Registered Victorian home educators are eligible for the School Start Bonus. The concept is that parents are granted this money to assist with the costs (books, equipment etc) involved with starting school or starting secondary school.
The bonus applies to grade prep and year seven levels or, in ungraded situations, as follows:
The Education and Training Reform Act 2006, came into effect in Victoria on 1st July 2007.
It requires home educators to: “register children for homeschooling in accordance with the regulations and to ensure that the child receives instruction in accordance with the regulations.”
There are two levels of legal requirements for home education:
– the Legislation (The Education and Training Reform Act 2006) and
– the Regulations.
This means that it is now the law to register your child if you are home educating in Victoria.
Failure to register is effectively breaking the law.
Details of the legislation and regulations are available above.
Registration is a decision for individual families, and will not affect families’ membership of HEN.
The information below should assist you in your decision…
| 7 December 2007 8:00 pm | to | 8 December 2007 12:00 am |
Uniting Church Hall, Daylesford. BYO drinks, chair, plate of food to share, mugs. $10 per family
| 4 December 2007 | ||
| 9:30 am | to | 1:00 pm |
Venue: Deakin University (Waurn Ponds campus: Melways ref: Edition 35, Map 464)
Date: Tuesday 04th December 2007.Practical Sessions for Home-Educated Students
To the Home-Education Community, Deakin University at Geelong Waurn Ponds offers 3 different, simultaneous practical sessions for middle and high-school aged students.
Session 1: Computers: Developing Computer Games
The School of Engineering and Information Technology offers a 2.5-3-hour computing session with a focus on developing computer games. The aim of the workshop is to introduce students to the important design issues and technologies used in computer game development.
Time: 9:30 AM for a 10 AM start. Finish by 1 PM.
Cost: $10 per student, cash on the day.
Ages: 14-18. The minimum age of 14 strictly applies.
Limited to 25 students maximum.
Session 2: Fun with Electronics
The School of Engineering and Information Technology offers a 2.5-hour session in basic electronics.
Time: 9:45 AM for a 10 AM start. Finish by 1 PM.
Cost: $10 per student, cash on the day.
Ages: 10-13.
Limited to 30 students maximum.
Session 3: Physics and Optics
The School of Engineering and Information Technology offers a 2.5-hour session in physics and basic optics. This is a proper class learning about lenses, optics, magnifiers, microscopes, and telescopes. The session is aimed at students who want to learn some physics.
Time: 9:45 AM for a 10 AM start. Finish by 1 PM.
Cost: $10 per student, cash on the day.
Ages: 16-18.
Limited to 12 students maximum.
Students (and parents) must wear closed-toed shoes for lab safety. Sneakers are OK, but not Ugg boots. The physics and electronics sessions are in the same building as last year, games development is upstairs in a nearby building.
The three sessions overlap to make travel more convenient for families.
Queries about the sessions to: John Long jlong@deakin.edu.au phone 5227 2896.
Bookings: Contact Sue Wight email robwight@optusnet.com.au or ph 54395134
We will meet outside Engineering at Deakin’s Waurn Ponds Campus.
During the sessions, John will speak to the parents on how his proposal (on Deakin entrance for home ed students) is going , and investigate activities for next year.
The same three classes will also run on Wednesday 5th Dec for Kingsley educational families, and on Thursday 6th for those associated with Australian Christian Academy. Last year we had an arrangement with them to accept families from each others’ groups into spare places in our own sessions in order to accommodate as many families as possible. Sue will be talking to each group to set up the same system this year. So if you are unable to attend on the Tuesday but interested in attending on one of the other days, let Sue know.
