Home Ed Matters Podcast

It's our last episode of this season, and an exciting moment as Eden shares her GCSE results and reflects on her 12 year home ed journey before she starts Sixth Form. We're all sharing some summer highlights and things we're looking forward to in the autumn.We also share some tough health news and what that means for the podcast going forward.

As we're approaching the end of our academic year, Mirabelle's been doing an in-depth geography and art study of the Pacific Islands - including some tasty recipes! Meanwhile Eden's reflecting on the taster day she recently attended for her next steps starting A-Levels in the autumn.

It's a big moment as Eden reflects on finishing her GCSEs, marking a time of transition in the family. Mirabelle's discussing her Pacific Islands study and a fun trip to Southport, and Asher's discussing a fantastic trip to the UK Games Expo.

This time round Mirabelle's been enjoying Horrible histories and trips to Blists Hill and Birmingham Thinktank. Plus she's been observing the house sparrows and making ice cream for the dogs during the heatwave! Eden's midway through her GCSEs and sharing how the hunt is going for a summer job. Asher's discussing his new swimming routine, and we're all reflecting on the Mandalorian movie!

In this episode Mirabelle's talking about experiments about friction, planting seeds, her summer reading challenge and her trip to Slimbridge wetlands centre. Meanwhile Asher's talking about his new swimming club, Lego and Minecraft. And Eden's giving last minute tips as she's about to start sitting her final batch of GCSEs.

In this episode Mirabelle is reflecting on her recent role in a performance of Alice in Wonderland, as well as her new science club, experiments exploring friction, and her latest cold war topic.  Meanwhile Asher's building a new chicken run, cooking fajitas and sharing about a couple of junior parkrun milestones he's reached!

This time round we're sharing the various activities we've been up to over the Easter holidays including a visit to the Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Cadbury World, cloud-watching at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, seeing the Magic Faraway Tree at the cinema, an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet and making Warhammer's miniature of the month. Plus Eden and Mirabelle give the lowdown on their dress rehearsals for their upcoming shows, and Asher's doing an audit.

In this episode we are discussing our cute new chicks along with the various breeds of chickens we've had over the years. Mirabelle's sharing about the Oceans film she went to see as part of her ecology study, and the books she's reading on her WW2 topic. Meanwhile Asher's sharing about what he's learnt on Minecraft recently, and Eden is talking about how best to peak with her revision before GCSEs. Plus we're all sharing recommendations and what we're looking forward to over Easter.

This time round Mirabelle is enthusing about her visit to Crufts, studying tadpoles and spotting some interesting birds in the garden, as well as sharing some of the books she's studying. Asher and Luke have a fun trip to London. Eden's making progress with revision, reaching a volunteering milestone at parkrun and getting creative painting Warhammer miniatures.

It's a theatrical episode this time, with Mirabelle sharing about her trip to see Percy Jackson at the Hippodrome, and Eden talking about a play about the musical battle between Blur and Oasis. Plus Mirabelle's discussing the book and film of War Horse, her new ecology topic around biomes, and what we did to celebrate Pokemon Day! Finally Asher and Eden are (tiredly) discussing a busy weekend away with their youth group.