Hi Rebecca, It's sickening. And it's only a short time since the Federal Government tried to force those on Parenting Payment into the paid workforce when...
LOL Adele - daytime orphanages! I know you were deadly serious when you said that (and I am SO with you!) but the way you put things just really cracks me up. ...
Hi all, A few of us were discussing things SCA on several lists a week or two ago and people were asking where/if local groups existed. A new interactive map...
Hi all, My 8yo is interested in the Star Wars role-playing game, the miniatures one. Does anyone here have kids who play this? Can anyone tell me what we need...
Hi there , My name is Barbie and my son Ry (13) . He has never been to school. We live in Sussex in the Uk and we are coming out to Sydney next month. Ry is a...
Hi there , We are Barbie and Ry (13) and we are visiting Sydney soon. Ry has never been to school and is a sociable chappy. We would dearly love to link up...
I am not sure if my last message was posted and so here goes again. We home educate in Sussex in the UK. I originally spent 20years in Sydney, and I am re...
I am not sure if my last message was posted and so here goes again. We home educate in Sussex in the UK. I originally spent 20years in Sydney, and I am re...
Hi Kim, ... nicotine deprivation, injured s. and an English Staffy which has decided that it's *not* going to sleep alone any more I was in dire need of...
Hi Barbie, The Home Education Association has a list of support groups at: http://www.hea.asn.au/hea/resources/results_sg.asp?state=NSW I hope you and Ry have...
"young people should have an education and learn to think (he said mostly in the liberal arts) before being asked to learn how to do work" a quote paraphrasing...
Adele now it's my turn to say sorry for taking so long to reply. I have been wanting to write a letter to Ms Bishop to protest this but have been wrestling...
Hi Adele, I take it you're giving up smoking? Good luck - it must be a hard road. I'm sure it'll be well worth it in the end but I imagine those kinds of wods...
HI Rebecca, well the Examiner ran a poll on school starting age not asking for qualified comment, and 4 is overwhelmingly out - this "pre" school sounds...
Hi Rebecca, ... I have been wanting to write a letter to Ms Bishop to protest this but have been wrestling with the feeling of being unqualified to comment. I...
Hi Kim, Although I didn't start smoking until I was about 30, I smoked every bit of each cigarette - right down to the butt and often chain smoked. At 6...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200604/s1609659.htm and http://www.spellingsociety.org/index.php I've often wondered.... BTW regular English...
Hi all, I'm looking for resources with which to learn about Ancient Greece. I'm particularly interested in recommendations for videos/dvds, and living ...
Hi Adele, Money's always a good carrot - $4000 - what are you going to treat yourself with this Christmas? You should make it something really special. It...
Hi Kim, Had a takeaway food shop when I was about thirty and was eating too many of the left over cakes - decided that smoking would be less fattening :-). ......
Hi Adele, Yes a lovely holiday - you deserve it. Somewhere exotic maybe? France would be nice? How about Tuscany? Tassie would be great too? ooh, so many...
Hi Lisa, 'Archimedes and the Door of Science' by Jeanne Bendick explores science at the time of the Ancient Greeks ISBN 1883937124. 'A city through time' shows...
Hi Kim, Thanks for saying that I deserve it but with the way I've reacted some days to having no nicotine I think that my family deserves a lovely holiday from...
Hi clever carvers and other efriends - remember the old potato stamp? I borrowed this book from the library - it's a treasure and I wonder if anyone has ideas,...
Hi Sarah, Thanks for the ideas! I already have the first and last on their way, but I'll check out the second. It sounds really interesting! Thanks, Lisa ... ...
Hi to all Been a while since I posted, but I've been keeping up with this ridiculous education decision. I just needed to vent to like minded people how this...
Kerryn I couldn't agree more I think the government has just come up with another novel idea to compulsorily send our little ones to childcare/kinder and take...
