It's a topical one this week and so we've dashed out a fun and at times pretty controversial episode on the new bill. It starts out restrained and then descends into unexpected rants. What's the conclusion? It's time to both boss up and settle down.

To settle down: Join the friendly little community we've established! Here is the link to join (did we mention it's free?): https://www.skool.com/home-education-uk-1347/about

To boss up: check out some of these places to get your inner activist going ...

The bill - https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3909

A summary - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/695e578a8ab0677c14afdfc9/childrens_wellbeing_and_schools_bill_2024_policy_summary_notes.pdf

An article - https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/news-and-blogs/the-childrens-wellbeing-and-school-act-passes-into-law/

The OU survey - https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/openuniversity/home-education-futures

The petition - https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/756811

Some of the much maligned groups we mentioned! -

https://www.educationotherwise.org/

https://educationalfreedom.org.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/hefa2021/

And two great sites from people working tirelessly to make a difference in home ed:

https://doingeducationdifferently.co.uk/

https://edyourself.org/

Today's episode is a whistle stop tour through the main curriculum subjects and how you can use Lego in your home to help you engage your child and allow them to explore the curriculum in fun and interesting ways!

With Jo (Joanne) Revie- Jo is mum to four young people who she has home educated since their pre-school years, with her Husband Gavin she has a home-based tuition and educational consultancy business, where they offer educational support and activities for a wide age range of students. In addition to facilitating arts and craft activities for school-aged students, Jo is also interested in supporting home-based early years education. - Jo (Joanne)'s Website- Jo (Joanne)'s Facebook page - Jo (Joanne) on YouTube

This podcast is a labour of love, and time and energy and commitment and lots of coffee! It really helps us if you can follow us on our social media channels and comment to let us know if you enjoyed the episode, what you'd like to see more / less of and generally come and say hi!

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In another of our April Autism Awareness month series, this week we have our co host, Emily on discussing her top 5 tips for supporting your child with autistic burnout. Emily is AuDHD and has three neurodivergent daughters, she utilises both her lived experience and training to share simple and effective ways to combat burnout and create more calm in your home.

If you want to connect with Emily and seek more tailored support from her or from our other hosts, Eleanor and Charlotte, then you can visit our mentoring website and find out how we can support you further.

www.homeeducationmentors.com

Or perhaps you would like to join our Skool community and come and join our virtual coffee mornings, accountability sessions, workshops, webinars and wellbeing sessions.

https://www.skool.com/home-education-community/about

This podcast is a labour of love, and time and energy and commitment and lots of coffee! It really helps us if you can follow us on our social media channels and comment to let us know if you enjoyed the episode, what you'd like to see more / less of and generally come and say hi!

Instagram - TikTok - FB page - Our Private FB group