How many of you wonder and even worry about the best pathway for your child? Ehlana and Lyssy share their journey of deciding to go to Cornwall College and how they found the transition. Cornwall CollegeEhlana IG artworkCollage App
Mar 8, 2024
22 min
This podcast is a very brief and selective overview of what has happened in education or should we say schooling in England throughout history. It is focused on what might be called 'public' or 'state' education so doesn't include much about the independent or private sector.What it shows is the concept of education and schooling has often been used interchangeably even in legislation and perhaps this is less than helpful. Link to resourcesCollage App Article & References
Apr 22, 2023
36 min
Tuning into what you need can sometimes be hard when you are a busy homeschool mum and feel overwhelmed. In this podcast, Essie Richards chats to me about how you can find yourself and enjoy the journey even if you've already lost yourself in the process of motherhood. Tune in and learn how to reclaim your identity and fall in love with the woman you were meant to be. Essie also shares some golden nuggets, ways that you can carve out time for yourself. This enables signals to reach your nervo...
Apr 7, 2023
37 min
This podcast feels like an important one, with its focus on well-being as the foundation of any approach to supporting young people. I interview Fabienne Vailes, an educator with over 24 years of experience, a home-educating mum of 2 boys, an author and a podcaster on a mission to change the face of education. We talk about embedding well-being into everyday life so that it becomes integral to all that we do, enabling us to live fully, with purpose and in balance. Grab back a little bit of ti...
Oct 28, 2022
1 hr 9 min
Julia has transformed the lives of thousands of families through her Lights On® work. In this podcast she shares how one simple strategy can transform the personal growth of your whole family, talking through her own experience with her daughter and how that led to more than a decade of exploring cutting-edge educational practice, developments in neuroscience and mental well-being research to create Lights On®, otherwise known as the rise of the passion-led learner. This is one podcast ...
Oct 8, 2022
53 min
In this podcast, a mum shares her experience from inside the classroom, as a Teaching Assistant. She talks about how it made her realise that school wasn't the best place for her child to be and despite all her worries about home-educating, it was still a better option. She worked out that she could offer her child a much more relevant, rounded and personalised learning experience at home.
Oct 8, 2022
57 min
A calming 12-minute body scan to relax the mind and body before sleep. I recorded it for myself and my children but it can be used by anyone.MusicJohn Kensy Music
Jul 21, 2022
12 min
By involving your child in the process of reviewing their learning you are putting them at the centre of learning. They then become autonomous in their thoughts and feelings as you are enabling them to become self-directed learners which is one of the end goals of home education.This podcast looks at ways in which you can reflect on learning at any point in your child's learning.Collage app Trello
Jul 7, 2022
5 min
In this podcast Sarah chats with Amelie and her mum Kathryn about their experience of gaining qualifications whilst homeschooling. Amelie shared how she found studying at home and Kathryn talks about how they organised the exams.Show Notes:Blog with loads of useful links to exam boards and resources GCSE blog Le Loft French TutoringBBC Education: GCSE help https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/learnThe Exam House‘, is a new site that may help you find sites which enable private candidates to ta...
Feb 18, 2022
54 min
In this episode Sarah interviews Dr Naomi Fisher, author of the incredible book Changing Our Minds. They talk about putting children back in control of their learning and enabling all to flourish in their own time.Bookhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Changing-Our-Minds-children-learning/dp/1472145518Website Self-directed.org https://www.self-directed.org/tp/changing-our-minds/Naomi Fisher https://www.naomifisher.co.uk/Collage app www.collageapp.co.uk
Jan 18, 2022
57 min
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