble around you to help in moments of stress and recognising, from this grounded calm core, which battles are worth fighting and when it's time to let go.