Taupo Family Economics Meeting: 7pm, 2 November 2015

Posted on 2015-09-18 by Barbara

Cancelled: 29 October 2015

Taupo Meeting 2 November 2015

Time: 7pm

Topic: Family Economics

Contact: Murray and Sharon drinnanclan@farmside.co.nz

Venue: 353 Oruanui Road, Taupo

Speaker: Trevlyn McCallum from Tasmania, Australia

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Trevlyn was born in Zimbabwe, grew up in South Africa and immigrated to Sydney, Australia, in 1999 where he met his wife, Susannah. They are home educating their five children on a 7.5 acre property in beautiful Allens Rivulet (Tasmania), where they hobby farm a flock of close to 30 sheep, 14 chooks, 2 cats, a dog and a horse.

Trevlyn has served as an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Australia, preached at various churches in the Hobart area and organised practical theology conferences. He is the founder of Reformed Resources (http://www.reformedresources.com.au/), an Australian ministry that encourages Christians to apply Scripture to all of life. Trevlyn has written extensively about how to apply God’s Word to life. He is also a founder of The Gospel Agenda (www.thegospelagenda.com.au), a local Tasmanian ministry that promotes the application of the gospel to the family, church and state. As Trevlyn is passionate about how the gospel (and the entire Word of God) is applied to every square inch of life and limits civil government to its sphere of sovereignty, he stood for the Family First Party in the Australian Federal electoral seat of Denison in 2013 (http://www.mypolitician.com.au/federal/candidate/trevlyn-mccallumTrevlyn has worked in managerial positions within some of Australia’s largest financial services companies. He currently works as a financial adviser for a local Hobart small business. Trevlyn has completed financial planning studies and a postgraduate degree ininternational business. He has studied practical theology; in particular Biblical economics, family worship, apologetics, politics and the Bible, ethics/morality and history.

Trevlyn and Susannah are passionate about applying God’s Word to all of life and are trying to build a multi generational vision of faithfulness for their children and grandchildren.

For more information and Trevlyn’s itinerary: https://hef.org.nz/coming-events-archives-2012/trevlyn-mccallums-visit-to-the-north-island-octnov-2015/

Trevlyn is available to speak at meetings or Church services in Auckland and Hamilton. Please refer to the link above if you are interested in having Trevlyn speak at a meeting or Church service in your area – either a meeting already planned or set up a meeting specially for Trevlyn.

Trevlyn’s meetings in New Zealand so far:

2 November Taupo

5 November Masterton

7 November Wanganui/Palmerston North

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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:

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

and

Information on getting an exemption: https://hef.org.nz/exemptions/

This link is motivational: http://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/

Beneficiaries: http://hef.org.nz/2013/where-to-for-beneficiary-families-now-that-the-social-security-benefit-categories-and-work-focus-amendment-bill-has-passed-its-third-reading

Red Tape Cluster Buster Meetings and the Scoping Survey: https://hef.org.nz/2014/next-steps-deadline-8-december-2014/

Battle Escalates over Homeschooled Child Seized by Swedish Govt

Posted on 2015-09-17 by Barbara

From: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/battle-escalates-over-homeschooled-child-seized-by-swedish-govt

Domenic Johansson has been separated from his family for years.

STRASBOURG, France, June 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights Friday asking it to hear the case of a 7-year-old boy seized by Swedish authorities because his parents homeschool.

“Parents have the right and authority to make decisions regarding their children’s education without government interference,” said ADF Legal Counsel Roger Kiska, who is based in Europe. “A government trying to create a cookie-cutter child in its own image should not be allowed to violate this basic and fundamental human right.”

“The refusal of Swedish authorities to respect that right has left us no choice but to take this case to the European Court of Human Rights.”

Swedish authorities forcibly removed Dominic Johansson from his parents, Christer and Annie Johansson, in June 2009 after the family had boarded a plane to move to Annie’s home country of India. The officials did not have a warrant nor have they charged the Johanssons with any crime. The officials, say ADF lawyers, seized the child because they believe homeschooling is inappropriate and insist the government should raise Dominic instead.

Social services authorities have placed Dominic in foster care and a government school. Christer and Annie are only allowed to visit their son for one hour every five weeks.

“We are gravely concerned about this case as it represents what can happen to other home-schooling families,” explained HSLDA lawyer Mike Donnelly, one of nearly 1700 attorneys in the ADF alliance. “In response to our inquiries, Swedish authorities have cited the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child to explain and defend their actions. If the U.S. were to ever ratify this treaty, as the White House and some members of Congress have expressed a desire to do, then this sort of thing could occur here.”

ADF and HSLDA attorneys decided to file Johansson v. Sweden with the ECHR when the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden refused to review a lower court’s December 2009 ruling in Johansson v. Gotland Social Services that found that the government was within its rights to seize the child.

The lower court cited the fact that Dominic had not been vaccinated as a reason to remove him permanently from his parents and also repeated the charges that homeschoolers do not perform well academically and are not well socialized. HSLDA and ADF said that these latter charges are “probably false.”

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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:

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

and

Information on getting an exemption: https://hef.org.nz/exemptions/

This link is motivational: http://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/

Beneficiaries: http://hef.org.nz/2013/where-to-for-beneficiary-families-now-that-the-social-security-benefit-categories-and-work-focus-amendment-bill-has-passed-its-third-reading

Red Tape Cluster Buster Meetings and the Scoping Survey: https://hef.org.nz/2014/next-steps-deadline-8-december-2014/

Home Schooling New Zealand Meetings, Aug 10 – Nov 6 2015

Posted on 2015-08-06 by Barbara

A message from Cynthia Hancox and dates for some meetings coming up soon:

Just for everyone’s info – meetings happening throughout the North Island and top of the South over the next few weeks. This is a great chance to find out more about Home Schooling NZ, ACE if you like, but also more options for high school. HSNZ offer excellent support, and the option to get an official record of learning which can help our kids gain access to further training etc. Contact details and dates below.

The Principal of Home Schooling New Zealand, Todd Roughton, is travelling to various parts of the country to meet and talk with any interested homeschooling families.

While Home Schooling New Zealand is accredited to administrate ACE Certificates in New Zealand, as a charitable Christian trust dedicated to assisting the Christian community in the area of homeschooling, its interests are much broader than just ACE. HSNZ families use a wide variety of curricula, and Todd’s job includes assisting families to find the pathway that best meets the needs of their individual children.

The purpose of the visit is to help, support and encourage homeschooling families, as well as to answer any queries. This may be of particular interest to those with questions about homeschooling options at secondary level for their growing children.

Todd’s background includes teaching in New Zealand state primary, intermediate and secondary schools, three years ESOL teaching in Europe, nine years in New Zealand Christian schools (including four as principal), nine years working for the Tertiary Education Commission as a Literacy/Numeracy specialist, and a decade as a private educational consultant and producer of curriculum materials. He and Riety (a secondary school language teacher) have successfully homeschooled their own four children, and for the last four years they have run the Whangarei-based HSNZ office.

Todd’s itinerary is as follows:

Monday August 10th –Marton/Ashhurst/Palmerston North
Contact: Marton: Suzy Rea, ngamara@xtra.co.nz , 06 327 4422
Contact: Palmerston North: Victoria Ferma, wvferma@gmail.com, 06 355 5757
Tuesday August 11th – Foxton/Levin/Otaki
Contact: Denise Small, caitlinsmum2004@hotmail.com , 06 368 0843
Wednesday August 12th – Waikanae/Paraparaumu/Porirua
Contact: Kayla Fox, jaredfox@paradise.net.nz , 04 904 8869
Thursday August 13th – Wellington
Contact: Mark & Ate Sherwood, mark.sherwood@xtra.co.nz , 04 383 6961
Friday August 14th – Lower Hutt/Upper Hutt/ Carterton
Contact: Nicola Wharekawa, ricwhare@paradise.net.nz, 04 970 0596
Monday – Tuesday August 24th – 25th Tauranga area
Contact: Rechelle Hanson shekinah96@gmail.com (022) 301 2507
Wednesday-Thursday August 26th – 27th Hamilton area
Contact: HSNZ office hschool@xtra.co.nz (09) 459 5626
Monday/Tuesday August 31st -September 1st – Waitara/New Plymouth/Inglewood
Contact: Daryn Short, , daryn@rexshort.co.nz , 027 269 5935
Wednesday September 2nd – Stratford/Hawera
Contact: HSNZ office hschool@xtra.co.nz (09) 459 5626
Thursday September 3rd – Wanganui
Contact: HSNZ office hschool@xtra.co.nz (09) 459 5626
Monday November 2nd – Friday November 6th Atawahi/Nelson/Collingwood/Motueka/Wakefield/Richmond area
Contact: HSNZ office hschool@xtra.co.nz (09) 459 5626

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Please share/forward this link with other home educators.

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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:

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

and

Information on getting an exemption: https://hef.org.nz/exemptions/

This link is motivational: http://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/

Beneficiaries: http://hef.org.nz/2013/where-to-for-beneficiary-families-now-that-the-social-security-benefit-categories-and-work-focus-amendment-bill-has-passed-its-third-reading

Red Tape Cluster Buster Meetings and the Scoping Survey: https://hef.org.nz/2014/next-steps-deadline-8-december-2014/

Bay of Plenty Symphonia – RISING STARS 2015 CONCERT

Posted on 2015-08-05 by Barbara

PO Box 14073, Tauranga 3143 www.bopsymphonia.org.nz

Dear Home Schooler

Attached (see below) is some information about our upcoming RISING STARS finals concert on Friday 4^th September. This year we have six great young musicians who will compete for the title in the Concerto Competition, and the winning piece in the inaugural Composition Competition will also be on the programme. See attached (See below) for more details!

Please encourage all your students and parents to come along and support these talented young people. Their hard work and dedication is a real inspiration to all of us. We recommend you buy your tickets in advance to avoid queues on the night and avoid the possibility of being turned away if the theatre is sold out!

Please get back to me if you’d like any more information.

Best regards

Maggie

Maggie Gething

President, BOP Symphonia

Ph: 07 549 5547 or 021 144 2028

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Attached information:

Bay of Plenty Symphonia presents the finals concert of this year’s Rising Stars Competitions. Six talented young musicians from Bay of Plenty schools will perform a movement from their chosen concerto, accompanied by the orchestra. The works to be played are mostly classics of the repertoire and will be well known to music lovers. The finalists are:

Phoebe Cho (Bethlehem College): Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3
Jessie Colbert (John Paul College, Rotorua): Dittersdorf – 2nd Concerto for Double Bass
Soomin Kim (Tauranga Girls’ College): Grieg – Piano Concerto.
Esther Lee (Otumoetai Intermediate School): Haydn – Cello Concerto No.1
Janet Reid (Bethlehem College): Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
Andrew Robinson (Tauranga Boys’ College): Weber – Clarinet Concerto No. 1.

Their performances will be judged by a panel of prestigious judges comprising musicologist Peter Walls ONZM, pianist Rae de Lisle ONZM and Bassoonist Ben Hoadley. While the panel deliberates, 14 year old violinist Anna Lee, who was the winning Rising Star in 2013, will perform Wieniawski’s Légende with the Symphonia.
For the first time in this biennial competition, Bay of Plenty Symphonia has included a Composition category. The concert will feature a performance by the orchestra of the winning piece, Soomin Kim’s Warmth of Passion.
Prizes will be presented by the Deputy Mayor of Tauranga, Kelvin Clout.
RISING STARS 2015
Conducted by Justus Rozemond
Friday 4th September, 7.00 pm, Graham Young Youth Theatre, Tauranga Boys College
TICKETS: $24 Adult; $21 Senior; $20 Members and Friends of BOPS; $10 Student.(Plus service fee) Book at www.iticket.co.nz or phone 0508 iTICKET, or at Creative Tauranga, Willow Street.
Door sales: $26 Adult; $23 Senior; $22 Members and Friends of BOPS; $12 Student.

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Please share/forward this link with other home educators.

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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:

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

and

Information on getting an exemption: https://hef.org.nz/exemptions/

This link is motivational: http://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/