[ 13 March 2012; 10:00 am to 2:30 pm. ] The Excursion Factor is organising a Teens Day! It will be at ACMI at federation Square. This is for teenagers only, so ages 13up. Although an adult or 2 will be around as shadows the kids will basically supervise themselves.
Meet outside ACMI at 10am on Tuesday 13th March 2012.
Go into gallery 2 – FREE Activity
Play [...]
Read the rest of this entry »[ 29 November 2011 to 1 December 2011. ] HEN has been contacted with an invitation to home ed students to take part in the following event. Please contact them directly if you are interested.
My name is Amy and I am helping to coordinate Youth Leading the World, a 3-day youth environmental leadership congress being held in over 28 locations across the globe! Young people from Bangladesh, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The following site explains the American College Board site and looks at sections useful to home ed kids bound for uni. Much of the info is specific to America and the SAT test but there is some useful info (both if you intend to sit the SAT) and also general preparation for uni. Note that [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Some school staff think outside the box. Here is an interesting article on Big Picture Schools
http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/pupils-passionate-about-big-picture-20110701
For more info on Big Picture Schools visit http://www.bigpicture.org.au/
Geoff Allemand is offering his services as a personal learning coach using the Big Picture philosophy.
He is based in Shepparton and can be contacted at geoff@scratchmeback.com.au
ANIBT are proud to be able to offer the following courses to all homeschool students 13yrs+ to enhance their future education and workplace pathways:
Certificate II in Business BSB20107
Certificate III in Business BSB30107
Certificate III in Frontline Management BSB40107
Commencing on Friday August 5th 2011. All classes will be held at the Flinders Street Campus on Fridays from [...]
Yes home ed kids can undertake work experience – you just need to approach an employer and set it up with them.
The Dept of Education’s Work experience page contains information and a form http://www.education.vic.gov.au/sensecyouth/careertrans/worklearn/workexperience.htm
which members seeking to set up a work experience arrangement may find useful.
For kids under 15, it is [...]
Home ed students have been accepted into every major Australian university.
Home ed students and their families need to be pro-active in terms of investigating the options and deciding on the best route for each student. We provide the following information to get you started.
Some home ed students who wish to go on to university undertake [...]
VCE is not essential for university entrance. It is the main university-entrance route but there are other pathways. Basically, universities use VCE scores to compare students’ results and offer positions to those with the highest results. With alternative pathways, what you need to do is prove yourself in some other way and, from the university’s [...]
Read the rest of this entry »[ 1 September 2010; 9:00 am to 2:45 pm. ] The Super Challenge is a fun day of activities in Science and Engineering.
Conducted at Deakin University’s Waurn Ponds campus in Geelong, it gives students a day of fun, teamwork and discovery.
HEN competed in the Challenge on Friday 7th May against six schools and won our heat. We then progressed to the state final Super Challenge [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology is interested in recruiting home ed students. They have diploma courses in Commerce, Computing, Health Sciences, Management and Media and Communication available at the Burwood campus and Engineering and Science available at the Waurn Ponds campus. Students who successfully complete a MIBT diploma can gain entry to the [...]
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