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Premier's Reading Challenges
Most states in Australia hold an annual Premier's Reading Challenge, which aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure...

HEA Committee
Mar 24, 20211 min read
RANZCOG Secondary Schools Literary Competition
Each year RANZCOG invites senior secondary students resident in Australia or New Zealand to apply for the Liam and Frankie Davison Award...

HEA Committee
Mar 22, 20211 min read


Art, cooking, and gardening all on Dan and Kate’s home-curriculum
Comment by David Dixon Link to original article Kids come first in the McCutcheon household. Recently-returned to Orange, Liv and husband...
David Dixon
Mar 21, 20215 min read


Happy Pi Day!
March 14th is Pi Day! How will you celebrate? Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the...

HEA Committee
Mar 14, 20211 min read


Cartooning and photobooking for people from a CALD background.
Cartooning and photobooking for people from a CALD background. Nurture your wellbeing & mental health during COVID-19. To book or for...

HEA Committee
Mar 5, 20211 min read


Homeschool Q & A #2
We did Queensland handwriting books at about age 6 for printing, and age 10 for cursive writing. I'm not sure anyone finished their...

Bel Moore
Mar 3, 20212 min read


Basketball for homeschoolers: Hills District Sydney
Hills Basketball would like to invite you their to come & try day for registered home educated students. Feel free to share this with...

HEA Committee
Mar 2, 20211 min read


HEA Solar Buddies in action!
HEA Solar Buddies across the country have been busily assembling solar lights to gift to children living in energy poverty, learning...

HEA Committee
Mar 2, 20211 min read


Focus On Free: Sydney Living Museums
Sydney Living Museums offers a range of free online learning resources. Suitable for grades 3-12, these resources cover aspects of...

HEA Committee
Mar 1, 20211 min read


The Felix Series
Morris Gleitzman Everyone has a story to tell and everyone has a history, but this boy’s story is one of the most astonishing ones I have...

Eve Lucock
Feb 26, 20211 min read


HEA Solar Buddies
Our Solar Buddies 10 HEA members who became Local organisers 300 home educated students 5 States - WA, QLD, NSW, SA, Tas Our Educational...

HEA Committee
Feb 24, 20211 min read


Homeschool Q & A #1
My older children were independent readers at a huge variety of ages. One was reading novels at three years of age. Others learned to...

Bel Moore
Feb 22, 20211 min read


Come on HEA - let's Step up to Clean Up!
HEA is an official 2021 Clean Up partner. We are encouraging home educators to hold a clean up event in their area, and to register their...

HEA Committee
Feb 19, 20212 min read


Calling WA Home Educators!
So that we can serve the home educating community well, we need to know what you think is important, what are the issues, and what needs...

HEA Committee
Feb 18, 20211 min read


Happy Brain Awareness Week! March 15-21, 2021
Free educational resources to celebrate Brain Awareness Weekhttps://brainawareness.org/handouts-res The annual art competition encourages...

HEA Committee
Feb 18, 20211 min read


Focus on Free: Junior Landcare Learning
The Junior Landcare Learning Centre is a treasure trove of educational resources covering biodiversity, food production, Indigenous...

HEA Committee
Feb 17, 20211 min read


5 ways to get into Uni without year 12.
As unreasonable as it seems, when we first committed to home educating our two children, then aged 8 and 10, one of my main concerns was...

Karen Chegwidden
Feb 15, 20213 min read


Backtrack Boys screening this Sunday 14 Feb SBS/NITV
Backtrack Boys is screening this Sunday 14 Feb at 8.40pm on NITV – WATCH for FREE! https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2021/02/04/tv-mo...

HEA Committee
Feb 12, 20211 min read


Grad Stories: What's next in the life of a homeschool graduate?
"My years being home-schooled allowed me the time and flexibility to find what I was most interested in and had an aptitude for...

HEA Committee
Feb 12, 20211 min read


Join the NSW Youth Advisory Council!
Applications close 14th March NSW Youth Advisory Council 2021 The NSW Youth Advisory Council (YAC) plays an important role in advising...

HEA Committee
Feb 8, 20211 min read


Queensland Update #1: Non-parent taught subjects
Are you registered for home education in Queensland? Have you included non-parent taught samples in your annual report yet? We are keen...

HEA Committee
Feb 3, 20211 min read


Let's talk Minister Grace Grace!
The HEA believes that it is essential for home educators to have a voice at government level. Unfortunately, Minister Grace Grace has...

HEA Committee
Feb 2, 20211 min read


Grant to support Home Educators from FB Groups Fund
We are pleased to announce that free HEA memberships are now available for home educators experiencing financial stress due to the impact...

HEA Committee
Feb 1, 20211 min read


It's Almost Time...
300 Home Educated students across Australia are going to be illuminating futures by assembling portable solar powered lights to give the...

HEA Committee
Jan 30, 20211 min read
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