Home Ed Matters Podcast

We've reached the end of another academic year! Eden's reflecting on sitting her first few GCSEs, and what she's learnt about "deep practice" on the guitar. Asher and Mirabelle are picking their favourite books and topics, and we're all discussing what we're looking forward to over the summer (starting with a camping trip in Cornwall).

As Eden's first GCSE looms she's deep in past papers to practice, meanwhile Mirabelle's doing stop-motion animation, Asher and I are planning a Japanese garden, and Eden's performing in a production of "The Monstrum".

This time, Eden's sharing how she's getting on with GCSE mocks and past papers, Mirabelle's performing on stage as a famous character, and we're taking a mini-break in Blackpool.

It's nearly Easter and Eden's talking about how she's preparing for some mock GCSEs. Mirabelle's discussing anatomy experiments, swimming badges and seed planting. Asher's doing an interesting astronomy experiment with fizzy cola, and we're discussing art movements, the end of our middle east topic and a film festival we took part in.

In this episode, Eden's joined a newspaper writing team, Mirabelle's enthusing about her trip to Crufts, we're feeling sad at finishing a beloved book series, and we're having fantastic adventures on various day trips.

This time we're getting excited by what's appeared in our garden pond, Mirabelle's been learning about the sense of smell, we've finished more read-alouds in our Middle-Eastern topic and we're enjoying some classic movies.

In this episode Mirabelle and Luke are finding the first signs of spring in the garden, Eden's giving an update on her GCSE preparation and time management, Asher's making a DNA model out of sweets, and we're also talking about our recent Middle Eastern feast and trip to the West Midlands Police Museum.

As we approach the end of January we're participating in the Big Garden Birdwatch. Asher gives an update on his astronomy study and an experiment about twinkling stars, Mirabelle's studying bones, and we're talking about Islamic art and our current Ambleside free reads.

It's our first episode of 2024, Eden's sharing her interesting resolution for the year, we're doing some stargazing, and we're talking about the new topics we're starting which include Astronomy, Anatomy and a new Middle East topic.

It's our last episode of 2023 and we're sharing highlights of our Christmas and of the year as a whole - plenty to share! Hope you have a great New Year and see you in 2024...

We're deep in December and are immersing ourselves in our Christmas study of the Inklings, focusing on Tolkien's Letters to Father Christmas. Meanwhile we have fun at Warwick Castle and Mirabelle meets a special someone. Plus we're talking about various seasonal activities, baking and craft.

This time we're visiting The Rep's amazing production of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. We're celebrating our India topic with a feast, having a great time at the Comic-Con and getting ready for our Christmas topics.

In this episode we're reviewing the RSC's production of the Box of Delights, as well as discussing our India topic and how we've been using brick models to supplement our Asia studies. We're also filling you in on trips to Bear Grylls Adventure and Cadbury World and discussing our next module topic for Environmental Management GCSE.

This time round Eden's discussing college visits for elective home ed GCSE and vocational courses, as well as her trip to London. Mirabelle's talking about her trip to the zoo and links with her Sassafras studies. And Asher is talking about making Lego Christmas decorations and a trip to Sudbury Hall and it's children's museum and collections.

In a bumper episode we're filling you in on the highlights from our transatlantic crossing and stops in Spain, Portugal, Bermuda and New York! Plus we're sharing what we're doing in some of the groups we're part of, and Eden and Mirabelle have exciting film premieres of the movies they've been making with their drama groups.

This time, Eden's discussing a day's filming and her new sociology GCSE course. Mirabelle's talking zoology from the Sassafras Science book we're following. Asher's discussing the Bermuda triangle and a cholera outbreak, and we're all getting excited for our next adventure. Plus we're raving about the new game we're enjoying.

In this episode we're looking after extra dogs, Mirabelle reads a related poem, we're doing a Doodle Maths challenge, earning running medals and talking about the Life of Fred approach to maths and a recent book about the Titanic we enjoyed.

We're back with a fresh season as we enter our 10th year of home education. In this episode we're talking about some of the new subjects and books we're studying as the family enter years 2, 7 and 9. We also look back on some of the fun we've had over the summer, and share what we're looking forward to this coming year.

While schools are sitting SATs we 'sat' HATs - hear all about them in this episode! Plus as we come to the end of our bookwork for this academic year we're discussing what we'll miss from our daily routine, and what our exciting plans are for the summer. We're also sharing about our theatre trips to The Rep and Hippodrome in Birmingham, participating in a running race and enjoying the coronation!

This episode we're reflecting Easter and our time at Spring Harvest (visiting Dunster Castle on the way). We're also sharing some sad news about some of our chickens, and planting seeds in our greenhouse.