We are joined by Alice Khimasia who talks us through her wonderful, challenging, exciting, liberating unschooling route!

Home educating your children is, as Alice describes, an inherently counter cultural act. Choosing to unschool them is a step even further away from the norm, bringing with it joys and challenges on the way.

It's a beautiful and thoughtful discussion on one woman's experience of unschooling her children.

With Alice Khimasia- Alice has been unschooling her four sons since 2010, sharing their journey through Organic Education. A former school refuser, she advocates for learner-centered environments that prioritize safety, consent, and wellbeing. Her work has been featured in a BBC documentary, The Guardian, The Times, and a 2016 TEDx talk. Alice gained a Masters in Childhood in Society from the University of Warwick, where she also worked as a co-creation officer in the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning. She received an award for her dissertation, which amplified the voices of children who have never attended school to challenge conventional educational narratives. With her older sons now following career paths aligned with their passions and her youngest still learning independently at home, Alice is dedicated to empowering parents to co-create personalized learning journeys that reflect their children's unique needs and interests. - Alice's Website- Alice on YouTube

It's a topical one this week and so we've dashed out a fun and at times pretty controversial episode on the new bill. It starts out restrained and then descends into unexpected rants. What's the conclusion? It's time to both boss up and settle down.

To settle down: Join the friendly little community we've established! Here is the link to join (did we mention it's free?): https://www.skool.com/home-education-uk-1347/about

To boss up: check out some of these places to get your inner activist going ...

The bill - https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3909

A summary - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/695e578a8ab0677c14afdfc9/childrens_wellbeing_and_schools_bill_2024_policy_summary_notes.pdf

An article - https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/news-and-blogs/the-childrens-wellbeing-and-school-act-passes-into-law/

The OU survey - https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/openuniversity/home-education-futures

The petition - https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/756811

Some of the much maligned groups we mentioned! -

https://www.educationotherwise.org/

https://educationalfreedom.org.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/hefa2021/

And two great sites from people working tirelessly to make a difference in home ed:

https://doingeducationdifferently.co.uk/

https://edyourself.org/

Today's episode is a whistle stop tour through the main curriculum subjects and how you can use Lego in your home to help you engage your child and allow them to explore the curriculum in fun and interesting ways!

With Jo (Joanne) Revie- Jo is mum to four young people who she has home educated since their pre-school years, with her Husband Gavin she has a home-based tuition and educational consultancy business, where they offer educational support and activities for a wide age range of students. In addition to facilitating arts and craft activities for school-aged students, Jo is also interested in supporting home-based early years education. - Jo (Joanne)'s Website- Jo (Joanne)'s Facebook page - Jo (Joanne) on YouTube

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