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Socialisation: What About It?
Many articles have been written before on the socialisation of home educated children. Still, the question arises more often than most...

Bel Moore
Sep 10, 20213 min read


Eve & Buster's Book Reviews
Women of the Outback Sue Williams Droughts, floods, isolation and horrific accidents, this outback is no place for a lady. Despite that,...

Eve Lucock
Sep 8, 20211 min read




Launch Your Future
TAFE NSW is excited to announce 20 new virtual TAFE-delivered Vocational Education and Training (TVET) courses delivering real-world,...

HEA Committee
Aug 30, 20211 min read


Croquet anyone?
Croquet Victoria invites Victorian Home Educators to consider croquet as an option for a sporting activity that can be part of their...

HEA Committee
Aug 18, 20212 min read


Homeschool Q & A #7: What do your grown-up homeschoolers think about their education?
It’s funny, they’ll often joke, if they don’t know how to do something, or don’t know something, “Well, duh, homeschooled.” And while...

Bel Moore
Aug 16, 20212 min read


SketchUp gets the thumbs Up!
A review of SketchUp for web, free software for home education. by Mark Wells SketchUp was mentioned in passing by a friend who was...
Mark Wells
Aug 13, 20212 min read


An Aussie Year - book review
Eve, from Busters Books, has teamed up with her mum to bring you a "Mother-Daughter" review of the picture book An Aussie Year. An Aussie...

Eve Lucock
Aug 11, 20212 min read


Nutrition Science Competition On Now!
To celebrate the United Nations declared International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, the Australian Academy of Science’s National...

HEA Committee
Aug 10, 20212 min read


Survey for QLD Home Educators
To assist with our advocacy work for home educating families, the Queensland chapter of the Home Education Association is conducting an...

HEA Committee
Aug 9, 20211 min read


How to Survive Lockdown Learning
Lockdown Learning - the experience of teaching your kids at home during lockdown is different from home education, or homeschooling....

Karen Chegwidden
Aug 8, 20217 min read


2022 Storyfest Writing Competitions Now Open!
The Somerset National Poetry Prize The Somerset National Poetry Prize encourages young writers in their literary endeavours and is open...

HEA Committee
Aug 6, 20211 min read


Learning Difficulties Conference
Home educators are invited to join SPELD, LSTAQ and LDA for the Biennial 2021 Joint Conference for Learning Difficulties at the Brisbane...

HEA Committee
Aug 4, 20211 min read


T-Ball Come & Try Day
Home educated students are invited to join in the upcoming free community event for primary school children - the Wanneroo Joondalup Tee...

HEA Committee
Aug 2, 20212 min read


SYDNEY SCIENCE PARK CSIRO URBAN LIVING LAB SCHOOLS ANNUAL CHALLENGE
The HEA has been invited to participate in the phase 2 pilot program of the Sydney Science Park Schools Challenge. We need one or two...

HEA Committee
Jul 25, 20212 min read
Improving Supports for Children and Young People with Disability to Keep them Safe.
Families and Caregivers are invited to the Australian Human Rights Commission & CYDA focus group: Improving Supports for Children and...

HEA Committee
Jul 17, 20211 min read


Adelaide Film Festival Youth
**UPDATE** 8/8/21 - THIS EVENT IS NOW GOING AHEAD AS A HYBRID EVENT ON NEW DATES. UPDATED DETAILS ARE BELOW ** AFF Youth Adelaide Film...

HEA Committee
Jul 13, 20212 min read


Queensland Reporting Samples
The HEU has agreed to consult with the HEA to ensure reporting documentation better reflects the variety of philosophies and learning...

HEA Committee
Jul 9, 20211 min read


Circus Quirkus - Watch Online!
UPDATE: now available online free - don't miss out! Preston Rotary Club is thrilled to invite Victorian students and their families to...

HEA Committee
Jun 30, 20211 min read


Homeschool Q & A #6: Where you worried that your children could not attend university?
This never seemed to me like a possibility, and I don’t think the kids worried about it too much either. Even when I first went to uni in...

Bel Moore
Jun 28, 20211 min read


Once Upon a Dream
By Liz Braswell Love. Death. Magic. Witches. Princes. If you like Sleeping Beauty or Maleficent then you will be bound to love this book...

Eve Lucock
Jun 25, 20211 min read


Focus on Free: Academy for Enterprising Girls
The Academy for Enterprising Girls is a fun and exciting entrepreneurship program, available FREE to all young women in Australia aged 10...

HEA Committee
Jun 23, 20211 min read


What's on in July?
Join Uncle Dean Kelly in a spear making workshop Each participant will make their own spear. Lunch provided. Dean Kelly a cultural...

HEA Committee
Jun 22, 20211 min read
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