Matamata HEART Retreat date this year is June  21-23.

Venue: Totara Springs Christian Centre, Taihoa North Road, Matamata

New Website: http://heartnz.wordpress.com/

General inquiries: ClanAbs@xtra.co.nz, markandchris@callsouth.net.nz

20-22nd September 2013

@ Marsden Bay Christian Camp

All home educators playing in this concert in Wanganui

From Stacey of Gisborne Home School Group

Good morning,

I am passing this around to all home educators and please feel free to continue to pass it around to those who maybe interested.

Below is a email from Dawn at http://www.shakespeare.org.nz/programmes/sgcnz-national-shakespeare-schools-production
informing us they now allow home educated students to participate in their festival. This is exciting news and wonderful that our children are being included and allowed the same opportunity as children in registered schools.

Hello Stacey

… I was about to contact the Home School Association.

At SGCNZ’s last Board Meeting, we decided we will now allow Home Schoolers to participate as long as:

a) The Home School Association joins SGCNZ joins as a Friend (as do schools) $125 per annum
b) That groups pay the joint SGCNZ Friends Fee of $65 to participate
c) That all the Criteria are adhered to

If you are interested in attending the National Festival in Wellington from 31 May – 3 June as Non-Performers this year, you can request a Non-Performer Pack.

Best wishes

Dawn.

Nga mihi nui,

Stacey
Gisborne Home School Group

16 April Meeting in Blenheim

Venue:  The Witherlea Bible Chapel

Time: Beginning 1pm

Support group meeting

Contact: Sandy   03  578-1926  home_spun3@live.com

An informal meeting before, over an after afternoon tea. We would love to catch up with the Smith family as well as seeing the Home Education Foundation resources.

We wanted to have Barbara tell us about her experiences on her South Island trip, how things have been for her and her family, how  she is now involved with regarding helping support groups and others with their home schooling as well as question and answer time.

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Needing help for your home schooling journey:

https://hef.org.nz/2011/needing-help-for-your-home-schooling-journey-2/

And

Here are a couple of links to get you started home schooling:

https://hef.org.nz/getting-started-2/

and

https://hef.org.nz/exemptions/

This link is motivational: https://hef.org.nz/2012/home-schooling-what-is-it-all-about/

Exemption Form online: https://hef.org.nz/2012/home-schooling-exemption-form-now-online/

Coming Events: https://hef.org.nz/2013/some-coming-events-for-home-education-during-2013-2/