Alt Education
A few thoughts about autism
It took me a while to acknowledge the truth that Zac is autistic. I knew he was since he was 6 months old but I sort of tried to ignore it. Everything inside of me hoped it wasn’t a real Read more…
Exam Centre
A Difficult Decision
At the end of 2018, we began a review of the future work of the NSWLearning exam centre. Folks who follow us on Facebook will already be aware of this. We completed this review a few weeks ago. For a Read more…
Home education
A bit of a moan!
I am sort of going to have a moan here but hopefully people will bear with me and understand where I am coming from. In recent months at the NSW exam exam centre we have spoken with a number of Read more…
About us
Five reasons to choose NSWLearning
Let’s be honest, nobody likes the big head at the party, blowing his own trumpet, continually turning every conversation round so that it is an opportunity to talk about what he has done. However, there are times, like job interviews Read more…
Curriculum
Success and failure – its all a matter of worldview
A few years back, I had a conversation with a mum whilst her son was sitting an exam here at the NSWLearning exam centre. We got into discussion about success and failure, in particular what we as parents measure as Read more…
Curriculum
Six ways to avoid stress preparing for IGCSEs
Home education is an incredible adventure! It provides us, as parents, with a remarkable opportunity to enjoy our children’s company and grow wise as we all learn together. Like all genuine adventures, however, there are times when pressure builds and Read more…
Curriculum
IGCSEs in a year … or is that nine months!
In a recent blog, we explored the incredible flexibility that home education allows families. In the context of IGCSEs, this flexibility allows us as parents to spread exams out so that our children can sit a range of subjects in Read more…
Home education
Flexibility and using it to your advantage
One of the great advantages of homeschooling is the flexibility that it provides us with as parents to shape and schedule learning to fit in with the needs of our individual children. With the best will in the world, schools Read more…
Home education
Stacey Solomon and gutsy parenting!
Before I write anything else, I want to make it clear that I know virtually nothing about Stacey Solomon – I do not watch X factor, I’m a celebrity or Loose Women. I do not read The Sun either. However, Read more…
About us
NSWLearning – why the change?
Back in the late 1990s, when New Labour had just come into office and Steve Richards, our Educational Director, was working with CARE for Education as a Project Manager, it was very difficult to envisage that the small project which Read more…