s21 Exemption

You want to Home School in New Zealand ?

You get your forms from Ministry Of Education : Mr Afat Xiao direct line: 07-858.7305
Hamilton’s office is at the corner of Marlborough and Victoria St south.

You need to show that your child ‘will be taught as regularly and as well’ as in a registered school - s.21 of the Education Act 1989.

Do some thinking and talking about :

PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

General Educational Goals for your Child/ren

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LIFE’S PRIORITIES – for YOUR family : the big picture

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KEY POINTS to your CHOSEN LIFESTYLE

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FOR EACH CHILD :-

Consider each child’s personality, weaknesses, strengths, special needs, learning styles, interests:

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STYLE of DELIVERY

What are you going to do each day with each child?
 
Here are some of the wide range of ways of ‘doing’ home education:
Ideas, Approaches and Curriculum

Unschooling – Sandra Dodd - unschooling.info - living joyfully -

Delight-driven –

Unit Studies – Athens - Wheelers -

Lapbooking – starter

FIAR - Five in a Row

Charlotte Mason - narration, Living Books

Heart of wisdom - Hebrew style

Classical Education – Trivium

ABeka –

Saxon mathematics 

THE EXEMPTION FORM

Do’s and Don’t’s:

Find out what Home Education IS and IS NOT from those currently homeschooling.

Ask for help before you put in your application - our current exemption helpers - talk things over at picnics, outings, family days

Remember you need to show that you will teach your child/ren ‘as regularly and as well’. Give thought to the routines and structure of your days.

You do not need to send in a timetable.

You do not need to use or follow the NZ Curriculum.

Ignore the negatives and mention the POSITIVES of/for home education. Do not slag schools, teachers, or bullies in your application.

Make sure you sign the form and enclose a copy of the birth certificate, not a passport. If grandparents are applying, put in a copy of the court order. These are common problems with applications.  

** Want to talk this through with a current home educator?
Ring scroll down to Exemption helpers or write
THENmail@gmail.com

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/THEN-Waikato - local support network
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NZHomeEducators - national
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hefnetnz - Craig and Barbara Smith - www.hef.org.nz