Episodes

  • 17- Teen volunteering

    17- Teen volunteering
    Jul 31 2025
    An opportunity to try out possible careers, gain confidence, feel a sense of purpose and meet great people! Teen volunteering has so many benefits, but where to start? In this episode, I discuss our experience with this and how we secured the volunteering gigs my daughter is enjoying now.
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    19 mins
  • 16- Homeschooling co-op

    16- Homeschooling co-op
    May 16 2025
    Families meeting regularly to share their knowledge and skills and learn together. Creating a homeschool co-operative has been a dream of mine since we started homeschooling. I tried a few different formats and learned a lot along the way. In this episode, I share how our current co-op is going and tips if you are planning to start your own.
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    24 mins
  • 15- Organising events for the homeschooling community

    15- Organising events for the homeschooling community
    Apr 22 2025
    You can go your whole homeschooling life without organising any events for your local community, but I enjoy doing it and I think it greatly enriches my kids’ learning experience. In this episode I share how I organise excursions, classes and a co-op in the hope of inspiring others to do the same!
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    17 mins
  • 14- Screen time

    14- Screen time
    Mar 22 2025
    How much screen time do your children get? Do you limit their access to devices? Screen time is often the subject of discussion in homeschooling and parenting circles and opinions vary widely. In this podcast, I share what works for us, at the moment and how I deal with my own feelings about this topic.
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    18 mins
  • 13- Covering the curriculum- PDHPE

    13- Covering the curriculum- PDHPE
    Mar 8 2025
    To finish off our series discussing how we cover the curriculum in our homeschool, today I am discussing physical education, health and personal development, as well as the Food Tech elective for high school.
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    18 mins
  • 12- LGBTQAI+ History and Awareness

    12- LGBTQAI+ History and Awareness
    Mar 1 2025
    As part of our homeschool curriculum, with value LGBTQAI+ history, awareness and advocacy. We just attended the Mardi Gras celebrations in Sydney and had a great time. Is this topic featuring in your homeschool? How do you cover it? In this episode, I share what works for us.
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    15 mins
  • 11- Covering the curriculum-Art

    11- Covering the curriculum-Art
    Feb 22 2025
    How do your cover Art in your homeschool? We are not a very arty family but we still find lots of ways to cover this area. From pottery and drama classes, to musicals, movie making, surreal art projects and more.
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    12 mins
  • 10- Covering the curriculum - Geography

    10- Covering the curriculum - Geography
    Feb 15 2025
    From the multicultural festival in our town to our own multicultural day in the local homeschooling community. In this podcast, I share how I went cover geography in our home as part of a series of episodes covering one subject each time.
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    15 mins