Ep 4: School starting age

Send us a textWelcome back to another episode of Honey Should we Homeschool. Today we’re discussing the UK curriculum (mostly primary curriculum) and whether we need to or even ‘should’ follow it?  Most of the information discussed today can be found on the gov.uk website here - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum To find the info on how academies work head here - https://www.gov.uk/types-of-school/academies#:~:text=Academies%20have%20more%20control%20over,it%20must%20become%20an%20academy. To find the statistics mentioned about academies head here - https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk To read more about the evolution of the curriculum head here - https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmchilsch/344/34405.htm To read the article about introducing computing to the curriculum head here - https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/englands-computing-curriculum-a-clash-of-values-beliefs-and-purpose To read the article by Mr Joshua Vallance - https://mrvallanceteach.wordpress.com/2021/03/13/curriculum-what-are-we-really-talking-about/ To see the adorable video of Japanese children learning about bus etiquette head here - https://www.facebook.com/kacchalimbooindia/videos/this-is-a-courtesy-lesson-taught-to-elementary-school-children-in-japan/1577289989363419/ To hear Izzy Garbutts speech head here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKrpYo9N5hs&t=52s As always, thank you so much for listening and if you’d like to get in touch you can drop us an email at [email protected] or head over to our instagram @honeyshouldwehomeschool We’d love to hear from you.  See you next time :)

Send us a textToday we speak to author and home educating father of 3. John, who has been home educating for 19 years, has recently shared his home ed experiences in his new book “this is not a school”. We pick his brains about all things home ed, from how to deal with self doubt and anxiety around homeschooling to how to tackle those trickier subjects like algebra!To get Johns book head over to Amazon https://amzn.eu/d/13xMnmpOr listen on https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6956884Head over to our instagram to see the illustration mentioned in the podcast.As always, thanks for listening and feel free to drop us a message by email - [email protected] or find us on instagram @honeyshouldwehomeschoolWe love hearing from you ❤️Check out our YouTube channel - https://m.youtube.com/@Honeyshouldwehomeschool

Send us a textIn this episode we are interviewing an alumni of worldschooling. We'll be asking the questions on everybody's minds about how homeschooling can work to someone who has lived through it and had the same questions asked throughout her life. The biggest thanks to Naia for agreeing to do this interview, it was so enjoyable talking to her and incredibly interesting to hear her experiences coming from a worldschooled background.If you’d like to get in touch, we’d love to hear from you.Find us on Instagram @honeyshouldwehomeschoolYouTube @honeyshouldwehomeschool https://youtube.com/@honeyshouldwehomeschool?si=dpQ9_DIbKDoNUmnTEmail - [email protected] Naia on Instagram @djswagzilla Check out her blog - https://www.skyrunninggirl.com/Buy her book - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLG5BH2V?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_A01YZM0Q4C0NM2RCGBKNFind Naia’s mum Julie on Instagram @wanderschooling Or at her website https://www.wanderschool.com 

Send us a textIn this episode we'll be chatting about some of the questions we have been asked, including topics like 'what have they learnt today?', 'do you have a schedule' and others. We figured this might be a good topic to talk about as it's likely anybody embarking on this journey will get asked these by friends and family at some point.If you relate to any of the content discussed in the podcast and would like to get in touch you can find us on Instagram at @honeyshouldwehomeschool, or email us at [email protected] for listening!

Send us a textIn this episode we share with you our decision and the key reasons that ultimately led us to it. We explore some of these reasons in more detail to help understand our mindset around it, and the challenges that we have experienced since making our choice.  We also discuss the future of the podcast!If you relate to any of the content discussed in the podcast and would like to get in touch you can find us on Instagram at @honeyshouldwehomeschoolThanks for listening!

Send us a textIn this episode we look at the age at which children start school in various countries around the world. We try to dig into why these differ so much and whether there are any benefits of starting school earlier rather than later or vice versa, and consequently whether this impacts our thinking around home schooling.If you'd like to get in touch you can find us on Instagram at @honeyshouldwehomeschoolThanks for listening.

Send us a textIn this episode we will cover what we have found out about finances, as well as start the discussion around the mental health aspects of home schooling, which is a vast subject!Head to https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk to find out what financial help you could get.To watch the video by the lovely Puerto Rican lady we mentioned click this link - https://youtu.be/fWNJmZAWRNghttps://schoolwearassociation.co.uk/cost-of-school-uniform/If you want to get in touch please find us on Instagram at honeyshouldwehomeschoolThanks for listening!

Send us a textIn this episode we will be discussing the questions we have been asked about how our children would get the socialisation they need if they were home schooled. We explore what socialisation means, and try and answer some of the challenging questions sent our way.If you would like to read more about the research we looked at please go to:www.responsiblehomeschooling.orgFollow us on instagram and send us any questions you might have:honeyshouldwehomeschool

Send us a textJoin us for our first episode in which we discuss the reasons we are considering homeschooling and our concerns about the different ways of educating our children. Head over to our instagram to share any thoughts or ask any questions you may have, we look forward to hearing from you.Instagram: @honeyshouldwehomeschool