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…
Home education
Narcissistic children and self-esteem
There can be no doubt that self-esteem (perhaps self-worth is a better term) is an important part of people’s lives. It is also true that we all like to be encouraged and affirmed in what we do and who we Read more…
Alt Education
JS Bach and the importance of delight
JS Bach is one of my favourite classical composers. Born in Germany in 1685, from an early age his passion was music. At the age of 14 he won a prestigious choral scholarship whilst when he was 18 he was Read more…