National Council of Home Educators NZ – Quarterly Newsletter
The National Council of Home Educators (NCHENZ) exists to encourage, promote, inform and advance the cause of home education in New Zealand at a national level.
By sharing this newsletter we hope to improve our communication with our members and the wider home educating community in New Zealand.
Christchurch Earthquake
The NCHENZ committee extends its sincere condolences and heartfelt prayers to our fellow home educators in Canterbury. There are a super-abundance of agencies offering all sorts of help, but if there’s anything specifically home education related that you need, do let us know. People all around the country are desperate to help in tangible ways. We can circulate requests for help (books, stationery items etc come to mind) and I’m sure that between us we can work something out.
In this newsletter
We have a big newsletter this term – see below for details
- It’s that time again – time to renew your membership to NCHENZ.
- Yes! your high-school aged student can get a student ID card for subsidised bus-fares etc. We can organise these on your behalf.
- Cambridge Students – are you preparing for the Cambridge qualification? *please* read the urgent notice below
- Are you a new Home Educator? We give you some web links to help get you started with writing your exemption application, and with finding a local support group.
- Your committee needs your help. It’s not a lot of work, but we can’t function without you.
- Want to be kept in the loop regarding NZQA?
- We have agreed upon a rewording of our Constitution – see below for details on voting to ratify it.
- Mid-year meeting with ERO
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