Home Learning

Welcome

Home education or homeschooling is an option in New Zealand which allows parents to support and manage their children’s learning rather than having them enrolled in a schooling institution.   This option allows families the freedom to teach and learn the way they wish, choose their curriculum, be flexible with when and where learning takes place and to take advantage of real world learning opportunities.  While home education may not be for everyone, here at freedom ed we commend and support ALL educators and learners who are trying to rethink education to ensure learners are getting what they need in life and in learning.

For more information about homeschooling as an education option check our our FREE spotlight with Cynthia Hancox. 

We can, and will, support you as parents and as educators in your child’s home education journey.  Take a look at our options below and get in touch if you have any further questions.

How can we help?

Exemptions

Get personalised support to write a clear, thorough exemption application that reflects your child’s learning and your approach to education. Whether you're just getting started or feeling stuck, I can guide you through the process or help write it with you. Support available for all styles, from structured to child-led.

Assessments

Find out where your child's strength and needs are and where they sit academically within the New Zealand curriculum levels. Assessment can include reading, writing & maths or your choice. Use assessment info to guide learning, celebrate progress or to prepare for a possible return to the classroom.

Membership

Our thought provoking membership supports schools, teachers and parent educators to rethink and re design what learning looks like for our children. Each spotlight is designed to engage thinking, provide strategies and give insight into what we can do better. Also included is project based learning resources.

Exemptions

If you’re just getting started with homeschooling and feel unsure how to approach your child’s exemption application – I can help.

If you’ve written your exemption but want someone to look over it, check it meets the requirements, or help refine your ideas – I can help.

If you’d rather not write it at all and want someone to help you from start to finish – I can help.

Your exemption application needs to show that your child will be taught at least as regularly and well as they would be at school – but that doesn’t mean it has to look like school. I offer support for all homeschooling styles, including structured, child-led, unschooling, and anything in between.

Whether you’re confident in your approach or not sure where to begin, I’ll work with you to create an application that reflects your child’s needs and your educational values.

Exemption Guidance – from $40 

Exemption Checking – from $80

Exemption Writing – from $150

Email kate@freedomed.co.nz to get started

Assessment

If you are new to homeschooling and are not sure where to begin your childs’ reading/writing/maths learning – I can help

If you have been homeschooling for a while and would like to know how they are progressing and where they sit against the New Zealand curriculum – I can help

If you are considering a return to traditional schooling and want to ensure your child is achieving at an appropriate level – I can help

Learning is about far more than reading, writing and maths, however these core areas are the academic building blocks to further learning. A full assessment for your primary/intermediate aged child covers all three of these areas and includes a report outlining strengths and needs to allow you to guide their further learning. 

Alternatively if you have concerns or are struggling with just one of these learning areas then a single curriculum assessment can be offered also.

Reading Assessment $60

Writing Assessment $60

Maths Assessment $60

Full Academic Assessment (reading, writing, maths) $160

Email kate@freedomed.co.nz to arrange.

Membership

Our mission is to empower educators to question the way we do things.  To implement ways that achieve educational freedom, engagement and enjoyment for both learners and educators.  To create inclusive learning environments that foster a culture of connection and curiosity.  As a home educator our membership is here to support you to engage your child, challenge your thinking around teaching and learning and help make your home education journey just that little bit easier.

If accessing great content and using it in your own way is what you are after then our membership alone could be for you.

Spotlight Learning

The same professional learning and development (PLD) that is available to our schools and teachers is available to you!  These are bite size learnings that help you to rethink education as you know it.

YOU are your child’s educator/teacher and YOU are your child’s school so these spotlights will benefit you just as they do schools and teachers in traditional settings.

See ALL our spotlights here and check out our FREE Homeschooling or FREE Trauma Informed Practice spotlight to gain a better idea of what a spotlight includes.

Membership

$ 155 per family / yearly
  • Membership for 1 family
  • Access to past and future Spotlight topics
  • Project Based Learning Tasks
  • Less than $2 per week
  • Pay by credit card $NZD
  • Pay by invoice $NZD