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How many of you wonder and even worry about the best pathway for your child? Ehlana and Lyssy share their journey of deciding to go to Cornwall College and how they found the transition.
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This podcast is a very brief and selective overview of what has happened in education or should we say schooling in England throughout history. It is focused on what might be called 'public' or 'state' education so doesn't include much about the independent or private sector.
What it shows is the concept of education and schooling has often been used interchangeably even in legislation and perhaps this is less than helpful.

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Tuning into what you need can sometimes be hard when you are a busy homeschool mum and feel overwhelmed. In this podcast, Essie Richards chats to me about how you can find yourself and enjoy the journey even if you've already lost yourself in the process of motherhood. Tune in and learn how to reclaim your identity and fall in love with the woman you were meant to be. Essie also shares some golden nuggets, ways that you can carve out time for yourself. This enables signals to reach your nervous system and show it that you're as valuable as all the many things you give your attention to each day: children, projects, family, and your partner!
Take a listen, there is also a special treat within the podcast for all listeners of Homegrown Learner's Podcasts until the end of May 2023 🤗

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Instagram @essiejrichardscoach
Facebook Essie Richards Coach
E-mail essiejrichards@gmail.com
Tara Brach Meditation Spotify
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This podcast feels like an important one, with its focus on well-being as the foundation of any approach to supporting young people. I interview Fabienne Vailes, an educator with over 24 years of experience, a home-educating mum of 2 boys, an author and a podcaster on a mission to change the face of education. We talk about embedding well-being into everyday life so that it becomes integral to all that we do, enabling us to live fully, with purpose and in balance.
Grab back a little bit of time and take a listen…

Flourish Education
The Flourishing Student
How to Grow a Grown Up

How to Grow a Grown Up: Prepare Your Teen for the Real World

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Julia has transformed the lives of thousands of families through her Lights On® work. In this podcast she shares how one simple strategy can transform the personal growth of your whole family, talking through her own experience with her daughter and how that led to more than a decade of exploring cutting-edge educational practice, developments in neuroscience and mental well-being research to create Lights On®, otherwise known as the rise of the passion-led learner.

This is one podcast not to be missed. Find some space and take a listen 🤓

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Lights On Website
Lights On Facebook
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In this podcast, a mum shares her experience from inside the classroom, as a Teaching Assistant. She talks about how it made her realise that school wasn't the best place for her child to be and despite all her worries about home-educating, it was still a better option. She worked out that she could offer her child a much more relevant, rounded and personalised learning experience at home.

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A calming 12-minute body scan to relax the mind and body before sleep. I recorded it for myself and my children but it can be used by anyone.

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John Kensy Music

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By involving your child in the process of reviewing their learning you are putting them at the centre of learning. They then become autonomous in their thoughts and feelings as you are enabling them to become self-directed learners which is one of the end goals of home education.
This podcast looks at ways in which you can reflect on learning at any point in your child's learning.
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In this podcast Sarah chats with Amelie and her mum Kathryn about their experience of gaining qualifications whilst homeschooling. Amelie shared how she found studying at home and Kathryn talks about how they organised the exams.

Show Notes:Blog with loads of useful links to exam boards and resourcesGCSE blog

Le Loft French Tutoring

BBC Education: GCSE help https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/learn

The Exam House‘, is a new site that may help you find sites which enable private candidates to take both GCSEs and A-levels. https://theexamhouse.co.uk/

https://www.oxfordhomeschooling.co.uk/course/gcse/

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In this episode Sarah interviews Dr Naomi Fisher, author of the incredible book Changing Our Minds. They talk about putting children back in control of their learning and enabling all to flourish in their own time.

Book
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Changing-Our-Minds-children-learning/dp/1472145518

Website

Self-directed.org
https://www.self-directed.org/tp/changing-our-minds/

Naomi Fisher
https://www.naomifisher.co.uk/

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Changing Our Minds: How children can take control of their own learning

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In this video I chat to Essie, this is our third podcast over 5 years, it goes deep into the journey that Essie's family have been on following the unschooling route. Essie shares her heart and soul and talks about feeling free to now live life through joy.

Disco Course and Circle Community: https://discolearning.com
YouTube channel: Lucy at Life Without School
Website: https://lulastic.co.uk
Instagram: Lulasticblog
FaceBook: Lucy AitkenRead Unschooling Support
Akilah S Richards website: http://www.akilahsrichards.com
Book: Raising Free People
Podcast: Fare of the Free Child

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I felt the need to share some thoughts about the outcome of the Portsmouth case. If ever there is a time to stick together and support one another it is now. I share some simple things we can do and ways we can think differently about how we record our homeschool journey.

If you want to read the case it here

Please sign the government petition to not impose any new requirements on home educators here.

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This is my second interview with the lovely Faith, the last was when she was 14 and she decided to give school a go. In this interview she shares her journey through GCSEs and her experience of College.
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I'm sure I am not alone in the occasional homeschool self-doubt that I am doing the right thing? This podcast removed any ounce of worry I had and reminded me to enjoy every minute. I interview Matthew Telles and his mum Liz. He was homeschooled all his life and as a young adult found his passion in writing to become a self-taught author at 19.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DXZDKH9?currency=GBP&language=en_US

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Are you feeling exhausted or like you have lost your way ? It could be that you need to instil some self care. In this episode I explore:
**What we mean by self care?
Why are so many people unable to put themselves first?
What we can do to address self care?
What overall difference will it have?

Show notes**Glennon Doyle Book - Untamed
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Untamed-Stop-pleasing-start-living/dp/1785043358/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=80790292009&dchild=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvr6EBhDOARIsAPpqUPG9a7NA0rVbmAGfkW-jK9G4QOL4EelRQwW1vkx4oH8Ni1Ep1slczx4aAimQEALw_wcB&hvadid=382700380552&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1006983&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=15807014245485334671&hvtargid=kwd-828597366406&hydadcr=18708_1773982&keywords=glennon+doyle+untamed&qid=1620046068&sr=8-1

Breath work
https://www.trueayurveda.com/this-3-minute-breathing-exercise-might-just-change-your-life/

Meditation with Deepak Chopra
https://youtu.be/BiYWp6I-RcE

Meditation with Michael Sealey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75wmEPbzHZQ

Meditation with Pura Rasa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsEdsPxKQ1Q

Yoga with Adriene
https://yogawithadriene.com/free-yoga-videos/

Contact me
https://collageapp.co.uk/contact/

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This podcast looks at deschooling, methods of homeschooling, resources and lots of other things to consider.

Education Otherwise

Deschooling podcast

Resources

Book - John Holt

Ted Talk - Sir Ken Robinson

Documenting Learning

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Marie shares her unschooling journey in Norway, emphasising the importance of self-love and nurture.

Instead of education - John Holt

Homegrown - Ben Hewitt

The continuum concept by Jean Lidloff

Hold on to your kids - Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté

Calm parents, happy kids

Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World

Instead of Education: Ways to Help People do Things Better

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Article by Kathryn Pratt & Dr Caroline Palmer Challenging the damaging covid gap narrative An Education fit for Purpose
Envisaging a new era of Education Book by Priya Lakhani Inadequate - The System Failing our Teachers and your Children Rethinking Education Community

Inadequate: The system failing our teachers and your children

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In this podcast I explore practical strategies for helping your child develop reading, writing and maths skills, whether you are unschooling or following a curriculum.

UK National Curriculum English

National Literacy Trust

Nessy - support for children with dyslexia

100 most frequent words

UK National Curriculum Maths

GCSE's

Development Matters

Foundation years handwriting

Brave Writer

Letter Join

Sensory Play and Writing

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Home Education UK (HEUK) Publication

www.educationotherwise.org.uk

www.heas.org.uk

Parliament Education Committee Website

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In this podcast Essie talks about why they decided to radically unschool. She shares the highs and lows of their journey and gives some great bits of advice!

Lulastic https://lulastic.co.uk/blog/

Pamela Laricchia www.livingjoyfully.ca

Sandra Dodd https://sandradodd.com/

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In this podcast I share my response to the government inquiry in the hope that it will spur many more to respond. A lot of people I have spoken to haven't even heard about this inquiry. It is really important that as many people as possible send in a response by 6th November 2020. Our voices need to be heard! Please share this link with anyone you know who is linked with Homeschooling in the UK. Businesses related to homeschooling can also have a say. Follow the link in the show notes directly to the government form. It consists of a maximum of 3,000 words and can be done individually or in groups.

UK Government Inquiry

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Anna, an ex secondary teacher, freelance writer and homeschool mum to 3 talks about her new book and life as a homeschool mum.

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The Case for Home Schooling

Twitter, Not the School Run

Website Blog The Homeschool Guru

The Case for Homeschooling: Free Range Home Education Handbook (Education Series)

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Tom & Emily share their first year of homeschooling. The highs and the lows and how they went from formal homeschooling to unschooling.

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Books
Sir Ken Robinson - You, Your Child and School & Finding Your Element
Peter Gray - Free to Learn
Nanda Van Gestel - The Unschooling Manual
John Holt -Learning all the Time & How Children learn
Podcasts
Pamela Laricchia - www.livingjoyfully.ca

Amy Childs - Celebrating the Unschooling Life
Ted Talks. - Sir Ken Robinson Do Schools Kill Creativity & Bring on the Learning Revolution

The Unschooling Unmanual: Nurturing Children’s Natural Love of Learning

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Following requests from listeners about processing the decision to homeschool. Shelley shares her story about her recent journey towards a better way forward for her family.

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As an Ex Headteacher, home schooling mum of two and founder of the Collage App for home schoolers, Sarah shares her top tips for those who now face schooling at home.

Homegrown_Learning Instagram Homegrown Learning Facebook www.homegrownlearning.co.uk Collage App
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Children return to school for a great many reasons. In this podcast Henry and Walter from Oppidan Education explore some of the things that you may want to consider should you be in this situation. It also works in reverse where you may find yourself home schooling.

http://www.oppidaneducation.com/

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Lots of people have asked me what home schooling is like for young people. They expressed their fears around whether they can help their child learn, be happy and grow in confidence. As soon as I met Faith and heard her story about going to school for the first time I knew that I had to share it.

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The importance of creativity and things we can do at home to help our children thrive.

Useful links

Lion lady/man https://blog.britishmuseum.org/the-lion-man-an-ice-age-masterpiece/

The tongue of the woodpecker https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-11-11/biographer-walter-isaacson-leonardo-da-vinci-s-art-and-science

www.soweni.com

Ted talk https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity/transcript

The Midnight Disease by Alice Falherty

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This podcast looks at the real issues for schools supporting children with sensory processing preferences or disorder and why home schooling can help these children.

The Out of Sync Child by Carol Kranowitz

The Explosive Child by Ross W. Greene PhD

Raising a Sensory Smart Child by Lindsey Biel, M.A, OTR/L and Nancy Peske

www.sensoryprocessing101.com

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It is one of the aspects of home educating that people most worry about when deciding whether or not to home school. This podcast explores some of those myths and also looks at the real social experiences gained within the current school system.

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/socialization

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A look into what has happened to the system recently and why it is forcing families, teachers and leaders to leave the system. Helpful to home educators facing opposition from friends or family!

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/apr/01/number-of-primary-school-children-at-referral-units-soars

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-47936211

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/exclusions-2018-children-with-send-six-times-more-likely-to-be-excluded/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47133338

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