Home Education Registration Victoria
As easy as 1 2 3
1 Application • Download the form • Read Note: if your child is turning six, need to register by their birthday, not for the start of the year. You can begin educating them at the start of the year, you just don’t need to register yet. If you are registered in Feb, you could be selected for review. Application
Completing • 1 applicant or 2 • Parental Responsibility • Court orders • Commencement date • Up to 3 children on form Application
Exemptions • Specific Learning Needs • Mental health • Electives • etc Application
Exemptions • “My son struggles with English so Languages are inappropriate.” • “Of an age to choose electives.” • “I don’t have the capacity to teach Languages.” Application
Partial Enrolment • Guidelines • Relationship with school Application
2 Learning Plans Optional Templates • Required with initial registrations • Plan for each child • Plan is until 31 Dec • You don’t need to submit a new plan each year. Learning Plan
Samples • Variety of ages • Variety of circumstances Learning Plan
Individualise • Tailor to your child • You’ve thought about your child’s education • Plans are just a starting point Learning Plan
Where will the education take place? • “Mostly at home initially with plans to visit museums, the zoo and home ed groups as they become available.” • “Predominantly at my home and his dad’s.” • “From a home base but including shops, community groups and excursions.” Learning Plan
When will the education take place? • “We’ll work mostly during school hours with P/E on weekends.” • “We’ll spread learning throughout the year, doing bookwork on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays and self-directed projects and activities on other days.” Learning Plan
How will learning be recorded? • “In a journal.” • “I will document using photos.” • “Dated work will be stored by subject.” • “Using an app.” [name the app] Learning Plan
You Must • Use words that indicate frequency • Name resources for each learning area Learning Plan
Think about • What your child does already? • Some areas easily met by everyday activity • Why introduce something less interesting? • Variety is key • Use and extend existing interests, consider the child’s learning style Learning Plan
What are you already covering? • Hobbies, after school activities • Health PE – bouncing on trampoline, bike rides, swimming, yoga, discussing health and healthy eating • Arts – music, singing, dancing, fine art, drama, putting on shows, cosplay • ICTDT – using software, coding, gaming, cooking, crafts using tools, DIY Learning Plan
Subject Based e.g. English “I will expose Josh to a wide range of texts through a daily shared reading routine and audio books. We’ll supplement our own books with a library selection each fortnight. We’ll take part in library activities and author talks that appeal. I have purchased alphabet and word posters for our walls and intend to label items in the house with Josh as a literacy exercise. Further reading opportunities will be provided in everyday activities of shopping, cooking, board games and computer use. Josh enjoys imaginative play and I will scribe for him, so his stories become an enjoyable reading experience where the words are easier to decipher because he already knows the story.” Learning Plan
Learning Plan Activity Based e.g. Veggie Patch • Research what to grow, ideal growing • YouTube Maths Veggie Patch environment Videos Science • Plan the patch and planting scheme • Grassroots English • Budget, compare prices and purchase magazine Tech • Harvest produce, learn about storing • Nurseries Arts Learning Plan and cooking.
English • Conversation • Reading – Fiction, NF, audio books, being read to • Writing – journal, letters or emails, reports, scribe • Spelling – apps, own mistakes • Handwriting – copywork • Integration – Nature journal, lab report, diary, create a magazine, write a blog, learn calligraphy Learning Areas
Maths • Online or PC based • Manipulatives (including Lego) • Games • Everyday life • Integration – measurement in science, cookery, building a chook house, graphing geography Learning Areas
Sciences • You don’t have to do every science • Excursions • Games • Integration – science of Ancients, inventions timeline, collecting rocks from different environments Learning Areas
Humanities • Crafts • Cultures • Games • Integration – market stall/microbusiness, costume design, weapons through the ages, comparing countries through data/graphing, food from different cultures Learning Areas
Languages • Modern languages • Latin • Coding • Auslan • Online resources – Duolingo, Rosetta Stone • Friend or neighbour • Musical terms, ballet French • Latin of Linnaean classification • Integration – cultures, geography, linguistics, ICTDT Learning Areas
Technologies & Design • Computers etc • Robotics • Materials, systems, tools • Sewing • Woodwork • Metalwork • Integrated: e.g. with science, Maths, Arts Learning Areas
The Arts • Art • Dance • Music • Drama (e.g. Cosplay) Learning Areas
Health and Phys Ed • Conversation • Visting doctor or dentist • Ordinary activity – trampoline, bikeriding • Team sports Learning Areas
Resources • What do you have? • Google • HEN Learning Plan
Resources • What do you have? • Google • HEN Learning Plan
Learning Plan
Pitfalls x When We need more • Every day • Every hour of every day. • We never stop learning information. x Where • Everywhere x Learning Area • Various maths activities • Science classes • Megan will do LOTE VRQA Learning Plan • She will study Greek
More Pitfalls x You forgot to... Forget to sign • Must be a handwritten sig • 2 applicants = 2 sigs x Forget to attach • Birth certificate • Evidence of parental responsibility VRQA Learning Plan
Consider joining • Support • Contacts • News • Magazine • Events • Pathways info • Discounts • Advocacy And we’ll check your learning plans Finalise www.home-ed.vic.edu.au
3 Finalise • Proofread • Attach birth certificate • Sign • Approval time – within 28 days • While waiting
Home Educate • Adapt as you go – plans are made to be changed • Avoid expensive resources • Network And finally… Finalise
Have Fun! Sue Wight: swight@home-ed.vic.edu.au
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