Currently, 6,000 New Zealand kids are getting homeschooled, not including those enrolled at the correspondence school Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu. Educating a child at home can allow a parent to “light a fire in their hearts and minds” without pressure or competition, says Siobhan Porter, who has homeschooled all five…
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What do your children gain from home schooling that they wouldn’t get in mainstream education?
ALLIE MILOT/UNSPLASH What do your kids gain from home schooling that they wouldn’t get in mainstream education? Just over 6000 Kiwi kids were taught at home last year. These students belong to 3022 families, and the average age of homeschoolers was 12. Home school parents need approval and regular checks from…
Why did you choose to home-school?
Stuff is asking the question: Why did you choose to home-school? Do you home school your children? Seven per cent of New Zealand’s school population are taught at home. Last year, 5558 children from nearly 3000 families were home-schooled. Canterbury has the third largest home-school community of 764, after Auckland’s 1214, and Waikato’s 818….
Home schooling: 818 Waikato children learn at home
They’ve been to kindy and one tried school, but the Morrison kids like learning at home. And there’s a school roll’s worth of kids learning like them in the Waikato. Nationally, there were about 5600 home schoolers in 2015 – including 818 in the Waikato and 1214 in Auckland. STUFF is asking…
Cost of putting a child through school to year 13 has risen to more than $38,000
From Stuff: For a child born today, the cost of 13 years of “free” schooling has risen to more than $38,000, up 15 per cent on 10 years ago. Shoes, stationery, uniform, class trips, textbooks, school donations, bus passes, and laptops – they all mount up as parents prepare to…