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Applying for exemption
Nationwide contact for home education enquiries
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Greetings all,
There have been a couple of requests lately for people willing to give exemption advice and encouragement.
Just a reminder that this is precisely what we at the Home Education Foundation are here for!
We help with preparing for exemptions and ERO reviews, how to understand and answer the exemption [...]
MoE Management Centre Offices to which one must apply for Exemption Certificates
Thursday, August 7th, 2008MoE Management Centre Offices to which one must apply for Exemption Certificates
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentId=5908&indexid=2107&indexparentid=1000#P1_488
Auckland
12-18 Normanby Road
Mt Eden
Auckland
Private Bag 92644
Symonds Street
Auckland
Tel: (09) 632 9400
Fax: (09) 632 9401
email: enquiries.auckland@minedu.govt.nz
Hamilton
Corner Victoria St & Marlborough Place
136 - 150 Victoria Street
Private Bag 3011
Hamilton
Tel: (07) 858 7130
Fax: (07) 858 7131
Fax: (07) 858 7132 (Network Division)
email: enquiries.hamilton@minedu.govt.nz
Lower Hutt
19 Market Grove
PO Box 30177
Lower Hutt
Tel: (04) [...]
Exemption - assessment
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Tags: HOW TO GET AN EXEMPTION FROM SCHOOL IN NEW ZEALAND
Question:
I have received a letter back from the MOE saying;
“Please add to the sections on assessment, including your plans to set learning goals for………… and the evaluation of these goals over time in a planning and review cycle. You need to show how you will [...]
Applying for exemption
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Tags: Home schooling requirements; Applying for an exemption from the MoE in New Zealand; How To Get An Exemption From School In New Zealand; homeschool application information nz; application for exemption from enrolment; school exemptions; education at home/free; homeschool application form;homeschooling families in new zealand; ministry of education and how can I apply for an [...]
New Zealand Curriculum
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007The NZ curriculum isonline at :
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=3561&data=l
Here are some other helpful websites in preparing the exemption.
Te Whâriki is more relevant for a six year old?? since it is widely accepted that Early Childhood ranges from 0?? 6 years.http://www.minedu.govt.nz/web/downloadable/dl3567_v1/whariki.pdf
It could also be useful to take note of development documents like this one:
http://www.nncc.org/Child.Dev/ages.stages.6y.8y.html
Getting started - Legal Issues
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007tags: MOE payment homeschool nz; supervisory allowance; child turns 6; MoE; ERO;as regularly and well as in a registered school; To apply for a Certificate of Exemption;
Your child does not need to be enrolled in any school until s/he turns six.
A couple of months before this, in order to legally home educate, you need to [...]
National Curriculum guidelines
Sunday, June 4th, 2000Here is a letter from the Ministry saying Home Educators do not need to follow the National Curriculum Guidelines, the list of subjects on the Exemption Application. Use them if you like, but you are free to change them around to quite an extent. Dennis Hughes and Derek Miller of the Ministry of Education in [...]