Revised edition – October 2008 Preparing for an ERO Review by Craig Smith New Zealand Home Educator’s Guidebook Twenty A5 pages of insightful and helpful comment on the imminent arrival of the Review Officer. Chapters include: Overall Strategies, What They”re Looking For, What if You”ve Changed Curriculum, Access to Children,…
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Planning, recording and not worrying about the ERO-Wednesday, Oct 15 at 7:30 pm
This meeting will be operating on the KISS principle ie keep it short and simple. We will be discussing ideas to make life easier for homeschooling parents by doing some advance preparation and putting into practice some very simple ideas which make having a review no big deal. The meeting…
MoE/ERO Reviews
Some-one asked on hefnetnz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hefnetnz/ and Trademe Message Board http://www.trademe.co.nz/Community/MessageBoard/Messages.aspx?id=29810245&threadid=29810245 “Is it TRUE that the MoE have decided to review every home schooled child in the next 12 months?” Here is Craig’s answer: Gidday all, I think you can relax about this. Back in 1997/8 it was found that neither…
Home schoolers swap teaching tips
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4633178a7694.html Home schoolers swap teaching tips By JOHN HARTEVELT – The Press | Monday, 28 July 2008 Parents who home school their students compared notes on a surge in their number at a gathering in Christchurch at the weekend. Home schoolers from Christchurch and around the country met in Bishopdale…
CURRICULUM FAIR/WORKSHOP CHRISTCHURCH 25/26 JULY 2008
In association with Canterbury Home Educators: CURRICULUM FAIR/WORKSHOP Venue: Bishopdale Community Centre Cnr Farrington Ave and Raleigh St, Bishopdale, Christchurch (above Bishopdale Library) Dates: Friday 25 July (7.00pm – 9.00pm) Saturday 26 July (10.00am – 4.00pm) The Curriculum Fair will be attended by many educational vendors, including a number of…